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Fintech projects
Design team manager and Senior Product Designer
based in Dubai, UAE
Hello!
I’m a UX/UI Product Designer with 10+ years of experience in IT and fintech, including 3 years in Design team leadership
My primary focus is on designing complex interfaces for specialized areas, including trading, banking, and investment platforms, anti-fraud systems, billing, compliance tools, and CRM solutions. I have successfully worked in high-stakes and high complexity environments where usability and clarity are critical.
I’ve led the design of SaaS products across desktop, mobile, and web platforms—always balancing user needs with business goals. I’m deeply focused on process optimization, team enablement, and delivering scalable design systems.
Contents
01
Experience
02
Skills
03
Work
04
Pet projects
05
Mentorship
06
Articles
01
Experience
Key Experience Highlights
Trading Products & Global Markets
10+ fintech products over 30 international markets
Design and launch of 10+ fintech products and instruments, working on complex features for investing platforms.
Successfully adapted experiences for over 30 international markets across Europe, the US, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
B2B / B2C SaaS Tools
Creating and launch SaaS platforms
Designed and launched internal systems such as antifraud and billing platforms, enhancing both user safety and business efficiency.
B2B / B2C SaaS Tools
Leading Design Teams
Structured and scaled a design team from the ground up, establishing documentation, workflows, and processes to ensure consistency and clarity across all design efforts.
Led design initiatives including Design Crit Sessions, Feedback Routines, and cross-team knowledge sharing to elevate design quality.
02
Skills
As a Product Designer and Team Lead, I bring a well-rounded skill set that blends design craft, systems thinking, and team leadership.
Below are the core areas where I deliver the most value—ranging from hands-on design execution to strategic process improvements.
Design systems / UI kits
From foundational UI kits to fully scalable cross-platform design systems — improving development speed, consistency, and collaboration across teams.
AI integration
Integrating AI tools into the design process to automate repetitive tasks, speed up workflows, and unlock new levels of creativity and efficiency.
UX/UI product design
Crafting user-centered interfaces using platform-specific UX patterns, guidelines, and modern trends to ensure intuitive and high-performing products.
Design team management
Building motivated design teams, establishing structured workflows, mentoring team members, and creating documentation.
UX research & analysis
Running fast and effective research cycles — from prototyping and user interviews to leveraging tools — to validate ideas and improve usability.
Cross-team communication
Identifying collaboration gaps and aligning designers with developers, product managers, and analysts to create a synchronized product workflow.
03
Experience
since 2023
Finyard (PrimeXBT)
Explore product
Up to +35% user retention • Builded design team • Full platform redesign
- Spearheaded full UX/UI redesign of trading platform (web & mobile)
- Organized and led a design team
- Built and implemented a scalable UI Kit and Design System
- Integrated AI tools into the design process (UX copy, wireframes, research summaries)
2020-2023
Quadcode
Explore product
Internal fintech service • Implemented 30+ different initiatives • Improved AML up to 25%
- Designed antifraud dashboards, KYC flows, and internal CRM systems for global fintech ops
- Created Billing management tools used by multiple business units
- Facilitated Design Crits and led knowledge-sharing sessions
- Contributed to team performance through soft skill initiatives
2016 - 2020
IQ Option
Explore product
Increased up to 35M of users • Improved UX mobile trading • Optimized marketing resources
- Launched 4+ large-scale products (Forex CFD, Stocks, Turbo Options, and more)
- Contributed to team performance through soft skill initiatives
- Delivered consistent UI patterns across all product verticals
- Improved platform conversion by optimizing onboarding UX
04
Pet projects
Outside of work, I pursue a variety of creative ideas - from global brands to small startups. These projects help me not to burn out, learn new technologies and have fun with design.
Explore Figma
Adidas / E-commerce website
Lufthansa / Mobile app
The Wall Street Journal / Mobile app
Connect and Converse / Mobile app
Emirates NBD bank / Mobile app
Aiverse / Desktop app
Fitnes Tracker / Mobile app
Donation for Paws / Mobile app
Explore Figma
05
Mentorship
I’m passionate about giving back to the design community. As a mentor on various platforms I’ve conducted 30+ sessions, helping junior and mid-level designers improve portfolios, understand product thinking, and grow their careers.
I focus on practical guidance, industry expectations, and sharing my real-world experience in product design teams.
In addition to private mentoring, I’ve also contributed to team growth internally by speaking at recurring internal design conferences — where I presented on a range of topics including design systems, critique culture, and cross-functional collaboration.
These sessions helped build a stronger design culture across product teams.
06
Articles
I write about design leadership, team culture, and product thinking on Medium and LinkedIn. My articles are based on real cases from my work and aim to give honest, practical advice to designers and product teams.
Today I’ll tell you how my team and I created, introduced, and have already conducted more than 50 Design Crit sessions, how it affected the process of creating a product (spoiler: it’s positive)...
For the last 6 years, I have been actively involved in product development. One of the most unobvious is choosing the right processes to achieve the results that the product, service, and team are facing...
Explore articles
Thanks for your time and attention.
I'm open to meaningful collaborations and new challenges.
One final thought I’d like to leave you with: I believe that great products are built by well-matched, well-aligned teams. When people are set up to interact and collaborate, that's when the real impact and results happen.
For me, product design is all about finding that balance between user needs and business goals. And that balance always starts with the teamwork.
Evgeny Skakunov
Design Team Manager, Senior Product Designer
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Design Team Manager and Senior Product Designer based in Dubai, UAE
based in Dubai, UAE
Hello!
I’m a UX/UI Product Designer with 10+ years of experience in IT and fintech, including 3 years in Design team leadership
My primary focus is on designing complex interfaces for specialized areas, including trading, banking, and investment platforms, anti-fraud systems, billing, compliance tools, and CRM solutions. I have successfully worked in high-stakes and high complexity environments where usability and clarity are critical.
I’ve led the design of SaaS products across desktop, mobile, and web platforms—always balancing user needs with business goals. I’m deeply focused on process optimization, team enablement, and delivering scalable design systems.
Contents
01
Experience
02
Skills
03
Work
04
Pet projects
05
Mentorship
06
Articles
01
Experience
Key Experience Highlights
Trading Products & Global Markets
10+ fintech products over 30 international markets
Design and launch of 10+ fintech products and instruments, working on complex features for investing platforms.
Successfully adapted experiences for over 30 international markets across Europe, the US, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
B2B / B2C SaaS Tools
Creating and launch SaaS platforms
Designed and launched internal systems such as antifraud and billing platforms, enhancing both user safety and business efficiency.
B2B / B2C SaaS Tools
Leading Design Teams
Structured and scaled a design team from the ground up, establishing documentation, workflows, and processes to ensure consistency and clarity across all design efforts.
Led design initiatives including Design Crit Sessions, Feedback Routines, and cross-team knowledge sharing to elevate design quality.
02
Skills
As a Product Designer and Team Lead, I bring a well-rounded skill set that blends design craft, systems thinking, and team leadership.
Below are the core areas where I deliver the most value—ranging from hands-on design execution to strategic process improvements.
Design systems / UI kits
From foundational UI kits to fully scalable cross-platform design systems — improving development speed, consistency, and collaboration across teams.
AI integration
Integrating AI tools into the design process to automate repetitive tasks, speed up workflows, and unlock new levels of creativity and efficiency.
UX/UI product design
Crafting user-centered interfaces using platform-specific UX patterns, guidelines, and modern trends to ensure intuitive and high-performing products.
Design team management
Building motivated design teams, establishing structured workflows, mentoring team members, and creating documentation.
UX research & analysis
Running fast and effective research cycles — from prototyping and user interviews to leveraging tools — to validate ideas and improve usability.
Cross-team communication
Identifying collaboration gaps and aligning designers with developers, product managers, and analysts to create a synchronized product workflow.
03
Experience
since 2023
Finyard (PrimeXBT)
Explore product
Up to +35% user retention • Builded design team • Full platform redesign
- Organized and led a design team
- Reworked company website experience and information architecture
- Spearheaded full UX/UI redesign of trading platform (web & mobile)
- Built and implemented a scalable UI Kit and Design System
2020-2023
Quadcode
Explore product
Internal fintech service • Implemented 30+ different initiatives • Improved AML up to 25%
- Facilitated Design Crits and led knowledge-sharing sessions
- Contributed to team performance through soft skill initiatives
- Designed antifraud dashboards, KYC flows, and internal CRM systems for global fintech ops
- Created Billing management tools used by multiple business units
2016 - 2020
IQ Option
Explore product
Increased up to 35M of users • Improved UX mobile trading • Optimized marketing resources
- Launched 4+ large-scale products (Forex CFD, Stocks, Turbo Options, and more)
- Contributed to team performance through soft skill initiatives
- Delivered consistent UI patterns across all product verticals
- Improved platform conversion by optimizing onboarding UX
04
Pet projects
Outside of work, I pursue a variety of creative ideas - from global brands to small startups. These projects help me not to burn out, learn new technologies and have fun with design.
Explore Figma
Adidas / E-commerce website
Lufthansa / Mobile app
The Wall Street Journal / Mobile app
Connect and Converse / Mobile app
Emirates NBD bank / Mobile app
Aiverse / Desktop app
Fitnes Tracker / Mobile app
Donation for Paws / Mobile app
Explore Figma
05
Mentorship
I’m passionate about giving back to the design community. As a mentor on various platforms I’ve conducted 30+ sessions, helping junior and mid-level designers improve portfolios, understand product thinking, and grow their careers.
I focus on practical guidance, industry expectations, and sharing my real-world experience in product design teams.
In addition to private mentoring, I’ve also contributed to team growth internally by speaking at recurring internal design conferences — where I presented on a range of topics including design systems, critique culture, and cross-functional collaboration.
These sessions helped build a stronger design culture across product teams.
06
Articles
I write about design leadership, team culture, and product thinking on Medium and LinkedIn. My articles are based on real cases from my work and aim to give honest, practical advice to designers and product teams.
Today I’ll tell you how my team and I created, introduced, and have already conducted more than 50 Design Crit sessions, how it affected the process of creating a product (spoiler: it’s positive)...
For the last 6 years, I have been actively involved in product development. One of the most unobvious is choosing the right processes to achieve the results that the product, service, and team are facing...
Explore articles
Thanks for your time and attention.
I'm open to meaningful collaborations and new challenges.
One final thought I’d like to leave you with: I believe that great products are built by well-matched, well-aligned teams. When people are set up to interact and collaborate, that's when the real impact and results happen.
For me, product design is all about finding that balance between user needs and business goals. And that balance always starts with the teamwork.
Connecting with me
X (ex. Twitter)
Medium
Evgeny Skakunov
Design Team Manager, Senior Product Designer
Website / Portfolio
Evgeny Skakunov
Design Team Manager, Senior Product Designer
Open to work
X (ex. Twitter)
Medium
Experience
01
Skills
02
Work
03
Pet projects
04
Mentorship
05
Articles
06
Evgeny Skakunov
Design Team Manager,
Senior Product Designer
Open to work
Experience
01
Skills
02
Work
03
Pet projects
04
Mentorship
05
Articles
06
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Fintech projects
Global clients
Communities
Design Team Manager and Senior Product Designer
based in Dubai, UAE
Hello!
I’m a UX/UI Product Designer with 10+ years of experience in IT and fintech, including 3 years in Design team leadership
My primary focus is on designing complex interfaces for specialized areas, including trading, banking, and investment platforms, anti-fraud systems, billing, compliance tools, and CRM solutions. I have successfully worked in high-stakes and high complexity environments where usability and clarity are critical.
I’ve led the design of SaaS products across desktop, mobile, and web platforms—always balancing user needs with business goals. I’m deeply focused on process optimization, team enablement, and delivering scalable design systems.
Contents
01
Experience
02
Skills
03
Work
04
Pet projects
05
Mentorship
06
Articles
01
Experience
Key Experience Highlights
Trading Products & Global Markets
10+ fintech products over 30 international markets
Design and launch of 10+ fintech products and instruments, working on complex features for investing platforms.
Successfully adapted experiences for over 30 international markets across Europe, the US, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
B2B / B2C SaaS Tools
Creating and launch SaaS platforms
Designed and launched internal systems such as antifraud and billing platforms, enhancing both user safety and business efficiency.
Team and Process Building
Leading Design Teams
Structured and scaled a design team from the ground up, establishing documentation, workflows, and processes to ensure consistency and clarity across all design efforts.
Led design initiatives including Design Crit Sessions, Feedback Routines, and cross-team knowledge sharing to elevate design quality.
02
Skills
As a Product Designer and Team Lead, I bring a well-rounded skill set that blends design craft, systems thinking, and team leadership.
Below are the core areas where I deliver the most value—ranging from hands-on design execution to strategic process improvements.
Design systems / UI kits
From foundational UI kits to fully scalable cross-platform design systems — improving development speed, consistency, and collaboration across teams.
AI integration
Integrating AI tools into the design process to automate repetitive tasks, speed up workflows, and unlock new levels of creativity and efficiency.
UX/UI product design
Crafting user-centered interfaces using platform-specific UX patterns, guidelines, and modern trends to ensure intuitive and high-performing products.
Design team management
Building motivated design teams, establishing structured workflows, mentoring team members, and creating documentation.
UX research & analysis
Running fast and effective research cycles — from prototyping and user interviews to leveraging tools — to validate ideas and improve usability.
Cross-team communication
Identifying collaboration gaps and aligning designers with developers, product managers, and analysts to create a synchronized product workflow.
03
Work
Builded design team • Full platform redesign • Up to +35% user retention
- Spearheaded full UX/UI redesign of trading platform (web & mobile)
- Built and implemented a scalable UI Kit and Design System
- Built and led a cross-functional design team, hiring and mentoring mid-level designers
- Integrated AI tools into the design process (UX copy, wireframes, research summaries)
Internal fintech service • Implemented 30+ different initiatives • Improved AML up to 25%
- Designed antifraud dashboards, KYC flows, and internal CRM systems for global fintech ops
- Created Billing management tools used by multiple business units
- Facilitated Design Crits and led knowledge-sharing sessions
- Contributed to team performance through soft skill initiatives
Increased up to 35M of users • Improved UX mobile trading • Optimized marketing resources
- Launched 4+ large-scale products (Forex CFD, Stocks, Turbo Options, and more)
- Created UX/UI for marketing websites to support product growth
- Improved platform conversion by optimizing onboarding UX
- Delivered consistent UI patterns across all product verticals
04
Pet projects
Outside of work, I pursue a variety of creative ideas - from global brands to small startups. These projects help me not to burn out, learn new technologies and have fun with design.
Adidas / E-commerce website
Lufthansa / Mobile app
The Wall Street Journal / Mobile app
Connect and Converse / Mobile app
Emirates NBD bank / Mobile app
Aiverse / Desktop app
Fitnes Tracker / Mobile app
Donation for Paws / Mobile app
05
Mentorship
I’m passionate about giving back to the design community. As a mentor on various platforms I’ve conducted 30+ sessions, helping junior and mid-level designers improve portfolios, understand product thinking, and grow their careers.
I focus on practical guidance, industry expectations, and sharing my real-world experience in product design teams.
In addition to private mentoring, I’ve also contributed to team growth internally by speaking at recurring internal design conferences — where I presented on a range of topics including design systems, critique culture, and cross-functional collaboration.
These sessions helped build a stronger design culture across product teams.
06
Articles
I write about design leadership, team culture, and product thinking on Medium and LinkedIn. My articles are based on real cases from my work and aim to give honest, practical advice to designers and product teams.
Today I’ll tell you how my team and I created, introduced, and have already conducted more than 50 Design Crit sessions, how it affected the process of creating a product (spoiler: it’s positive)...
For the last 6 years, I have been actively involved in product development. One of the most unobvious is choosing the right processes to achieve the results that the product, service, and team are facing...
Thanks for your time and attention.
I'm open to meaningful collaborations and new challenges.
One final thought I’d like to leave you with: I believe that great products are built by well-matched, well-aligned teams. When people are set up to interact and collaborate, that's when the real impact and results happen.
For me, product design is all about finding that balance between user needs and business goals. And that balance always starts with the teamwork.
Connecting with me
X (ex. Twitter)
Medium
Evgeny Skakunov
Design Team Manager, Senior Product Designer
Website / Portfolio