Alex Zapadenko
Design Manager
Santa Monica, CA, USA
+1 (220) 92-55
be.net/zapadenko
A young design leader with ten years of hands-on experience in various design fields. Provides the very best design services to customers as well as fosters a design team at Citrusbyte.
Work Experience
Citrusbyte
Design Manager
• Sourcing and retaining talent
• Establishing the team’s cultural values
• Defining design process and methodological toolkit
• Establishing frameworks for training, mentoring and career progression
• Strategic planning for the design team
• Aligning team goals with the company strategy
• Rising the impact of the Design to the company success
• Checking that teams work efficiently and are staffed correctly
• Address any issues or concerns with members of the design team
• Leading design team marketing efforts
• Coordinate design efforts with other departments
• Lead design-related sales activities
• Establishing the team’s cultural values
• Defining design process and methodological toolkit
• Establishing frameworks for training, mentoring and career progression
• Strategic planning for the design team
• Aligning team goals with the company strategy
• Rising the impact of the Design to the company success
• Checking that teams work efficiently and are staffed correctly
• Address any issues or concerns with members of the design team
• Leading design team marketing efforts
• Coordinate design efforts with other departments
• Lead design-related sales activities
June 2017
- Present
Santa Monica, California, United States
Citrusbyte
Product Designer
• Defining UX & Visual directions for the products
• Creating world-class UX & Visual design
• Implementing design process & culture
• Formalization of deliverables
• Design process facilitation
• Development support
• Creating world-class UX & Visual design
• Implementing design process & culture
• Formalization of deliverables
• Design process facilitation
• Development support
December 2015
- June 2017
Kyiv, Ukraine
ROKITT
Lead UX & Visual Designer
• Defining UX & Visual directions for the products
• Creating world-class UX & Visual design
• Implementing design process & culture
• Formalization of deliverables
• Design process facilitation
• Development support
• Creating world-class UX & Visual design
• Implementing design process & culture
• Formalization of deliverables
• Design process facilitation
• Development support
December 2014
- November 2015
Kyiv, Ukraine
Cogniance
Senior UX & Visual Designer
• Defining UX & Visual directions for the products
• Creating world-class UX & Visual design
• Implementing design process & culture
• Formalization of deliverables
• Design process facilitation
• Development support
• Creating world-class UX & Visual design
• Implementing design process & culture
• Formalization of deliverables
• Design process facilitation
• Development support
December 2012
- November 2014
Kyiv, Ukraine
Ciklum
UX & Visual Designer
• Creating world-class UX & Visual design
• Formalization of deliverables
• Development support
• Formalization of deliverables
• Development support
February 2012
- November 2012
Kyiv, Ukraine
Hummus Interactive
Visual Designer & Illustrator
• Concepting, UX & Visual design for mobile and social games
• Formalization of deliverables
• Development support
• Formalization of deliverables
• Development support
September 2011
- December 2011
Kyiv, Ukraine
Outsourcing Team
Visual Designer & Illustrator
• Concepting, UX & Visual design for mobile and social games
• Formalization of deliverables
• Development support
• Formalization of deliverables
• Development support
January 2010
- August 2011
Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
Ukrainian Advertising House
Visual Designer for commercials
Full-service advertising agency. First job, first experience.
August 2007
- October 2008
Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
Education
Kiev State Institute Of Decorative And Applied Art And Design Of M. Boychuk
Bachelor of Graphic Design
Kiev, Ukraine
Languages
Ukrainian (Native),
Russian (Native),
English (Advanced),
Skills
Design Team Management,
Interaction Design,
Leadership,
Product Design,
User Experience Design,
User Interface Design,
Visual Design,