yuliavel

yuliavel

Product designer in Guildford, UK, She/Her

About

I'm a UX and Product designer with 4+ years of experience.

I'm passionate about connecting businesses with their customers applying user-centered design methods and creative thinking.

I love hiking, illustrated books, and music.
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Work Experience

2024 — Now
Self-employed designer at SE
UK
  • Redesigned the brand identity for a UK mediation charity, that boosted the service awareness among the target audience.

  • Created graphic design for a local musical festival.

  • Facilitated the workshop to test a game’s mechanics, which helped to get investment for further development.

2022 — 2024
Parenting/Self-development at Career break
UK
  • Was a full-time parent.

  • Got a PDA in Service Design at the Service Design Academy in Dundee (UK).

2019 — 2022
Product designer at Medvoice
Ukraine
  • Successfully designed and launched a website as the main sales channel, achieving a sixfold revenue growth.

  • Integrated e-commerce capabilities to streamline sales, and marketing, which reduced the sales and support response time from days to hours.

  • Operated as a strategic partner in building the service growth strategy.

  • Managed a company-wide design initiative to ensure brand consistency at all levels, that boosted customer and employee satisfaction.

  • Led design processes, including hiring and mentoring junior designers, contributing to the team’s growth.

2018 — 2019
Self-employed designer at SE
  • Helped local businesses grow by designing and building websites, using no-code design tools.

  • Conducted secondary and primary research to inform design decisions.

2016 — 2018
Parenting/Self-development at Career break
  • Was a full-time parent.

  • Continued self-learning in UX design.

  • Completed a UX design course at the BangBangEducation Design school.

2015 — 2015
UX UI Designer at White space studio
  • Designed small-scale projects B2B and contributed to medium-sized ones under supervision, supporting senior designers in the team.
2014 — 2015
UX UI Designer at Blue tiger labs
remote
  • Created graphics for the Basket Savings .
    mobile app and prototyped a web portal for moderators, articulating design decisions.
2011 — 2013
COntent manager, Office manager at ThyssenKrupp AG
Moscow
  • Produced multilingual content for the corporate website, crafting articles in English, German, and Russian, which enhanced brand awareness among employees and customers.