Summary
UI/UX Team Lead · 2D Artist · UX Designer
Multidisciplinary designer with a painter’s eye and a system designer’s mindset. Since 2016 — creating stylish, expressive, and gameplay-driven interfaces for games across mobile and desktop platforms.
Crafting UI that tells a story: blending clean UX logic with bold visual direction, animation, and game feel. Equally comfortable working across stylized universes and grounded functional layouts, adapting tools and pipelines to each project’s DNA.
Since 2022 — leading UI/UX direction for Hero Wars: Dominion Era, a large-scale desktop title by Nexters. The project combines layered interface systems, evolving LiveOps, deep PvE/PvP mechanics, and a strong meta — all supported by polished and intuitive interface work. Responsible for shaping the visual system, guiding a talented UI/UX team, and collaborating cross-functionally to deliver a consistent, high-impact experience.
Expertise also spans adjacent areas: UI animation, player onboarding, narrative framing, and design documentation. Key strengths include deep product understanding, clear and transparent workflows, and the ability to create a safe, inspiring space for designers at every level.
💬 Open to creative collaborations & storytelling through interface.
Responsible for managing tasks of the entire cycle.
Skills
Software proficiency
Experience
- Lead UI\UX at Nexters Studio Kazakhstan LtdAstana, KZAugust 2023 - Present
Over the past 2 years as a UX Lead at Nexters, I shared responsibility for shaping and driving the UX direction of the desktop project Hero Wars: Dominion Era, working closely with fellow leads and the Art Director. Together, we defined strategic vision, contributed to product hypotheses, and ensured high-quality execution through collaborative leadership.
Led and mentored a team of UX designers, building processes around feedback, prioritization, and cross-team alignment. Took part in hiring, onboarding, and growing expertise within the team while fostering strong communication with product managers, analysts, UI designers, and engineers.
Co-developed and maintained the design system, UX patterns, and internal guidelines — ensuring consistency and scalability across the project. Participated in UX-driven feature design, hypothesis testing, and behavioral analytics to support informed product decisions.
Focused on building a sustainable UX culture where design is a strategic asset for enhancing player experience and driving product impact.
- Senior Ui artist at Nexters Studio Kazakhstan LtdAstanaAugust 2018 - August 2023
Since 2018, I’ve grown from a UI element artist to a confident and independent Senior UI Artist. Over the years, I’ve learned to take tasks from initial concept to final release — including ideation, cross-team communication, documentation, and polished implementation.
Comfortably handle both visual and logical aspects of UI: I design layouts, user flows, interaction scenarios, and visual solutions. Took the initiative to improve internal processes, maintained UI documentation and guides, and actively contributed to feature discussions across disciplines.
- 2d artist - animator at TrilobitesoftMoscow, RussiaJuly 2017 - August 2018
For the most part, work as a 2D artist, plus part-time as an animator and GUI artist
- Freelance Experience at GoodWillMoscow, RussiaMay 2016 - May 2017
Freelance Illustrator