Ilia Aleksandrov
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Ilia Aleksandrov

Head of Design in Amsterdam

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A year ago

Work Experience

2014 — Now
Moscow, Russia

As part of the Yandex Maps Team my role is to Identify new opportunities, evaluate company product performance and help develop long-term strategic plans for the future.

  • Interpreting abstract business concepts and users analytics and turning them into product strategy.
  • Meeting with stakeholders and team members to discuss their needs and the design solutions they want.
  • Developing product plans and design with projected timelines and resources.
  • Analyzing market research to create more effective designs.
  • Reviewing feedback from users and making alterations according to the users needs.
  • Pitching ideas and the product and creative vision to the stakeholders and communicating the project outline to the team.
  • Hiring, developing, and inspiring the design team, or selecting a design team from outsource teams.
  • Overseeing the design projects, from start to finish, and monitoring the staff members to ensure they adhere to the resources and timeline constraints.
2012 — 2014
Moscow, Russia
2010 — 2012
2010 — 2010
Moscow, Russia
2009 — 2010
Samara, Russia

Awards

2020

Self-isolation index

2022

Our team presented detailed maps where buildings, roads, trees and other objects look almost like real ones. In the future, this will help both pedestrians and drivers navigate the streets faster.

Writing

2022

"Yandex Maps" showed a project of "super-detailed" maps — with road markings, underpasses and trees

Volunteering

2021 — 2021
Moscow

Yandex Design School is a project for budding product designers. Yandex employees and invited experts share their experience in product design with project participants. At the end of the program, participants will present a personal project.

2019 — 2019
Chief & Speaker at Yandex Design School
Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Alma-Ata, Nizhny Novgorod, Minsk
2018 — 2018
Chief, Speaker and Mentor at Yandex Design School
Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk
2017 — 2017
Speaker & Mentor at Yandex Design School
Moscow
2016 — 2016
Mentor at Yandex Design School
Moscow

Education

2005 — 2011
Samara, Russia

Dissertation topic: Research on channel separation methods in a digital information transmission system

Certifications

2021

Academy: Driven By The Ocean / Has obtain skills and knowledge by the standards of ISSA for Inshore Skipper

2021

Academy: Driven By The Ocean / Has obtain skills and knowledge by the standards of ISSA for VHF Radio Training

Contact

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