Polina Afanasyeva
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Fedor Ilin
Polina is a talented and determined designer. Her skills as a designer and a researcher both enable her to successfully tackle really complicated tasks. She is a great person as well. So it was a pleasure to work with her.
Nadya Koroleva
Working with Polina was an absolute pleasure. Her meticulous attention to detail and strong commitment to quality made her a standout specialist. I had complete confidence in her ability to deliver outstanding results and was consistently impressed by her high level of work. In addition to her technical skills, Polina also boasts excellent interpersonal skills, making her a true asset to any team. Thank you, Polina, for your dedication and hard work.
Nikita Vysotskii
It was my pleasure to work with Polina on the design system development. She served in multiple roles as designer, manager, researcher, and presenter and demonstrated exceptional skills in each area. Polina's expertise in Figma is outstanding, and her attention to detail as a designer is remarkable. With her leadership and initiative, we were able to successfully build a design system for a company with over 2000 employees, overcoming any obstacles that arose during the process. I highly recommend Polina for any design related projects.
Fedor Ilin
Polina is a talented and determined designer. Her skills as a designer and a researcher both enable her to successfully tackle really complicated tasks. She is a great person as well. So it was a pleasure to work with her.
Nadya Koroleva
Working with Polina was an absolute pleasure. Her meticulous attention to detail and strong commitment to quality made her a standout specialist. I had complete confidence in her ability to deliver outstanding results and was consistently impressed by her high level of work. In addition to her technical skills, Polina also boasts excellent interpersonal skills, making her a true asset to any team. Thank you, Polina, for your dedication and hard work.
Nikita Vysotskii
It was my pleasure to work with Polina on the design system development. She served in multiple roles as designer, manager, researcher, and presenter and demonstrated exceptional skills in each area. Polina's expertise in Figma is outstanding, and her attention to detail as a designer is remarkable. With her leadership and initiative, we were able to successfully build a design system for a company with over 2000 employees, overcoming any obstacles that arose during the process. I highly recommend Polina for any design related projects.
Fedor Ilin
Polina is a talented and determined designer. Her skills as a designer and a researcher both enable her to successfully tackle really complicated tasks. She is a great person as well. So it was a pleasure to work with her.
Nadya Koroleva
Working with Polina was an absolute pleasure. Her meticulous attention to detail and strong commitment to quality made her a standout specialist. I had complete confidence in her ability to deliver outstanding results and was consistently impressed by her high level of work. In addition to her technical skills, Polina also boasts excellent interpersonal skills, making her a true asset to any team. Thank you, Polina, for your dedication and hard work.
Nikita Vysotskii
It was my pleasure to work with Polina on the design system development. She served in multiple roles as designer, manager, researcher, and presenter and demonstrated exceptional skills in each area. Polina's expertise in Figma is outstanding, and her attention to detail as a designer is remarkable. With her leadership and initiative, we were able to successfully build a design system for a company with over 2000 employees, overcoming any obstacles that arose during the process. I highly recommend Polina for any design related projects.
Fedor Ilin
Polina is a talented and determined designer. Her skills as a designer and a researcher both enable her to successfully tackle really complicated tasks. She is a great person as well. So it was a pleasure to work with her.
Nadya Koroleva
Working with Polina was an absolute pleasure. Her meticulous attention to detail and strong commitment to quality made her a standout specialist. I had complete confidence in her ability to deliver outstanding results and was consistently impressed by her high level of work. In addition to her technical skills, Polina also boasts excellent interpersonal skills, making her a true asset to any team. Thank you, Polina, for your dedication and hard work.
Nikita Vysotskii
It was my pleasure to work with Polina on the design system development. She served in multiple roles as designer, manager, researcher, and presenter and demonstrated exceptional skills in each area. Polina's expertise in Figma is outstanding, and her attention to detail as a designer is remarkable. With her leadership and initiative, we were able to successfully build a design system for a company with over 2000 employees, overcoming any obstacles that arose during the process. I highly recommend Polina for any design related projects.
Experience
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PRAGMATICA
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Cyprus
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Design Lead
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May 2023 - Present
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Freelance
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Moscow, Russia
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Product Designer
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Jan 2018 - Present
As a freelance designer I prefer to work on non-profit social projects, culture-related and art projects As a freelance designer I prefer to work on non-profit social projects, culture-related and art projects
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Arrival
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United Kingdom
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Automotive
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Product Designer
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Feb 2021 - Mar 2023
Taking part in design and development of public, engineering and internal products (Site, MGMT Tools, Trade, Device Hub). Building Design System from scratch together with design heads and public and engineering teams.• User research and work with stakeholders • Interface prototyping for Public products• Work with design heads and leads on digital strategy and brand development• Work with designers and developers on workshops, hosting workshops• Work with Finance and Investors on presentation and media design Show less
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Design System Lead
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Sep 2022 - Feb 2023
Developing and managing Arrival's Design System for public and engineering products. • Work with designers and developers on Design System, product alignment• Design System distribution across products• Token design and development• Styles, components and guidelines for designers and developers• Work with designers and developers on workshops• Design Systems's team management and support
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Эйч
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Human Resources Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Student Mentor
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May 2022 - Oct 2022
Mentorship and career consultation • CV and Portfolio review • Test job interviews • Portfolio building • Design system review • Digital products review Mentorship and career consultation • CV and Portfolio review • Test job interviews • Portfolio building • Design system review • Digital products review
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AIC
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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500 - 600 Employee
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Senior Product Designer
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Feb 2021 - Jan 2022
Worked on building Arrival's Design System and public Site. Took part in development of AIC internal products and mentorship programme. • Close work with PO, stakeholders, UX researchers and tech leads • Creating and testing product concept, ideas and visualisation • Wireframing, user flows and interactive prototypes • Usability testing: hypothesis, prototypes, UT sessions • Visual design and UI libraries: iOs, Android, Desktop App Mentorship and online course creation. • Course programme development • Recording online classes • Composing guidelines and design materials Show less
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GeekBrains
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Russian Federation
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E-Learning Providers
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200 - 300 Employee
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Student Mentor
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Dec 2020 - Apr 2021
Mentorship on a kid's Web Design course • Introduction to UI/UX design • Accessibility in Design • User research basis • Interface building • Introduction to software (Figma, Notion) • Storytelling Mentorship on a kid's Web Design course • Introduction to UI/UX design • Accessibility in Design • User research basis • Interface building • Introduction to software (Figma, Notion) • Storytelling
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Higher School of Economics
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Russian Federation
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Product Designer
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Dec 2018 - Nov 2020
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PRIDEX Group
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Russian Federation
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Construction
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100 - 200 Employee
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UX Designer
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Jan 2018 - Feb 2020
Worked on building an office mobile app for employees, tablet app for room booking and services, web app for office administration and user researches • Close work with PO, stakeholders, UX researchers and tech leads • Creating and testing product concept, ideas and visualisation • Wireframing, user flows and interactive prototypes • Usability testing: hypothesis, prototypes, UT sessions • Visual design and UI libraries: iOs, Android, Desktop App, Tablet app Worked on building an office mobile app for employees, tablet app for room booking and services, web app for office administration and user researches • Close work with PO, stakeholders, UX researchers and tech leads • Creating and testing product concept, ideas and visualisation • Wireframing, user flows and interactive prototypes • Usability testing: hypothesis, prototypes, UT sessions • Visual design and UI libraries: iOs, Android, Desktop App, Tablet app
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RAMBLER&Co
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Russian Federation
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Software Development
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300 - 400 Employee
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Junior Product Designer
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Aug 2018 - Sep 2018
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Education
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2018 - 2022
Higher School of Economics
Bachelor's degree, Design and Programming -
2020 - 2020
SKVOT
Associate's degree, Industrial and Product Design -
2017 - 2018
Higher School of Economics
Associate's degree, Graphic Design
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