Alex Chernyshev

Product Designer

San Francisco, CA, USA
I'm a Product Designer and Entrepreneur with proficiency in the SaaS industry and AI-based software products.

Business has taught me to look at problems from different angles and be stress resistant. My unique background in product design and business development enables me to thrive in complex spaces, connect the dots, and lead cross-functional teams toward a shared vision.

My motto is "talk less, work more".

Work Experience

Measured

Senior Product Designer

∙ Created the first version of the design system from scratch in 2 months and continue to actively improve it every day.
∙ Made a great contribution to the hiring of the first designers and the formation of a design team in the company.
∙ Developed the UI/UX of a new product feature from scratch in close collaboration with PMs and engineers, and also actively participated in similar tasks helping other designers.
∙ Constantly implement best design practices and conduct in-house training for designers (Figma, Design Systems, Wireframing, Prototyping).
October 2022 - Austin, Texas, United States

Odus Inc.

Chief Product Officer

∙ Executed market research and interviewed more than 100 potential clients.
∙ Delivered the first graphic UI for a conversational AI software on the market, cut down the onboarding process of new users from 7 to 2 days, and onboarded more than 2.000 users.
∙ Responsible for developed several versions of the official website – from wireframes to high fidelity design.
∙ Successfully hired 4 professionals to my team of designers and developers.

In two years, we have created a unique AI system. Now the service is used by 2.000+ companies from around the world. Odus became the winner of the PhA Track accelerator at MIPT and also became a member of the Microsoft for Startups program and Nvidia Inception Program. We received grants from Microsoft and AWS.
October 2017 - October 2022 California, United States

Ruka Group R&D Agency

UX Designer

R&D digital agency. Chatbots for e-commerce companies and business events.
∙ Contributed 10+ big projects of chatbots for large Russian companies such as Synergy, Alfa-Bank, Russian School of Management, and others that attracted 50.000+ users in total.
∙ Conducted a workshop with the major businessman, Alexey Voronin (Sberbank - the biggest Russian bank), and also spoke at an event organized by 1C-Bitrix (a big Russian tech company).
February 2016 - September 2017 Russian Federation

Digikon Media Agency

Senior Product Designer

Digital agency. They specialized in creating UX/UI, websites, mobile apps, and PPC advertising.
∙ Contributed to an enterprise marketplace for "Begemot" is a big toy trading company. (attendance 1.500/month)
∙ Delivered a new site and helped launch a new business line for the Mobimark Group.
∙ Responsible for UIs for a big portal for job searches, GorJob.ru, and increased attendance to 173k/month. Improved user engagement – up to 18 pages per visit.
April 2013 - January 2016 Russian Federation

VK Holding

Senior User Experience Designer

One of the biggest tech companies in Russia.
∙ Delivered UI/UX for the first version of the mobile app for My World, the social network by Mail.ru Group, launched it on the App Store & Google Play and got 1.000.000+ downloads.
∙ Redesigned the catalog of online web games within the My World social network. (My World is a social network with an attendance of 25 million/month).
July 2012 - February 2013 Moscow, Russian Federation

Turbomilk

UI/UX Designer

Turbomilk is a digital agency that does visual interface design.
∙ Responsible for the very first mobile app for 2GIS, a company with $243 million capital, and helped them to increase user engagement by up to 28%, and to attract a mobile audience.
∙ Worked with international brands – Intuit, TUI AG.
September 2009 - July 2010 Russian Federation

Taxofly Inc.

Senior UX Designer

Online taxi service (like Uber), 28 cities.
∙ Manged the development of UI for the mobile apps from scratch and dramatically reduced the time of ordering a taxi – from 2 min to 37 sec.
∙ Founded this company with two partners, and in 2011, we sold the company and the brand to a US investor.
August 2009 - May 2012 New York, United States

Freelance

Web Designer

Several freelance marketplaces: upwork.com, freelancer.com, etc.
∙ 30+ projects completed. Among clients were large online resources: AFY.ru, Areado.ru.
September 2007 - July 2009 Russian Federation

Education

Togliatti Academy Of Management

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)

2006 - 2011 Tolyatti, Russian Federation

Languages

Russian (Native),
English (Fluent),

Awards

RAEC

Member of the Expert Club "Runet Awards 2011"

2011

Skills

Design Lead, Design Thinking, Graphic Design, Mobile, Personas, Product Management, Prototype, Prototyping, SaaS, UI Design , User Research , UX Design, Web Design, Wireframes,

Mentor at RuSSOL - Open Startup School Online

Mentor of the accelerator program and jury member. I help young entrepreneurs create new companies and the best design for their products.