Alex Shestakov

— Leading design team of 4 designers for Web and Mobile for Rakbank – top 10 in UAE (Dubai). — Build up communication with products' stakeholders and different department involving in design process.

AI-powered recruiting platform • Designed projects: research, usability testing, interaction design, user experience design and service design. • Conducted proposal, pitching and sales related project activities.

Remote usability testing platform (UserTesting competitor) • Completely redesigned the analytical platform for creating test and report analysis for web and ios & android apps. • Defined product positioning and created marketing materials: content & design.

English language learning platform for China • Conducted the competitors' analysis and defined the feature scope for the MVP. • Created the whole concept and prototype for the education system platform: web, app and corporate versions. • Taught English in China for better understanding of the users of English language learning platforms. (6 months, 180 hours)

Customer loyalty program. • Led the creation of the UX department in Mnogo.ru. Audience: 3,5 mln active users per month. • Designed several promo games increasing conversion from 5 to 10 percent.

Top 1 in Digital Design&Creative in Russia • Designed website and online shop for Yota — Russian mobile broadband services provider and smartphone manufacturer. • Worked under supervision of the art director.

Сompany creating startups • Created a completely new internet bank concept for Svyaznoy Bank — top 5 Russian bank. Won the tender for developing in the competition with top awarded (Cannes Lions, Awwwards and The FWA) Web Studios. • Created product concepts, designed web and mobile versions for startups in various industries: banking, e-commerce, medicine, music, gaming, fashion etc.

• Gained experience on Agile • Worked closely with the development team in the creation of desktop applications • Prototyped desktop interfaces and wrote technical specifications (ISO) for large state-owned companies. I became enthusiastic about UX design and did outsourcing work creating prototypes for Russian and US startups (barzer.net).

• Gained experienc in converting large tables and reports into visual presentations in accordance with McKinsey company standards. • Utilized skills of working with databases and script writing acquired at university. • My work resulted in a 30% per year reduction in company spending. Fairly quickly I realized that I wanted to go beyond narrow corporate projects.