Maksim Krivoruchko

Maksim Krivoruchko

UI/UX, Product Designer in Istanbul, Türkiye

About

I believe that the practical essence of product design work is to build bridges between user expectations, business needs, and developer capabilities.

Contact

Dribbble

Work Experience

2020 — Now
Remote

I lead a design team and help develop and test design solutions in a team environment for a startup providing SAAS services to the diamond and jewelry industry.

2017 — 2020
Product Designer, Design Director (self-employed)
Various

Helped 10+ companies launch MVPs by providing design consulting services, creating design systems, and leading design teams.

2014 — 2017
Vladivostok - Moscow, Russia

Was responsible for designing the user experience of modern SPA and cross-platform mobile applications for various industries.

2013 — 2014
Web Designer at Pobeda Web Studio
Vladivostok, Russia

Designed 20+ websites for various businesses using a user-oriented design approach.

2012 — 2013
Vladivostok, Russia

Was responsible for the design implementation of the company's marketing strategies and web services design

2010 — 2011
Graphic Designer at Telenedelya Magazine
Vladivostok, Russia

Supported the sales team by designing advertising layouts for a weekly entertainment magazine in a fast-paced environment

Side Projects

2019

Searching movies and series based on the soundtrack

Education

2007 — 2012
2021

• Design a user test and set test goals to evaluate products and interfaces.
• Build a user test plan using industry best practices.
• Run a user test smoothly and effectively, avoiding common mistakes throughout.
• Provide actionable insights to stakeholders through reports on the results of usability test observations.

2021

• Design mobile interfaces based on mobile usability best practices.
• Use personas and task modeling to inform the design of a mobile user experience.
• Design mobile interfaces that cater to the different operating platforms (e.g. iOS vs Android).
• Design mobile user experiences that are engaging and fun.

Writing

2023

How to stress test your UI and why you should even do that

2020

Designing forms, even those as simple as authorization or subscription ones, we sometimes could encounter various difficulties. Some issues are fully described in various guidelines, such as iOS Human Interface Guidelines or Material Design Guidelines, and some issues, seemingly plain and simple, remain a mystery. Or at least you need to dig a bit deeper, to find explanations and heuristic concepts for them...