Ilya D

Senior UI/UX Designer

Dec 2025 - Present • 5 mos

Full-cycle UI/UX design for fintech, Web3, and AI product clients globally. Complete ownership from initial discovery through production-ready Figma deliverables — component libraries, design tokens, autolayout systems, adaptive layouts, and developer handoff with zero ambiguity. Specialisation: interfaces where the product's internal logic needs to be immediately legible to the user — financial dashboards, DeFi front-ends, SaaS products, mobile applications. Comfortable in both dark Web3 aesthetic and clean fintech/SaaS registers at the same quality level. Process: 3-concept first screen approach, 8pt grid, full component state coverage (default, hover, active, disabled), assets exported at 1x/2x/3x, SVG icons, colour schemes and type hierarchy documented — developers receive everything they need without follow-up.

UI/UX Designer

Oct 2023 - Nov 2025 • 2 yrs 1 mo

Senior designer within an international design studio serving Web3 and technology clients globally. Delivered projects across DeFi platforms, SaaS analytics dashboards, and mobile applications. Full Figma migration during this period: implemented autolayout systems, variable-driven design tokens, and cross-project component libraries — reducing handoff friction and enabling faster iteration cycles for development teams. Operated as individual senior contributor on a mature client pipeline. Maintained output standards consistent with the studio's co-founder period. NDA-covered work from this period is available in a dedicated PDF portfolio deck on request.

Co-Founder & Art Director

Feb 2018 - Dec 2022 • 4 yrs 10 mos

Co-founded and operated an international design studio (33% equity stake) focused on Web3, fintech, and technology startups. Studio scaled from 2 to 15 people with presence in Russia, Thailand, and Canada. Responsible for all design output, visual identity, and art direction. Key delivered projects: — Decimal Chain: token launch landing page, CSS Design Awards nominee. Pioneered glassmorphism in production before the trend went mainstream. — SpaceBot: DeFi staking community, Awwwards nominee. — Roborovski NFT: minting site for actress Tilda Cobham-Hervey (wife of Dev Patel) — direct client engagement. — BitTeam Exchange: full P2P exchange + ecosystem design. Design system remains in active production. — e.lanbook.com: UX redesign of a state university digital library (St. Petersburg), Material Design 2.0 — live since 2018. Participated in $100k+ DeFi deal negotiations at final stage. Art-directed two major studio campaigns in cyberpunk visual language — 4 years ahead of the mainstream trend.