# Kirill Nikitin

> Lead Product Designer, 8+ years of experience, Piano

Location: Tbilisi, Georgia
Profile: https://flows.cv/kirillnikitin

I’m Lead product designer with wide research, development and leadership experience.
Collaboration of soft and hard skills from different areas allow me to solve complex problems, create excellent product experience and control its quality from research to development stages.

I worked on products for NBC, BBC, Forbes, TechCrunch, Hearst, Gannett, Post media, Mediahuis, Alcon

## Work Experience
### Lead Product Designer @ Piano
Jan 2023 – Present
Leading the design of SaaS analytics platform for enterprise-class customers such as BBC, CNBC, AT&T and many more.

Activities:
— Conceptualized and designed new features and products from early discovery through delivery
— Ensured high quality and consistency of design and overall product experience
— Managed and mentored the design team, overseeing workflows and design standards

### Senior Product Designer @ EPAM Systems
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
Products:
— ML based product for analysing science publications and video presentations to provide overview of best experts and key opinion leaders in specific area.
— B2C Ed-tech product to guide people who want to get new IT profession or master current one.

Activities:
— Research, Analytics, User interviews, Personas, CJM, JBTD
— Wireframes, User flows, Prototyping, Usability testing
— Visual design, Interaction design, Data visualisation
— Design Systems, DesignOps, Design management

### Product Designer @ Piano
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021
I was part of company with a SAAS platform including 5+ products serving world wide media publishers needs

Products:
— Data management product with data visualisations and complex segmentation configurators
— Client experience management product with flexible interactive node like editor
— Subscription management product with various paywalls and user journeys

Activities:
— Research and design features in existing products and new products from scratch
— Developing with colleagues new visual language of platform
— Creating and maintaining framework-agnostic (Angular, React, etc) design system with auto update from Figma for 5+ product designers and 30+ frontend developers
— Research of issues and development solutions for them in design/development processes
— Translation high level product vision to local development offices
— Pushing ahead and controlling systematic approach in design team
— Mentoring and teaching junior designers

### UI/UX designer @ Freelance
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
Products:
— Mobile app for video lawyer consultations
— Web services for finance ETF management startup
— Social media analytics dashboard
— Template editor for web pages
— Mobile application for loyalty cards

Activities:
— Research, Analytics, User interviews, Personas
— Wireframes, User flows
— Visual design, Interaction design


## Education
### Applied Mathematics and CS
Perm State University (PSU)


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gordandgold

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Last updated: 2026-03-31