# Irina Kukushkin > Staff Product Designer Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/irinakukushkin I am collaborative, iterative, proactive, and growth-minded. I am extremely delivery-minded and routinely juggle multiple projects, driving design clarity and momentum across multiple feature areas at one time. My passion is to improve and simplify peoples’ everyday lives through digital solutions. Through my 13 years of professional experience at Blue Chip and Tech companies I have developed extensive creative problem solving, facilitation, stakeholder management and strategic leadership skills specialising in Agile delivery methods. In my recent experience, I oversaw designers, ensuring the successful execution of projects while nurturing their professional development through guidance and constructive feedback. See more of my work - www.irinakdesign.com ## Work Experience ### Staff Product Designer @ Immutable Jan 2024 – Present ### Staff Product Designer @ Squarespace Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | New York, United States ### Lead Designer @ Northwestern Mutual Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York, NY, United States ### Senior Product Designer @ Northwestern Mutual Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York, United States ### Product Designer @ Beyond Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | London, United Kingdom ### User Experience Designer @ ZPG Plc Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | London, United Kingdom Designed concepts of the search and contact agent features for Android app ### User Experience Designer - contract @ Tobias & Tobias Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | London, United Kingdom ### User Experience Designer @ Tesco PLC Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 Worked on a variety of loyalty features on the Clubcard app and website Conducted workshops and utilised research to develop a mental model of user behaviours for a loyalty program that would inform the Tesco Clubcard strategy ### User Experience Designer @ Commonwealth Bank Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 Working within the Commbank's mobile UXD Team on agile projects. Project: New payment and mobile wallet features in the CommBank app Extra responsibilities: - Facilitated research activities including user and guerilla testing - Designed and implemented a Proof of Concept to validate assumptions and user interactions - Organised and facilitated peer and stakeholder design workshops ### Junior User Experience Designer @ Commonwealth Bank Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 Part-time secondment in the broader User Experience Design team that led to to a full-time position in the award winning CommBank app team. Project: New features in the CommBank app Responsibilities: - Worked with stakeholders to design a solution that meets business requirements and delivers a customer centric value proposition - Organised and facilitated workshops to define customer problem, user journey and high level solution - Created iOS & Android user flows, sketches and wireframes - Produced high fidelity prototypes with Axure for usability testing for every two week sprint - Worked with UX Designers and Leads across portfolios to implement Agile methodologies and strategy ### Digital Channel Content Manager @ Commonwealth Bank Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Accountable for delivering marketing enhancements including promotion screens, customer targeted capabilities, dynamic templates and reporting dashboard across the bank’s ATM advertising network. ### Analyst @ Commonwealth Bank Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 Diverse opportunities including: Product Management, Personal Lending; Business & Change Analysis, Group Lending Transformation Program; Product Management, Credit Cards. ### Marketing Analyst @ Commonwealth Bank Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 Compiled a comprehensive report to gain market intelligence and help determine product changes and priorities across Business areas. ### Business Analyst @ Commonwealth Bank Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 Serengeti was a strategic Retail Bank project to introduce higher revenue generating credit card products to optimise portfolio profitability and grow market share. ### Summer Intern @ Commonwealth Bank Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 ## Education ### Other in User Experience Design General Assembly Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 ### Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts in Econometrics and Art History University of Sydney Jan 2005 – Jan 2009 ### Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)/ Bachelor of Arts in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics/ Art History and theory University of Sydney Jan 2005 – Jan 2009 ### High School Certificate Killara High School Jan 1999 – Jan 2004 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/irinakdesign --- Source: https://flows.cv/irinakukushkin JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/irinakukushkin/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30