Why me
Nurtured design teams, and led them to real impact
Strategic thinker, focused on tangible outcomes
Built design systems that last
Experienced in scaling high-impact products
Bringing design, business, and tech together
Passionate about mentorship and team growth
Work
Role
Design Manager
Role
Design lead, acting Product Manager
Role
Design Manager
Work Experience
Design Manager 2
Beamery
2021
Design systems lead, Product Designer
Intercom
2018
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2021
Chief Designer
Mail.Ru Group
2016
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2018
Product Design Lead
Yandex
2013
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2016
Articles & talks
Design Systems and the Volatile Economy
An honest conversation about the life of design systems and design ops specialists in the current economic environment. Challenges, hopes and nuggets of advice from the past 8 years in this field.
Building the design system as you fly it
I shared how new challenges forced me to become more flexible and pragmatic whilst abandoning some of the old mental models acquired at VK.com & Intercom. This was a story of navigating the whirlwinds of a scale-up environment to stay effective at pace.
Rationalise it! 5 steps to introduce a new component to the design system
I describe our step-by-step process for adding new components to the design system at Beamery. This process gives clear guidance to contributors and ultimately helps us to evolve the system.
Design direction as a step before design system
Long-lasting design systems need solid foundations. Sometimes this requires taking a step back.
Tool tips: How our design team switched to Figma
It’s increasingly clear that the tools we use shape the work we do in all sorts of ways, so picking the right tool for your task is absolutely critical. And even more so when you’re trying to pick a tool to be used by a diverse team spread around the world.
Working as a designer in a foreign language
The design industry speaks English. The articles we read, the tools we use, the conferences we attend: we all speak the same language when it comes to design.