Viacheslav Mykhailov
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Viacheslav Mykhailov

Senior/Manager Ux/Ui Designer in Lviv, Ukraine, He / Him

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9 months ago

About

👋 Hello! I am a professional UI/UX Designer and Design Manager with over 13 years of experience in User Interface, User Experience, User Research, and Design Management.

My professionalism and reliability have enabled me to collaborate with many prominent companies, including Siemens, Nintendo, Backbase, Mercedes-Benz, and others.

🏆 2022-2024 - Andersen's Design Courses - Author, Speaker
🏆 2021 - Andersen's Hackathon - Mentor
🏆 2020 - Andersen's Design Event Speaker: Ux Testing
🏆 2019 - "Upwork for Designers" Event Speaker: To be or not to be... A designer
🏆 2018 - "Medium Days" Event Speaker: Psychology of text in web design
🏆 2017 - IgnisArt's Marketing Event Speaker: Marketing Trends in 2018

I love formalities and minimalism, so I pay attention to the details and do the work exceptionally qualitatively, without "blind zones".

⚔️ Skills & Tools:
• Design: Figma, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD;
• Wireframes: Invision, Balsamiq, Framer;
• Maps: MindMeister, MindNode, Miro;

• Main skills: People management, Management negotiations, Motivation screening, Work with archetypes, Troubleshooting.
• Main Methodologies: (Agile) Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall;
• Management general (goals, tasks): OKRs, RICE, ICE, SMART.
• Task management: Jira, Trello, Freedcamp, ClickUp;
• Additional: DesignOps, Ux Architect;
• Other: Marketing, Psychology.

⚙️ General Design:
• Stakeholder, User interviewing;
• Personas/Scenarios;
• Wireframing/Prototyping;
• Empathy, impact maps;
• Ui design;
• User journey maps;
• Ux (deep) research;
• Ux testing (user, usability, accessibility).
... etc.

💭 I work with website design, iOS app design, android app design, web app design, design systems, ad design, design management, resources management, UX research and architecture, team growth, people management, designops, design process, etc.

Design should be more than just beautiful - it should be simple, clear, and captivating.

Contact

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Work Experience

2023 — Now
Ukraine, Remote

As a professional with expertise in resource management and strategic planning, my role entails overseeing resources in alignment with prospective opportunities, particularly through project management, FTE planning, and ensuring a harmonious equilibrium between personnel and business demands. Additionally, a pivotal aspect of my position involves strategizing the potential expansion of the department and fostering professional growth among employees while addressing unforeseen challenges ("black swans").

○ Resource planning and optimizing performance metrics for the department.
○ Identifying and nurturing potential roles within the department to enhance efficiency and productivity.
○ Developing comprehensive growth plans for the department and its cohesive team.
○ Anticipating and addressing potential strategic implications of processes, ensuring adaptability and resilience.
○ Engaging with diverse technical domains to explore and exploit potential opportunities for growth.
○ Streamlining growth processes both within the department and across the organization.
○ Establishing a thriving local ecosystem of collaborative and high-performing teams.

2021 — Now
Lviv, Ukraine

Preparing employees for projects, tracking the status of projects (and employees for them). Establishment of processes in the team, participation in reviews, assessments. Development of a system for the growth of employees and improvement of working conditions in general.

Core competencies of the direction:
○ Monitoring the status of employees on the project;
○ Distribution of projects by competence;
○ People management;
○ Planning the growth of the department and working with indicators;
○ Strategic planning.

2021 — Now
Lviv, Ukraine

The main challenge was to optimize the work processes of mentors and trainees. I managed to prepare the documentation, which made it possible to automate the onboarding process, assemble a team of experts and optimize the labor and time spent on the distribution and onboarding of candidates.

Main tasks:
○ Optimization of the learning process;
○ Optimization of the process of distributing specialists;
○ Optimization of the competence distribution process;
○ Creation of an internship program for candidates;
○ Creation of a training and knowledge assessment program.

2020 — Now
Lviv, Ukraine

In this position, I served as an interface designer, researcher, and team leader. The most important thing is that in addition to understanding how to distribute and optimize the resource of designers on a project, I myself performed the duties of a designer. There was no moment when I gave all the tasks to the team and "hoped for the best" - I think that if I want everything to be good on the project and in the team, then I should not sit on the sidelines.

Key areas:
○ I oversaw the direction of social interaction.
○ I worked on interface research and systematization of project work.
○ Conducting technical interviews, participating in assessments.
○ Team coordination and task allocation within a referral.
○ Conducting low and high level research.

2020 — Now
Lviv, Ukraine

Development of processes in order to increase product quality, optimize processes and labor costs. Also one of the results is an improvement in product profitability based on user interest and other engagement metrics.

○ Building and optimizing design processes;
○ Planning the progress of the product;
○ Elaboration of scenarios for product improvements;
○ Research of variability of audience interests;
○ Development of scenarios of product profitability;
○ Work with prioritizing decisions;
○ Planning the growth of the team's competencies within the product.

2011 — 2021
Senior/Lead Ui/Ux Designer at Freelance
Remote

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Feb 2011 - Aug 2021 · 10 yrs 7 mosFeb 2011 - Aug 2021 · 10 yrs 7 mos
Lviv Region, UkraineLviv Region, Ukraine
Love formalities and minimalism, so I pay attention to the details and do the work exceptionally qualitatively, without "blind zones".

Skills & Tools:
• Design: Figma, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD;
• Wireframes: Invision, Balsamiq, Framer;
• Maps: MindMeister, MindNode, Miro;

• Main skills: People management, Management negotiations, Motivation screening, Work with archetypes, Troubleshooting.
• Main Methodologies: (Agile) Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall;
• Management general (goals, tasks): OKRs, RICE, ICE, SMART.
• Task management: Jira, Trello, Freedcamp, ClickUp;
• Additional: DesignOps, Ux Architect;
• Other: Marketing, Psychology.

General:
• Stakeholder, User interviewing;
• Personas/Scenarios;
• Wireframing/Prototyping;
• Empathy, impact maps;
• Ui design;
• User journey maps;
• Ux (deep) research;
• Ux testing (user, usability, accessibility).

2019 — 2020
Chernihiv Region, Ukraine

I worked with project evaluation and interaction analysis. Ux research, testing and other things that are associated with Ux + participation in workshops and mentoring program.

2018 — 2019
Lviv, Ukraine

I created designs for websites, interfaces of mobile applications and interface elements, participated in the discussion of projects and the creation of their concept.

2017 — 2018
Senior/Lead Ui/Ux designer at IgnisART Ukraine
Lviv, Ukraine

I performed the functions of two of my specializations - I developed interfaces for applications, website design, carried out site analysis, both in terms of design and from the code side.

Managed a team of designers, controlled internal work processes, quality.

2016 — 2016
Web designer at Metod Estate
Lviv, Ukraine

I learned new principles of web design, improved ui / ux skills.

2014 — 2015
Senior/Lead Ui Engineer at fullMoon.Studio
Lviv, Ukraine

Management of the design department, including optimization of its processes and monitoring of quality indicators.

Participated in the full cycle of the product from A to Z.Management of the design department, including optimization of its processes and monitoring of quality indicators. Participated in the full cycle of the product from A to Z.

2012 — 2013
Front-end developer at Good Twins
Remote

My responsibilities included layout of web interfaces, programming of remote modules (node.js) and working with high load services.

Speaking

2021
Mentor at Andersen's Hackathon
Cherkasy, Ukraine
2020
UX Testing at Andersen's Design Event
Odessa, Ukraine
2019
To be or not to be... A designer at Upwork for Designers
Lviv, Ukraine
2018
Psychology of text in web design at Medium Days
Lviv, Ukraine
2017
Marketing Trends in 2018 at IgnisArt's Marketing Event
Lviv. Ukraine

Writing

2023

A Ui/Ux designer is a professional who has experience in developing user interfaces and user interactions with a product. However, their role in an IT team is not just about creating a visually appealing product.

2023

In UX design, cognitive biases can influence how users interact with a product, the decisions they make, and the emotions the product elicits. Therefore, understanding cognitive biases is a key aspect of choosing and implementing an interactive approach both with users in general and with their personal perceptions.

2023

Web designers and user interface (UI/UX) designers use colors in their work to draw attention to interface elements, increase brand recognition, and improve user perception. The choice of color palette can have a significant impact on the entire process, as different colors can evoke different emotions and moods in users.

2023

In my opinion, Ui/Ux design is the foundation of a product, its face and soul. You can create an infinitely high-quality heart, and organize the simulation of breathing, but we won’t fall in love with a product just because its heart beats in an interesting rhythm or its breathing smells like mint.

2023

As is commonly believed, this methodology places the user at the center of the world and focuses on their views and habits. In fact, the product’s actual growth revolves around the persona for which the system is built.

Certifications

2023
People Management for Resource Managers from Andersen Lab
2021
Gromov negotiation course from ArtelGromova