Tania Abanina

I support people in professional and personal development and help them navigate times of change. It could be: - career changes: planning, shifting into a new field, changing role or position, - improving work-life relationships, burnout prevention and recovery, - (re)discovering meaning in one's work, - navigating personal challenges and problems. Working languages: English, Русский.

I support teams and individuals who design and develop web interfaces, coaching, teaching, creating learning journeys and materials, leading teams, and serving as a hiring partner. My special interests: - supporting teams being and becoming self-organised, - optimisation of work and decision-making processes, - organisational culture, communication, and facilitating a safe environment for work, - hiring, - consistent brand communication: UI style guides and design systems, - web accessibility.

* Supporting students' learning journeys of a 1-year Fullstack Web Development and 6-month UX/UI engineering courses. * Co-authored a 6-month UX/UI engineering course. * Supported hiring for a teacher role.

* People and team development: ran 1-1s for four people; shaped personal and team growth plans; influenced team dynamics (6–12 people) while refining agile practices. * Led frontend hiring: grew team from 2 to 5 over three years. * Set up hiring for a lead role: defined stages, led a 6-person team, and owned screening. * Mentored on web dev best practices (HTML, CSS, UX, inclusive/ethical design). * Active in DEI group: spotted issues, proposed actions, and presented them to top management.

Frontend dev in a cross-functional team for the online shop: built features, fixed bugs, created campaign pages, improved SEO/WCV, contributed to design. Saved 50+ h/month via UI styleguide used in two rebrands; later helped marketing adapt Dynamic Yield with templates and tracking. Improved cross-team flow with regular PM/design/dev syncs. Managed distributed workflow: scoped work, wrote specs, tracked progress, curated guides. Led workshops on HTML, CSS, atomic design, accessibility, inclusive design.

Customer faced work on projects as a web/UX designer and/or frontend developer and brand consultant for different sectors: education, culture, media, online shops: * UI/UX design and development * customisation of themes for various CMS and frameworks: WordPress, Magento, Woocommerce, Shopify, Rails, Angular, Django, Jekyll, Bootstrap, PL/SQL. * UI/UX audits * consulting on brand and content strategy * technical writing