# Oleksii Masliiev

> Design @Truework

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

My passion is to design elegant solutions to complex problems worth solving. I have a proven track record of building highly effective design teams with an inclusive culture, fostering a work environment that encourages collaboration, creativity, and diversity, leading to outstanding results for both my team and the business. I lead by example with a focus on design excellence and continuous improvement.

☕️ Coffee nerd - perpetual hunt for the perfect coffee
✍️ UX writing • https://medium.com/@oleksiimasliiev 
📸 Product photography • https://www.instagram.com/bwandstuff/ 
🎸 Playing music • bass guitar
🏄🏻‍♂️ Surfing • I'm terrible at it, but I love it
⏱️ Horology and Leatherwork

## Work Experience
### Head of Design @ Truework
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Product Design Manager @ Flexport
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States
• Managed and led a team of 8 for Logistic Service Applications, successfully navigating the high complexity of the Flexport Forwarding Application (FFA) program.
• Built a highly effective design team and fostered an inclusive culture that encourages collaboration, creativity, and diversity, resulting in outstanding results for my team and the business
• Partnered with cross-functional peers to establish the FFA's strategy, vision, metrics, and goals, with a priority on designing for maximum impact
• Streamlined design processes and improved team collaboration - team rituals and critique sessions to drive design excellence, Figma templates to ensure consistency across teams' deliverables, and JIRA guidelines to provide structure and ensure best practices.

### Sr Product Designer @ Flexport
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States
• Led product design and research for the Freight Forwarding and Ocean Freight teams, focusing on critical areas such as Shipment Details (Core Ops Experience), Document Management, Communication, URP for FFA, and Fulfillment tools for TLM and Ocean operations.
• Championed product excellence and elevated the quality bar for experience across Flexport products. Contributed to the design system to ensure consistency across product lines - layout standards, Reference Panel components, table interactions, keyboard shortcuts, etc.

### Lead Product Designer @ Komatsu Mining
Jan 2015 – Jan 2020
• Led a team of 3 designers. UX design, leadership, direction, and mentorship across the product line. Defined and implemented the company-wide UX design process. Enforced design consistency and unity across Modular products.
• Established strong relationships with leaders across core product teams to deliver a UX vision and plan for iterative updates that complete the company vision and strategy.

### User Experience Designer @ EPAM Systems
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Kyiv, Ukraine
UX designer (Research, Design, Prototyping, Development, and User Testing) working on software and device management tools for fleet management.

### Freelance User Experience Designer @ Unknown
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Ukraine
Product Designer (Value Proposition, Research, Design, Prototyping, Development, and User Testing) working on a web application.

### Graphic Designer @ Ukrainian Retail
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Donetsk, Ukraine
Graphic design for billboards and packaging for various brands.


## Education
### Master's degree in Applied Mathematics
Donetsk National University
Jan 2003 – Jan 2009


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-25