About

Hello! I'm glad you wanted to learn about me, or maybe you just ended up here by accident when googling 'crazy Ukrainian designer sci-fi robot 3d spaceship portfolio'.
My name is Roman, I am a digital designer, board game geek, big foodie and a pretty good cook (from what I hear). Oh yeah, also huge sci-fi nerd!
Hello! I'm glad you wanted to learn about me, or maybe you just ended up here by accident when googling 'crazy Ukrainian designer sci-fi robot 3d spaceship portfolio'.
My name is Roman, I am a digital designer, board game geek, big foodie and a pretty good cook (from what I hear). Oh yeah, also huge sci-fi nerd!


Origins

I was born in Marhanets, a small mining town in south-central Ukraine, named for its manganese ore extraction. Growing up, I was always drawing and painting, often during classes when I should have been paying attention. Art and Crafts were my favorite subjects. In 6th grade, inspired by our active student exchange program, I painted a scene depicting a bridge between Ukraine and the USA. My art teacher loved it so much that she got permission to paint a full-size mural of it in the school hall, a moment that affirmed my passion for art and design.

Becoming a UI/UX Designer

Years later, I moved to the USA, where I earned a degree in Graphic Design with a minor in Web Development. My career has spanned various roles in marketing and web design agencies, where I've gained extensive experience in UI/UX and front-end work. Recently, I've grown as a digital product designer, tackling challenging e-commerce and fintech projects. Strategic thinking, adapting to new technologies, planning for long-term impact, focusing on user research, and developing feedback loops have been crucial to my professional growth.

What I love most about UI/UX work is solving problems and seeing the positive impact it brings. I'm passionate about current and future technologies and enjoy challenging myself to understand and solve complex digital issues. My skills in front-end and motion graphics have helped my company solve client problems efficiently and cost-effectively. Designing user experiences and interfaces for large e-commerce businesses, with successful tweaks that have converted thousands of dollars, drives my passion as a UI/UX designer.


Personal Interests

In my free time, I enjoy cooking, watercolor painting, listening to dubstep, traveling, and watching sci-fi movies. For a break from the city noise, I love taking walks in the local park—an activity I'd recommend to anyone.


Origins


I was born in Marhanets, a small mining town in south-central Ukraine, named for its manganese ore extraction. Growing up, I was always drawing and painting, often during classes when I should have been paying attention. Art and Crafts were my favorite subjects. In 6th grade, inspired by our active student exchange program, I painted a scene depicting a bridge between Ukraine and the USA. My art teacher loved it so much that she got permission to paint a full-size mural of it in the school hall, a moment that affirmed my passion for art and design.

Becoming a UI/UX Designer


Years later, I moved to the USA, where I earned a degree in Graphic Design with a minor in Web Development. My career has spanned various roles in marketing and web design agencies, where I've gained extensive experience in UI/UX and front-end work. Recently, I've grown as a digital product designer, tackling challenging e-commerce and fintech projects. Strategic thinking, adapting to new technologies, planning for long-term impact, focusing on user research, and developing feedback loops have been crucial to my professional growth.


What I love most about UI/UX work is solving problems and seeing the positive impact it brings. I'm passionate about current and future technologies and enjoy challenging myself to understand and solve complex digital issues. My skills in front-end and motion graphics have helped my company solve client problems efficiently and cost-effectively. Designing user experiences and interfaces for large e-commerce businesses, with successful tweaks that have converted thousands of dollars, drives my passion as a UI/UX designer.

Personal Interests


In my free time, I enjoy cooking, watercolor painting, listening to dubstep, traveling, and watching sci-fi movies. For a break from the city noise, I love taking walks in the local park—an activity I'd recommend to anyone.


My passions ❤️️🤗

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Spending time with family

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Sustainability

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Cooking yum yums

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Traveling & sightseeing

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Sci-Fi books & shows

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Watercoloring & drawing

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Gym & fitness

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Fantasy football

My design principles

be kind

Be kind in how you talk, interact and give feedback to others - and especially to yourself.

inspire

Do your best to bring best in others: encourage, empower, and inspire with top quality and meaningful impact of your work.

be curious

Always aspire to learn, try new things and experiment. Ask questions, take risks and deal with it later. Have fun with in the process.

Always aspire to learn, try things and experiment. Ask questions, take risks and deal with it later. Have fun with it.

Always aspire to learn, try things and experiment. Ask questions, take risks and deal with it later. Have fun with it.

Always aspire to learn, try things and experiment. Ask questions, take risks and deal with it later. Have fun with it.

Always aspire to learn, try things and experiment. Ask questions, take risks and deal with it later. Have fun with it.

take risks

Always be afraid to have 'what ifs', instead - get excited to have 'when I do..' greatest things will happen. Law of the Universe.

learn to own

We are not perfect and this makes it fun: you have to make mistakes, otherwise you won't learn and have an impact in the future.

We are not perfect and this makes it fun: you have to make mistakes, otherwise you won't learn and have an impact.

We are not perfect and this makes it fun: you have to make mistakes, otherwise you won't learn and have an impact.

We are not perfect and this makes it fun: you have to make mistakes, otherwise you won't learn and have an impact.

We are not perfect and this makes it fun: you have to make mistakes, otherwise you won't learn and have an impact.

care

Care about yourself, care about your planet, care about your work and care about the person next to you, behind you and ahead of you.

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Flying Hippo Web (2010-2014)

Interaction & Web Designer

Flying Hippo Web (2010-2014)

Interaction & Web Designer

As a Web Designer at Flying Hippo, I spearheaded the creation of visually stunning and user-friendly website interfaces. Collaborating closely with art directors and project managers, I translated client visions into captivating digital designs that balanced aesthetics with functionality. My goal was to deliver innovative and responsive web solutions that bolstered the agency's reputation for creating impactful online experiences.


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Shift Interactive (2014-2021)

Senior UI/UX Designer

Worked in agile cross-functional teams to research, design and plan User Experience , Visual and Interaction design for desktop, touchscreen and mobile apps. Was responsible to creating sitemaps, user flows, prototypes, wireframes and high fidelity designs. Took part in building front-end themes for Wordpress CMS platform, also helped with generating motion graphics and presentations for the stakeholders and customers to communicate new digital products that had positive business impact.

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Blenders Eyewear (2021-2022)

Lead UI/UX Shopify Designer

As a UI/UX Shopify Designer at Blenders, my role centered on creating visually captivating and customer-centric designs. I collaborated closely with cross-functional teams of product owners, stakeholders, and content managers to conceptualize and craft intuitive user interfaces that optimized the shopping experience for online customers to increase conversion rates and grow organic traffic to the main site to increase overall site ranking among the sunglass industry competitors.

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Coviance (2022-2024)

Senior Product Designer

Coviance is a fintech startup that provides cloud-based business solutions to credit unions and banks for opening and processing home equity loans and applications. My role as a Product Designer was to lead all UI/UX efforts for their marketplace B2B and B2C facing products, collaborate across teams to create user-friendly digital solutions by employing user research and iterative design processes, in agile environment. Additionally, I played a key role in translating complex financial concepts into accessible and engaging interfaces, contributing to the seamless user experience across its web-based platform.

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TractorZoom/Anvil (2024-current)

UI/UX Product Designer

Leading product designer leading mobile app and web tools for agriculture and construction dealers. Worked on a custom quoting tool software and streamlined check-in/out flows (mobile and desktop experiences) - making complex inventory management feel simple for users who'd rather be on the lot than in an app. Working in sync with marketing team to create and deploy visual assets for the marketing campaigns and public facing websites.

skills 🧰

skills 🧰

skills 🧰

skills 🧰

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UX/UI design

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Product strategy

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Design systems

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User research

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User flows

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Prototyping

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Web & mobile design

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Front-end development

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Motion graphics

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Digital illustrations

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Data analytics

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Crafting puns

industries

industries

industries

industries

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E-commerce

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Consumer products

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Industrial tech

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Insurance

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FinTech

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Startups

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B2B

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Marketing agencies

let's create something sweet!

Need someone to solve your UX/UI headaches? That's me. I freelance. I design. I also love talking fantasy football, sci-fi or board games when I'm not pushing pixels. Let's chat.

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Designed by Human. Inspired by robots.

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let's create something sweet!

Need someone to solve your UX/UI headaches? That's me. I freelance. I design. I also love talking fantasy football, sci-fi or board games when I'm not pushing pixels. Let's chat.

// phone

// resume

Designed by Human. Inspired by robots.

202X

let's create something sweet!

Need someone to solve your UX/UI headaches? That's me. I freelance. I design. I also love talking fantasy football, sci-fi or board games when I'm not pushing pixels. Let's chat.

// phone

// resume

Designed by Human. Inspired by robots.

202X