Mykola Hordasevych - Head of Product Design, Property Finder

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Work Background

Property FinderHead of Product Design

Feb. 2023Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

Reach FinancialPrincipal Product Designer

Jul. 2021 - Jan. 2023• UX Strategy & Management - identifying and implementing the most effective & efficient approaches to UX to increase the level of CX; • Building and managing the UX and Design team, overseeing the design process on all domains within RF solutions (mobile, web) and branding; • Managing design process: UX research, usability testing, CX evaluation, and UX/UI design; • Design workshops and presales; • New features concepts research and development; • Work with stakeholders at all organizational levels to implement strategic UX initiatives; • Design state-of-the-art interface solutions that support strategy: user flows, paper prototyping, designing mockups, prototypes, and wireframes, and documenting interfaces; • Responsible for managing client relationships, project outcomes, team performance, and keeping teams and clients inspired.

FluxonPrincipal Product Designer

Jun. 2021 - May. 2022Dubai, United Arab Emirates

emaratechHead of Design

May. 2018 - Jul. 2021Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHead of all Design things at emaratech: Brand. Creative. Product Design. User Research. DesignOps. Built and head UX team: establish strategic design frameworks that support rapid prototyping, quickly convert ideas to proof of concept, and accelerates product development across 10+ engineering teams (for such clients as GDRFA Dubai, Dubai Airports, Dubai Seaports, Dubai Police, etc.). Entrusted to define our process for gathering data through user research and insights, end-user validation, usability testing, onboarding and training, feedback, and competitive analysis.

emaratechUX Architect

May. 2016 - May. 2018Dubai, United Arab Emirates• Planning & process management (design reviews, sprint planning, mid-term planning, request prioritization, the design strategy for particular projects) • Customer Researching • User Testing (Interviews and interactive testing with Users) • Rapid prototyping, CJMs, User Flows mapping

PlaytechDesign Lead

May. 2015 - May. 2016Kyiv• Managing UX/UI team across Ukraine and Belarus; • UX Design including user flows, wireframes, and prototyping; • User research and usability testing of new games and features; • Ensure the design team follows UX best practices and validate everything with users; • UX and UI development of first of kind real 3D roulette and slot based on Unity; • Coordination with development teams and managing implementation of UX and UI; • Developing the team’s skills with new tools, planning techniques, collaborative design techniques, and communication strategies.

PlaytechSenior UX/UI Designer

Aug. 2014 - May. 2016• Managing UX/UI team across Ukraine and Belarus; • UX Design including user flows, wireframes, and prototyping; • User research and usability testing of new games and features; • Ensure the design team follows UX best practices and validate everything with users; • UX and UI development of first of kind real 3D roulette and slot based on Unity; • Coordination with development teams and managing implementation of UX and UI; • Developing the team’s skills with new tools, planning techniques, collaborative design techniques, and communication strategies.

CiklumSenior Designer UX/UI

Dec. 2013 - Aug. 2014Kyiv• Communication and data synthesis; • Storyboarding, journey maps, user flows; • Wireframing, prototyping, UX research, analysis and evaluation; • Visual design and styling mockups; • Annotations for handoff; • Oversee and lead a team of UI designers; • Coordination with business and dev teams; • Own UI/UX design phases and deliveries; • Storyboarding and branding.

InfopulseSenior Designer UX/UI & front-end developer

Jun. 2010 - Dec. 2013KyivMain activities: creation ui and ux for web portals, online services, mobile appliacations and games. Creation of markup, resolving bugs and issues in front-end. Key skills are using: - web ui/ux; - mobile ui/ux; - Android design; - iOs HIG; - wireframes creation; - AXURE; - prototyping; - design for wpf; - Working in Agile/Scrum; - Source control tools: Tortoise SVN, Tortoise GIT; - A/B testing of ui/ux; - HTML4-5, CSS2-3, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, Knockout JS, Backbone

Charity Organisation "MBF"Designer UX/UI

Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2010Main activities: creation ui and ux for web portal (MBF Portal). Creation of markup, resolving bugs and issues in front-end. Key skills are using: - ui/ux (raster/vector graphics) - flash animation - design of portals - wireframes creation - prototyping - branding (style, logos) - A/B testing of ui/ux - creation of markup (HTML/CSS/JS)

LLC "Seventh Sky"Designer UX/UI; front-end developer

Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2009