Leonid
UI/UX Designer
Skills
Languages
About
15 yrs of experience in digital design and teamwork. Expert knowledge in design fundamentals, persuasion psychology, strategic design and front-end development. 🎯 My mission is to convert business ideas into top-quality interfaces and design deliverables to benefit end users and foster product growth. I excel in e-commerce projects, delivering optimal UX, scalable architecture, and analytics for online shopping. 🍏 Starting as an independent wordpress designer-developer, I've built a strong front-end foundation by coding my own designs and webshops. Later in my career working in teams across startups and enterprises, I've gained an understanding of backend constraints and practiced writing functional / non-functional requirements. Adaptable to evolving priorities — do have a project manager and a scrum master experience. Passionate about innovative DataViz methods and Tech4Good movement.
Work Experience
UI/UX Designer
2024 - PresentPolhus through Teampilot
Designed a custom Product Information Management system for a group of e-commerce brands, shaped around the unique needs of different departments. By using Shadcn/Tailwind patterns, helped to speed up development process. To keep everything on track, contributed to the functional requirements, making sure the developers had a solid understanding of what was needed.
Product Designer UX-UI
2017 - 2024Contract
Designed four e-commerce brands under an umbrella company. Over 500.000 monthly users in total. Orchestrated ux research process (user interviews, surveys, eyetracking, ab-tests). Created and maintained living design systems to unify brand identity and to speed up development. Helped business leaders to shape product strategy by designing visual roadmaps and bpmn diagrams. Launched and led the scrum process for a team of 7 people to ensure product roadmap execution.
UX-UI Designer
2015 - 2017Tallink Grupp AS
Designed in-house billing system and image bank to streamline back office processes and cut costs. Improved customer retention by designing loyalty programs and user interface. Increased customer base by designing a webshop.
UX-UI Designer
2014 - 2015Trinidad Wiseman OÜ
Conducted a ux research for a major Estonian retailer chain (over 3.000 of employees). Conceptualised and designed ecommerce store for this Client.
UX-UI Designer / Front-End Developer
2012 - 2012Php Nordic OÜ
In this German startup I designed and coded (html-css) a platform for the German energy trading market. Software was delivered to the final customer.
Webmaster / IT-Support
2010 - 2012Translatum OY
Maintained and developed a website of a Finnish translation agency. Collaborated as a ux specialist on a translation app. Provided IT-support for localization software that was used within the group of translators.
Designer / Front-End Developer
2006 - 2010Dig Stuudio OÜ
Helped dozens of small businesses to improve their online presence by single-handedly creating websites, running marketing campaigns. Finally established my own company.
Education
Clinical Psychology
Jan 2010 - Dec 2011The Institute of Special Pedagogy and Psychology, Saint-Petersburg RU
Web-Design & Web-Programming, 3D Modelling
Jan 2009 - Dec 2012Informatics and Computing Institute, Tallinn EE
Linguistics
Jan 2006 - Dec 2009Bachelor degree, Euroacademy, Tallinn EE
Business Management
Jan 2004 - Dec 2005Central Queensland University, Sydney AU
Economics
Jan 2003 - Jan 2003Tallinn University of Technology (TALTECH), Tallinn EE
Secondary School 53
Jan 1991 - Jan 2003Tallinn EE
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