Design Leader,

mentor, speaker, based in London, UK

I’m Andrey - a design leader with 12 years of experience in the field. Currently, overseeing 3 functions at Beamery.

I’m Andrey - a design leader with 12 years of experience in the field. Currently, overseeing 3 functions at Beamery.

I’m Andrey - a design leader with 12 years of experience in the field. Currently, overseeing 3 functions at Beamery.

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 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

Design Systems and the Volatile Economy

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

Building the design system as you fly it

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

Rationalise it! 5 steps to introduce a new component to the design system

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

Design direction as a step before design 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

Tool tips: How our design team switched to Figma

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

Working as a designer in a foreign language

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.