Nikita Gulak

Product Designer

Poznań, Poland

Work Experience

Future Mind

Product Designer

November 2023 - Present Poland

Fireart Studio

Product Designer

As a product designer at Fireart, I maintain and enhance the design system of mobile application for a world famous financial company. By ensuring a consistent, user-friendly design language, I helped to achieve the following results:

• Improved the app’s rating in the App Store from 3 stars to 4.7 stars.
• Reduced inconsistency around different products across the company.
• Created documentation that helps new designers and makes their onboarding process faster.
• Improved accessibility of the mobile app.
March 2022 - November 2023 Poland

AppVerk

Product Designer

As a Product Designer I used my user-centered design skills and attention to detail to enhance the user experience of the financial app for a SAAS company. I conducted UX researches, prepared prototypes for usability testings and designed assets for developers. The main achievements that I've helped the company with are:

• Sped up design-to-development process, by introducing design tokens and improving a design system.
• Introduced a new information architecture that streamlined the navigation and improved the overall usability of the application.
• Redesigned the user onboarding process, resulting in a 15% reduction in new user support contacts.
June 2021 - March 2022 Poznań, Poland

Crafton

UI/UX Designer

As a UI/UX Designer at Crafton, I have been designing websites and mobile apps, creating wireframes and prototypes for clients from Saudi Arabia. With my design skills and expertise in user experience, I have been able to create innovative and user-friendly digital products that have helped our clients to achieve their business goals, namely:

• Created wireframes and prototypes to test and validate design concepts.
• Collaborated with developers to ensure that designs were implemented correctly.
• Communicated effectively with clients to ensure that their needs were met and their feedback was incorporated into the design process.
• Created a design concept, thanks to which the client won the tender.
June 2019 - February 2021 Poznań, Poland

Freelance

UI/UX Designer

As a freelance UI/UX designer, I have been creating visually stunning and user-friendly digital products for clients worldwide. I specialized in designing websites and mobile apps that not only look great but also provide a seamless user experience.

I collaborated with clients to understand their design requirements, conducted research to gain insights into user behavior and preferences, and created wireframes, prototypes, and visual designs that align with their brand and business goals.
September 2017 - June 2019 Poznań, Poland

Kommo

UI/UX Designer

I delivered UI/UX for the CRM application, designed new features, facilitated developer collaboration, and ensured seamless design implementation.
March 2017 - September 2017 Moscow, Russian Federation

Education

Collegium Da Vinci

Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology

October 2017 - June 2021 Poland

Languages

English (Fluent),
Russian (Native),
Polish (Fluent),
Ukrainian (Advanced),

Skills

Adobe XD, Communication, CSS, Design Systems, Figma, HTML, Independence, Information Architecture, JavaScript, Mentorship, Mobile Design, Presentation, Proactive, Problem Solving, Prototypes, Sketch, Storytelling, UI Design , User Flows, User Research , User Testing, User-centered Design, WCAG, Web Design, Wireframes,