# Vadim Kovalenko **Senior/Lead UX Designer** · Warsaw, Poland Scalable UX/UI • Systems & Clarity • AI-Native Design - Email: vadim.kavalenka@gmail.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vadim-kovalenko-design/ - Portfolio: https://kovalenko.info - CV as PDF: https://kovalenko.info/Kovalenko_Product_Design_CV_en.pdf ## About me I'm a product designer with 7+ years of experience in building B2B, B2C, SaaS products in fintech, communication, retail and other domains. This builds on a broader 15+ year design career across the U.S. and Europe. I'm good at systems and product thinking, tracking outcomes, end-to-end delivery, and making sense of complex data sets. I focus on real user problems, work iteratively, and keep design tied to trackable outcomes. ## Impact - Rebuilt the fintech app zero to one on the existing backend, replacing an obsolete legacy design without losing customers; Google Play rating rose from 3.9 to 4.9 within a year - Designed the UX/UI for a new in app referral program; action rate reached 85% against 41% before - Led design for a retail POS platform used in about 34,000 independent US stores - Created multiple design systems for accelerated and consistent design and development - Moved the team's prototyping and daily design work onto AI and agent driven tools - Set up design review and other team rituals, mentoring, and alignment between stakeholder requests and team delivery ## Experience ### Design Lead — IDT Technologies 2024–Present · Warsaw, Poland *IDT provides a point-of-sale platform through National Retail Solutions (NRS): the register and back office for around 34,000 independent US stores.* - Leading a team of 4 designers in overhauling the design for a retail platform used by convenience stores, retail shops and restaurants - Integrating AI-assisted design and agentic workflows into everyday practice, from functional prototyping to faster design iteration - Expanding the Android platform to iOS and Web - Closing gaps in a legacy system with short term fixes and long term modernization, while creating shared assets for consistent cross platform use - Building new design systems, to be used with Kotlin Multiplatform and Vue.js - Redesigning UX flows for POS, store, and stock management systems - Working with engineers to ensure scalability and technical fit ### Senior UX/UI Designer — IDT Technologies 2022–2024 · Warsaw, Poland *BOSS Money is IDT's fintech app, providing a wallet and money transfer to 50+ countries. It crossed 2 million transfers a month while I was on it.* - Designed and refined the app end to end - Delivered UX flows for onboarding, transfers, top-ups, the customer inbox, KYC verification and account management - Built and maintained a scalable design system - Designed B2B features for *zendit*, IDT's SaaS platform: multi-user accounts, role based access, and enterprise management tools ### Middle UX/UI Designer — IDT Technologies 2020–2022 · Minsk, Belarus - Designed UX flows for a VoIP and text messaging app targeting US market - Built the first UI kit and foundations for a new design system - Adapted mobile native UX flows for a web portal - Collaborated with stakeholders to ensure user centered design and supported early product builds ### UI Designer — Huawei Technologies 2019–2020 · Minsk, Belarus - Led regional design support for marketing and corporate campaigns, delivered consistent brand experiences across platforms using global standards - Produced digital and printed materials including campaign key visuals ### In-House Designer — Fairview Health 2008–2017 · Minneapolis, USA - Created visual materials for healthcare campaigns, patient education, and internal communications - Managed visual brand standards across multiple departments for healthcare communications within a highly regulated industry ## Skills and tools - **AI:** Agentic Workflows, Claude Code, AI Design Harnesses, MCP, Design Systems as Context - **Tools:** Figma, LLMs, GitHub, Adobe CC, Amplitude, Miro, Agile, Jira, Confluence - **Design:** Interaction Design, Visual Design, Information Architecture, User Flows, Wireframing, Prototyping, Design Systems, Accessibility - **Research:** User Research, Usability Testing - **Languages:** English (C1), Russian (Native) ## Education - **Minneapolis Community and Technical College**, Minneapolis, USA — Front-End Development Certificate - **Belarusian State Economic University**, Minsk, Belarus — Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Economics