| Objectives |
| Desired position: |
User Interface / User Experience Designer, Usability Specialist |
| Working conditions: |
Friendly and professional team. Authority for decision making, opportunities for professional growth. |
| Work location: |
Melbourne, Australia. I'm an Australian Permanent Resident. |
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| Contacts |
| E-mail: |
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| ICQ: |
16050385 |
| Skype: |
(upon request) |
| Other: |
Join me at LinkedIn and LinkMe. |
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| Experience |
| Aug 2009 - present |
User Experience Designer
Business Management and Accounting Software |
| Jan 2006 - Jun 2009 |
User Interface designer, Usability specialist
Parallels (formerly SWsoft) - Leading company in hosting automation and virtualization (www.parallels.com) |
| Nov 2003 - Jan 2006 |
Head of Design department / Project Manager / Web Designer
Fortess - Custom software development company (www.fortess.com) |
| Jul 2003 - Nov 2003 |
Head of Production department / Project Manager / Web Designer
ResAlt - Design studio (www.resalt.ru) |
| Nov 2001 - Jul 2003 |
Head of Design department / Project Manager / UI Designer
Novosoft Inc. - software development & design (www.novosoft-us.com, design.novosoft-us.com) |
| Oct 2000 - Nov 2001 |
Project Manager / Web Designer
"Trade Equipment Factory" LLC
(www.zto.ru) |
| Sep 2000 - Oct 2000 |
Network administrator / Web Designer
"Nimbus" - airline |
| Jun 1999 - Aug 1999 |
Assistant director / Accountant / Web Designer
"Media Co."" - advertising corporation |
| 1998 - 2001 |
Web Designer / Webmaster
Novosibirsk State University
(dormitory site: land81.nsu.ru) |
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| Responsibilites |
| Usability |
User interface design. Prototypes creation. Guidlines and specifications creation. Usability evaluation. User experience research. Bugs reporting. Act as usability expert at product meetings. |
| Design |
Applications and web sites design. Logotypes, banners creation. Power Point presentations. Flash movies. Printed advertising materials creation. |
| Project Management |
Project preliminary estimation. Team building. Work statement, contract, project plan and other project documentation preparing.
Communication with clients before and during a project. Sales managers consulting in technical questions. Project and risk management. Project charges creation. Participation in professional meetings as an expert. |
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| Skills |
| IT |
Windows OS.
MS Office, MS Publisher, StarOffice. MS Project, MS Visio.
Lotus applications (Maximizer, Project Management, Accounting).
Bugzilla, Tortoise SVN, CVS, Xplanner.
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| Design |
Macromedia Fireworks, Camtasia Studio. Adobe Photoshop, ImageReady. Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw. MS Power Point. Macromedia Dreamweaver. Macromedia HomeSite. Macromedia Flash. Also worked with: XaraX, Macromedia FreeHand, Painter. |
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| Education |
| Primary: 1995 - 2000 |
Novosibirsk State University (www.nsu.ru) Degree: Specialist (equivalent to Australian Bachelor Degree) |
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| Additional |
| Languages |
Russian (native) English (writing, speaking: high level)
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| Technologies |
HTML, CSS, SSI, PHP. Re-use of javascript, perl and cgi scripts.
Basic knowledge of ASP, ASP .NET, smarty. |
| Certificates |
2008: IELTS (General module) 2003: Cambridge Business English Certificate (BEC).
2000: HTML 4.0 Certificate by Tekmetrics (Brainbench).
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| Personal characteristic |
Disciplined. Proactive. Good leadership and communication skills. Versatile. Easy going. Always open for learning and qualification upgrade. |
| Interests |
User interactions, ergonomics, phychology, human relations, drawing, design, photographing. |
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