About Ivan
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Experience
- ZenHome Concept Smart Home EcosystemProduct DesignerMarch 2025 - December 2025 (9 months)Solo end-to-endproduct design of an Android app solving automation complexity and device setupfriction. Delivered a validated MVPfromzero.• Conducted market research and 4 in-depth interviews; identified 2 distinct user segments (Pragmatics & Tech Geeks) with fundamentally different mental models and needs.• Structured the information architecture and mapped 5 core product flows: authentication, onboarding, automation builder, marketplace, and device control.• Engineered a scalable Figma design system with tokens and components, enabling consistent delivery across 320+ high-fidelity screens.• Designed a progressive disclosure model balancing a simple Basic Mode with a Custom Logic YAML editor — accessible to beginners, powerful for advanced users.• Conducted 3 moderated usability sessions and a first-click test (n=13); uncovered a critical mental model mismatch — 75% of users looked for automation entry points inside device cards, not the global '+' button. Redesigned entry points accordingly.→ Task success rate for automation creation increased by 18% in follow-up validation.
- ZIL Digital Museum,Product DesignerApril 2024 - November 2024 (7 months)Digital heritageplatform: virtual museum, themed routes, guide booking, online ticketing. Worked within an 11-person cross-functional team; owned a 4-personproduct sub-team.• Conducted and synthesised findings from 54 in-depth interviews and 190 survey responses to identify key adoption barriers and user behaviour patterns.• Applied ICE scoring to prioritise the feature backlog — eliminated a social matching feature (86% of users didn't want it), focused scope on visit-predictability features validated by 85%+ of respondents.• Owned end-to-end design of the Route Detail and Guide Profile pages — the core booking journey. Contributed to the 18-page web service information architecture.• Identified critical UX issues in the booking flow through moderated usability testing; redesigned visual hierarchy, CTA placement, and navigation structure.→ 80% of participants completed the booking user-flow without errors after redesign.
- Various CompaniesHospitality, Retail, Industrial ManufacturingJanuary 2009 - January 2022 (13 years)23100 Sondrio, Province of Sondrio, Italy13 years of cross-industry experience across Russia and Italy. Built afoundation in structuredproblem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, and customer empathy that directly informs my designpractice.
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Education
- Product Designer • · E-Commerce UX/UIInternational Institute of Economic Relations2013Product Designer • · E-Commerce UX/UI