# Elena Marus

> Product Design and else

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/elenamarus

Product design lead with 15+ years of experience with all kinds of weird. Love solving complex problems,  common sense, and making things better. I knit ugly scarves, deliver poor jokes, and get things done.

This is the link you gonna ask me to share: elemarus.com

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ Snowflake
Jan 2023 – Present | San Mateo County, California, United States

### Product Designer @ Airtable
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
— Growth: Pricing & Monetization / Acquisition / Enterprise Growth
— Core: Enterprise pillar → Org Management / Data Management / Extensibility

### Design Director @ Promise
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Oakland, California, United States
Helped to shape PromisePay — a payment facilitation platform redefining debt management experience for better outcomes, and giving good choices to people in need.

### Head of Design @ ANTI-CORRUPTION FOUNDATION (FBK)
Jan 2013 – Jan 2019
— Recruited, led, and mentored a design team (supporting organization of 8 → 400+ ppl)
— Built FBK brand from ground up (0 →69% brand recognition nationwide)
— Led growth and user acquisition strategy (scaling base of active supporters 0 → 2M)

### Head of Design @ Navalny Team
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018
Alexei Navalny for President, Political Campaign (2016–2018)
Alexei Navalny for Moscow Mayor, Political Campaign (2013)

— Recruited, led, and managed design team (in-house, remote, part-time + volunteers) covering all design needs for a high-pace high-pressure political campaign
— Led design & product teams building technical solutions needed for candidate nomination (registered over 1.2M supporters with an initial goal of 350K)
— Designed and shipped an in-house analytic tool supporting 83 campaign field offices
— Launched a merchandise shop that became a reliable and lasting fundraising tool (ROI 200% in 8 months)
— Defined campaign branding and visual language

### Art Director, Consultant @ Self-Employed
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012
— Online media projects (design & art direction)
— Remote creative work (creative pitches & strategies)
— Consulting (new brands entering the Russian market)

### Art Director @ EURO RSCG
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010
— Joined to build a digital department for a global Ad agency
— Managed all department contractors in design and development
— Won contracts for MTS, GE Money Bank, Danon, Peugeot, and others
— Promoted to a new business team to handle incoming pitches and tenders (ATL, BTL, Digital)

### Product Designer @ Evil media
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008
— Delivered design concept and execution for a new website
— Hired and trained a team of designers for 24/7 workflow


## Education
### Interactive Design
British Higher School of Art and Design
Jan 2006 – Jan 2007

### Economics
South Ural State University (SUSU)
Jan 2001 – Jan 2006


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/elena-marus
- Portfolio: https://elemarus.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-30