I led Design teams at some great tech companies

• Yandex: Product Designer to Head of Design (100+ people in the Design org)

  • Global Head of Design, Responsible for all Product & Brand design of the company
  • Led the design and redesign of a number of Yandex products, including Yandex Browser which was covered by the major press: “Bold interface experiment” – The Next Web, “A Minimalist Browser Makeover” – TechCrunch
  • During my time at the company, Yandex grew from $413M annual revenue to $1.2B and from 1800 to 6000+ employees

• Intercom: Design Lead to Senior Group Design Manager

  • Over the years, had a privilege of working directly on several key Intercom’s product launches: Articles, Custom bots, Messenger 4, App Store, Inbox Apps, Product Tours, Mobile carousels, Series.
  • During my time at the company, Intercom grew from $20M to $200M+ ARR and from ~200 employees to over 800.
  • Owned and evolved a number of initiatives, including Intercom's global design recruitment process. Hired a number of talented intercomrades across teams.
  • Coached 10+ Product Designers, helping them grow in their careers, including IC to Management transitions

• Currently building hirehire.ai as a co-founder.

  • Launched and generated the first revenue in 6 months

• A few more facts and links about me

I would be happy to work with you as a Fractional Design Leader

I'm always happy to help some great projects take their product, design function, and design culture to the next level.

A "fractional executive" is someone who provides their expertise to a company on a part-time or temporary basis — which allows to benefit from experienced leadership without the commitment or cost of a full-time executive.

I can help transform and evolve the company's approach to design:

• Elevate your product and design processes to the level of the best in the industry.
• Discover a future vision for your product — some of my favorite things to do include product vision and product strategy.
• Establish design principles that will take your team's designs to the next level of quality.
• Streamline your hiring process for designers and help you develop a strong HR-brand strategy for your design team.
• Create a framework for your designers' career growth within the company, complete with clear levels and career tracks.
• Transform your design team's organizational structure to better support collaboration and creativity.
• Improve communication and collaboration between designers, engineers, product managers, marketing mavens, brand wizards, and everyone else in your company.

Why do I do it?