Nikolay Komarov

Lead designer

Shanghai, China
I enjoy helping non-designers gain an unconventional perspective on tasks, and as a result, add extra value to products and services.

Work Experience

Spencer Stuart

Leader of the LAS design team

As a leader of the LAS design team based in Shanghai, I work with regional and global teams, helping the business create new products and tools and reimagine existing ones.

• Design reports, visualising and representing data collected during assessments in the most coherent and intuitive manner;
• Create easy-to-use learning tools and resources, ensuring that internal products and services are understood by our employees and pleasant to operate;
• Use design expertise to turn leadership workshops into engaging learning experiences.
February 2014 - Present Shanghai, China

Reya Group

Lead designer

• Key member of a team comprised of social scientists, business consultants, and software engineers who created “best in class” culture assessment toolkit

• Led the design team, which provided support in development and facilitation of leadership workshops and internal engagement projects for the largest MNC in the greater China area.

Responsibilities: experience design, UI design, design management

Clients: CHANEL, Mondelez, Levi's,
December 2011 - January 2014 Shanghai, China

Design Group Italia

Senior designer

• Member of an international design team;
• Worked in varied fields, from the automotive industry to architectural markets to electric appliances;
• Explored clients’ potential and analyzed market and design trends;
• Defined customers’ needs and transformed findings into relevant design concepts;
• Created presentations through engaging demo experiences.

Responsibilities: experience design, visual storytelling, product design

Clients: 3M, Vimar, Tomtom, ABB, Pininfarina
January 2009 - Milan, Italy

Turbomilk

Visual designer

Designed graphic user interfaces, developed characters and icons.

Clients: Belkin, Arrow Model, Storebrand
August 2006 - July 2007 Samara, Russia

Education

Istituto Europeo Di Design

MA

Industrial design
January 2008 - December 2008 Milan, Italy

Samara State Architecture And Civil Engineering University

MA

Architecture and urban planning
September 2000 - July 2006 Samara, Russia

Languages

English (Fluent),
Russian (Native),
Italian (Beginner),

Skills

Visual Thinking, Art Direction, Creative Direction, Creative Problem Solving, Data Visualisation, Design Thinking, Experience Design, Freehand Sketching, Graphic Design, Illustrations, Information Design, Product Design, Storyboarding, Storytelling, Typography, UI, User Interfaces,

Additional Information

Interested in Asia and Russia