Hi. I’m Maria, a Lead Product Designer and Design Mentor providing UX, UI, and branding services for more than a decade. 🤓

To explore my career path or just drop a line, feel free to do it via linkedin.

By end of 2023, I have more than 100 projects completed in the design field, and enjoy working with startups the most.


Portfolio 👉

I’m passionate about

UX + Product Design

Case studies 👉

Since 2015 I work as UX, UI, and Product Designer depend on the client’s needs. I’ve launched more than 20+ mobile apps as the only designer on the project and more than 10+ as a team player or an external consultant.

Branding & Illustration

All published projects 👉

I help new brands to stand out. For established brands, it’s about understanding new audiences in emerging markets, focusing on digital design trends. Art education allows me to provide high-quality visuals and hand-drawn elements to give its customers brand value.

Teaching & Mentorship

Design mentor profile 👉

I’ve conducted numerous lectures and courses for beginner designers in Russian and English languages for more than 300+ students. I developed my program and polished it in practice within 4 school years, and still continue mentoring.

Before Localize, I’ve been consulting various international brands; I loved being a one-man-band designer in different startups; I had fun with my design students during the multi-project intense work for 4 years in a row, and ran a design agency in 2018-2020. 🚀

Behind the scenes

Selected collaborations

Also, I frequently write about design on Medium, and used to run a blog for junior designers on Youtube in my native language.

For pleasure, I usually draw a funny characters for my daughter and walk my dog. 🐕

 

Past design talks

🎙 Olim Design Community

‘My design story’

December 2022

🇺🇦 IAMPM School

UX Research methods workshop

November 2022

🌍 MEET - Entrepreneurs

‘How do Design a Mobile App from Scratch’

February 2021

🇮🇱 Tel Aviv Design Institute

‘One Way Ticket to a Successful Design Career’

December 2020

🇺🇦 Projector School

‘Product Management for Designers’

November 2017