Nikolai Mamadaev

Responsibilities:

• Worked on interface design

Achievements:

• Successfully completed assigned tasks

Stack:

• Figma
• HTML/CSS
• AI/LLM

Responsibilities:

• Designing the model management interface: training, deployment, testing, versioning, and monitoring
• Developing workflows for Smart OCR—extracting data from various types of documents
• Designing document markup and validating recognition results
• Managing the states of long-running processes: model training, progress, errors, rollback
• Preparing interactive prototypes and overseeing implementation
• Conducting interviews with ML engineers and business users to validate behavioral models

Achievements:

• Packaged complex ML logic into an interface that is understandable not only to ML engineers but also to business analysts without a technical background
• Streamlined work with models into a single, predictable 4-step workflow instead of 9 disparate screens
• Reduced the time required to configure a new model from 40 to 15 minutes, based on test results
• Designed a document annotation interface that reduced support requests on this topic by 60%
• Conducted 8 usability sessions and, based on the results, revised the key model training scenario

Stack:

• ML / neural networks
• Smart OCR

Responsibilities:

• Designing the interface for a professional desktop IDE: workspace, toolbars, process tree, debugger
• Developing the product’s component library and visual language
• Designing debugging scenarios: breakpoints, step-by-step execution, variable inspection
• Designing support for large activity trees and nesting
• Working in tandem with the development team on component implementation, providing author supervision
• Conducting regular design reviews within the team

Achievements:

• Updated the product’s visual language to the Windows 10/11 standard—components are now a generation more modern
• Redesigned over 80 screens and dialogs, bringing them into a unified grid and typography
• Compiled a library of 140 components, covering 90% of the interface’s needs
• Converted icons and some illustrations to vector graphics: ensuring correct display at any zoom level and DPI
• Reduced the time it took the team to build a new screen from 2 days to 4 hours by using pre-built components

Stack:

• Desktop IDE
• Windows 10/11
• Component library

Responsibilities:

• Adapting the Studio design for the Linux version using the Avalonia framework
• Designing components while taking into account the framework’s technical limitations
• Synchronizing the visual language between the Windows and Linux versions of the product
• Collaborating with the development team to determine what is technically feasible in Avalonia and what requires workarounds
• Preparing component behavior specifications for implementation

Achievements:

• Compiled an extensive library of 95 components for Avalonia, which did not exist in the project before I joined
• Ensured product consistency across two platforms with different technology stacks
• Reduced the number of visual discrepancies between versions from several dozen to just a few isolated cases
• Provided the Linux version team with a ready-made set of solutions instead of having to design each screen from scratch

Stack:

• Avalonia
• .NET
• Linux

Responsibilities:

• Designing dashboards and analytical views for robotization KPIs
• Managing the idea lifecycle: submission → evaluation → prioritization → implementation → impact measurement
• Section information architecture, working with dense tables, filters, and bulk operations
• Designing a role-based model: employee, analyst, manager
• Selecting data visualization types for specific management questions

Achievements:

• Integrated high-level analytics and work on a specific idea into a single continuous workflow without switching between sections
• Designed data visualizations so that managers can see the impact of automation without having to manually export data to Excel
• Reduced the process from idea submission to evaluation from 6 steps to 3
• Designed 12 analytics widgets covering customers’ key questions about the ROI of automation

Stack:

• Analytics / Dashboards
• KPIs
• Data Visualization

Responsibilities:

• Designing a management interface for a fleet of hundreds of robots: schedules, queues, priorities, and monitoring
• Developing state management and error handling for bulk launches
• Designing a system for notifications and alerts regarding failures
• Working with complex tables: sorting, filtering, bulk actions, saved views
• Prototyping complex scenarios for validation prior to development

Achievements:

• Designed a system to manage hundreds of objects so that the operator doesn’t get lost in the scale: from the big picture to a specific robot in just 2 clicks
• Aligned the service with a unified design system alongside the rest of the product line’s web products
• Reduced operator response time to robot failures from 12 to 4 minutes thanks to a redesigned alert system
• Consolidated 5 different robot list views into a single customizable one

Stack:

• Monitoring
• Schedules / Queues
• Notifications / Alerts

Responsibilities:

• Designing workflows for posting questions, providing answers, and searching the accumulated knowledge base
• Designing the portal interface based on the company’s common design system
• Developing a role model: user, expert, support team, moderator
• Designing search mechanics and suggestions for similar questions when posting

Achievements:

• Launched the portal using off-the-shelf components from the design system in 3 weeks instead of the planned 8
• Reduced the support workload by approximately 25% by reusing existing answers
• The suggestion feature for similar questions reduced duplicate questions by 45%
• Ensured visual consistency with other products in the line—the portal does not look like a third-party service

Stack:

• Web portal
• Design system
• Knowledge base

Responsibilities:

• Designing the graphic editor’s interface: tools, property panels, working with the canvas and layers
• Documenting solutions as user flows and handing them off to developers
• Creating complex interactive prototypes in Protopie to demonstrate tool behavior
• Illustrating missing icons in the product’s style
• Making suggestions for improving the editor’s functionality
• Participating in discussions about product solutions with the team

Achievements:

• Designed 6 functional blocks for the editor, including work with components and styles
• Created 15+ prototypes in Protopie, which helped eliminate unsuccessful solutions before development
• Some of my feature suggestions were included in product releases
• Designed over 60 icons to complement the editor’s system set
• Worked on a product for a professional audience of designers, where the requirements for interface details are higher than usual

Stack:

• Protopie
• Graphics editor
• Icons / Illustrations

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end product design of the engine: from interaction concepts to the final UI
• Designing interface behavior for complex user scenarios
• User research: observation, in-depth interviews, surveys
• Creating user personas and empathy maps
• Working with product analytics and metrics tied to user scenarios
• Layout of the website’s homepage on Tilda, designing the site’s information architecture together with the team
• Supervising the work of the web graphic designer
• Hiring for the product department: conducting interviews and selecting specialists
• Leading the department and establishing workflows for the entire product team
• Overseeing the creation of user documentation
• Implementing automation tools (Integromat, Zapier) for internal tasks

Achievements:

• Led a large-scale redesign of the entire program: established a fundamentally new concept and style
• Designed the interface behavior for over 100 complex user scenarios
• Designed the product’s design system from scratch: 120 components
• Received a lot of positive, and in some cases enthusiastic, user feedback—the product became much easier to navigate
• Onboarding completion rates increased from 34% to 58% following the redesign
• Conducted 25 in-depth interviews and 4 rounds of surveys, and revised 3 key scenarios based on the results
• Hired 4 specialists for the product department and grew from a designer to a team lead
• Established departmental processes: design reviews, backlog management, and handoff to development
• Automated the team’s internal routines, freeing up time for product tasks

Stack:

• Tilda
• Integromat / Zapier
• User research

Responsibilities:

• Designing the messenger for five platforms simultaneously: Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, and Linux
• Developing use cases for secure storage and audio calls
• Designing scenarios for registration, encryption, and access recovery
• Adapting a unified product logic to each platform’s guidelines
• Supervising the work of international illustrators in the preparation of graphic assets
• Preparation of materials for app stores

Achievements:

• Developed a unified visual language for the product while adhering to the guidelines of five platforms simultaneously
• Designed over 90 screens across five platform versions
• Ensured a steady flow of graphic assets from external contractors without compromising the design style
• Simplified the secure storage workflow so that people without technical training could use it
• Worked in the sensitive areas of privacy and security, where a single interface error can cost user trust

Stack:

• Android
• iOS
• macOS
• Windows
• Linux

Responsibilities:

• Worked in a design department with up to 8 people
• Creating user personas and mapping product functionality based on user needs
• Creating wireframes and designing the final UI
• Designing use cases, screen maps, and micro-animation demos
• Preparing mood boards and design concepts, and discussing them with clients
• Preparing and delivering presentations on design concepts
• Turning mockups into prototypes, writing scripts, and conducting qualitative usability testing
• Making revisions based on test results
• Overseeing the implementation of designs by developers
• Participating in design reviews: analyzing colleagues’ work and defending your own decisions
• Direct communication with international clients to discuss design and receive project briefs

Achievements:

• Conducted 10 usability testing sessions, from writing the test script to implementing changes
• Learned to work with the Smart TV platform, which was new to me, and brought the project to successful release in the app store
• Communicated directly with international clients, without intermediaries
• Actively participated in improving the company’s design department workflow
• Completed the full product design cycle on 5 client projects

Stack:

• Smart TV
• Usability testing
• Mood boards / design concepts

Responsibilities:

• Designing mobile and web products as part of the studio’s workflow
• Worked across various sectors: social gaming, beauty services, food delivery, voice interfaces, legal services, and collaborative tools
• Responsive web design and design of administrative dashboards
• Illustrating icons and preparing graphics for projects
• Preparing mockups for handoff to development

Achievements:

• Launched 6 products in one year: a geolocation-based social game with real-world quests, an app for booking beauty professionals, a food delivery service, a voice-based word game, a website and admin panel for a copyright registration service, and a mobile “whiteboard” for collaboration
• Learned to quickly get up to speed in new subject areas and maintain quality while keeping up with the studio’s fast pace
• Handled the full range of tasks: mobile, web, admin panels, and graphics
• Laid the groundwork for transitioning from execution-focused design to product-focused design

Stack:

• Mobile
• Web
• Dashboards
• Graphics