Founding Product Designer Berlin, Germany
I help early-stage startups define, design, and deliver high-impact products. Especially when resources are limited, stakes are high, and the path is ambiguous.
As a founding product designer, I operate across the full product lifecycle: from shaping early concepts and conducting user research to defining MVP scope, setting design foundations, and partnering with engineering on fast, high-quality execution.
I work hands-on and autonomously, often owning product strategy, QA, prioritization, and design systems from the ground up.
Over the past 15+ years (8 of them focused on NLP and generative AI) I’ve helped multiple startups turn raw ideas into real traction.
My experience spans voice and conversational UI, CX analytics, sales tooling, BI platforms, and fintech.
Often the first designer on the team, I thrive in zero-to-one environments. I combine rapid iteration with a high bar for visual craft because I believe quality builds trust, even at the MVP stage.
I bring a generalist mindset, strong product instincts, and the ability to navigate ambiguity with confidence and speed.
I care about what we're building and why it matters. And I treat every product like it's mine.
| May 2022 - Today Startup (seed)・Website | Twain Founding Product Designer
Twain is an AI-driven platform for sales outreach. As the Founding Product Designer and one of the first employees, I oversee the visual and functional aspects of the product, ensuring a seamless user experience.
My role involves close collaboration with both business and engineering teams to shape the product's design and behavior, contributing significantly to its current success. | | --- | --- | | Jul 2021 – May 2022 Startup (series A)・Website | Voiceflow Senior Product Designer — Individual contributor
I was responsible for a comprehensive platform redesign.
Leveraging user feedback, I streamlined workflows, modernized the visual language, and built a scalable design system.
The result is a cleaner, more intuitive experience and a reusable component library that accelerates development and safeguards brand consistency. | | Jan 2019 – Jul 2021 Startup (series B)・Website | Chattermill Founding Product Designer
At Chattermill, an AI-driven customer feedback analytics platform, I spearheaded the design of the core product.
I owned end-to-end product design and research, built a scalable design system, and delivered a complete platform redesign.
Along the way I introduced structured user-research practices that are now embedded in the product lifecycle. | | Feb 2018 – Jan 2019 Startup (seed)・Website | Invocable Founding Product designer
As the founding Product Designer at Y-Combinator–backed Invocable (formerly Storyline), I set the design vision for a no-code platform that lets anyone build Alexa and Google Home voice apps.
I defined core UX principles, crafted the visual language, and turned complex NLU concepts into an intuitive drag-and-drop interface.
I joined every customer-development call, informed product strategy, and dove deep into conversational-AI research, ultimately inventing a canvas for non-linear dialogue flows that became the platform’s signature feature. | | Nov 2015 – May 2018 Enterprise | Adamantium (RhythmOne) Senior UX Designer
Held a leading UX role on the company’s real-time bidding AdTech platform (DSP + DMP). I guided a four-designer squad, defined UX principles and a cohesive visual language, and built a design system that cut interface build time by about 30% and unified the brand.
Partnering closely with product and engineering, I drove research, design, and launch of a new campaign-optimization tool in under six months—earning full adoption by trading desks and delivering double-digit gains in campaign performance. | | Nov 2014 – Nov 2015 Enterprise・Website | Forex Club UX Designer / Software Analyst
At Forex Club, I transformed user and company needs into structured requirements and UI prototypes for the trading platform Libertex and its tablet application.
A significant accomplishment was the successful redesign of the web terminal application, creating a flexible system that adjusts the UI based on client segments. | | May 2013 – Nov 2014 Enterprise outsourcing・Website | IBA Group UX Designer / Software Analyst
As part of the web portals department at IBA Group, I participated in projects across financial, transport, and telecom domains.
I was awarded a Certificate of Honor and successfully completed five projects, primarily in the web portal domain for large banks and telecommunication providers. | | Jun 2012 – Apr 2013 Enterprise・Website | Telecontact UX Designer / Software Analyst
As a Software Analyst and User Experience Designer in a large outsourcing contact-center, I was focused mainly on communicating with enterprise clients and transforming their needs and business goals into detailed software specifications, UI mockups, and guidelines for the call-center software. | | 2009 – 2018 Remote consultant | Freelance UI/UX designer
Over 10 years of working as a freelance designer, I participated in projects for various industries: advertisement, banking, finance, business applications, telecommunication, transport. I worked as an independent remote consultant and as a member of distributed teams as well. |
| 2006 – 2012 Minsk, Belarus | Minsk State High Radiotechnical College Software Information Technology ****Bachelor's degree | | --- | --- | | 2011 – 2012 Remote | QAI Global Institute Business Analysis for Software Development |
Product Design, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), User Research, Design Systems, Natural Language Processing (NLP and LLM), Conversational UI, Customer Development, Cross-functional Collaboration, Product Management, QA