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Nickolay
Senior Product Designer | Lead Designer | Web3, DeFi & Staking Products

📍 Location: United Arab Emirates
🗣 English: С1
📅 Experience: 10+ years in Product & UX/UI Design

Summary

Senior Product Designer and Design Lead with 10+ years of experience in digital product design, including 4+ years focused on Web3, DeFi, and staking products. Strong background in designing complex financial user flows, improving conversion and retention, and scaling design systems across multiple products. Experienced in working closely with product managers and engineering teams, validating hypotheses through analytics, and delivering intuitive, visually consistent interfaces for high-traffic consumer and B2B platforms.

Skills

* Product Design: UX/UI Design, User Flows, Prototyping, Design Reviews
* Web3 & DeFi: Staking, Earn products, DeFi integrations, Crypto UX
* Design Systems: Design Systems, UI Kits, Component Libraries
* Research & Analytics: UX Audits, Funnels, Drop-off Analysis, Hypothesis Validation
* Collaboration: Design Leadership, Cross-functional Work, Team Mentoring
* Tools: Figma, Prototyping Tools, Analytics-driven Design

Previous Experience

Senior Product Designer – Web3 Staking & DeFi Platforms (2024 – 2026)

* UX/UI audit of core staking experience
* Redesign of key user flows
* Design system and unified UI kit creation
* Hypothesis validation using funnels, drop-offs, and error analysis

Senior Product Designer – Web3 Infrastructure & Staking Products (2020 – 2024)

* Design leadership for staking and DeFi products
* Prototyping and solution validation with product and engineering
* Work on staking, RPC, DeFi, NFT, and trading-related products
* Contribution to cross-product design system

Design Lead / Art Director – Digital Advertising & Media (2016 – 2020)

* Website and brand design
* Development of new advertising formats
* Design team training and coordination

Product / Web Designer – Media & Search Platforms (2015 – 2016)

* Search experience and widget design
* Usability-focused improvements
* Participation in internal product initiatives

Product Designer – EdTech Platforms (2013 – 2015)

* Interface design for online learning products
* UX improvements for course creation tools

📬 For inquiries: @mikevolkov