EXPERIENCE
UX / Product Designer / Consultant
01/2025 - present
• Taking my knowledge of games and gamification into other industries, designing for Web and Android / iOS, consulting on improving user experience
• Mentoring and helping with organization of non-profit projects (TechLabs Berlin, Employed.world)
Senior UI / UX Designer at Voodoo (Mobile Games Studio with 623 M € revenue)
07/2023 - 12/2024
• reworked legacy feature, fixing UX and increasing user engagement in a Mobile Game with 10M+ Downloads
• worked on updating UI style, created high fidelity mock-ups, prototypes and user journeys, implemented assets in Unity project
• was responsible for cross-department communication, worked closely with engineers and product manager
• conducted user research and usability testing sessions
Senior Game Artist / UI UX Designer at Kolibri Games (Mobile Games Studio with 46,7 M € revenue in 2023-24)
02/2021 - 06/2023
• conducted UX research, competitor research; contributed to shipping updates weekly, improving retention
• participated in planning and reviews, was responsible for aligning with different departments
• was responsible for UI UX design for a new feature, increasing in-game purchases
• created wireframes, mockups, animations, graphic assets and icons, updated documentation
UI Designer / later - UX Designer / temp Project Lead (8 months) at TreasureHunt (later - Huuuge) (Mobile Games studios)
10/2018 - 01/2021
• created wireframes, mockups, user journeys
• Worked closely with Lead UI UX Designer on UI and UX tasks for “Trolls” DreamWorks-IP
• Worked with marketing department to find the right direction for marketing campaigns, translated company’s OKRs into specific tasks and KPIs
Freelance comic book artist - Disney Publishing
11/2015 - 10/2018
• Illustrations: illustrated books and comics for Disney, Marvel and Pixar IPs
Graphic Designer/ Marketing Designer - Playrix
09/2015 - 04/2016
• "Township", "Fishdom" and "Gardenscapes" Mobile games - created variety of 2D artworks and marketing materials
Junior Game Artist - Plamee
02/2014 - 08/2015
Junior Artist / Animator - Melnitsa Animation Studio
01/2013 - 01/2014
EDUCATION
M.A. Expanded Media (focus: UI, Design Thinking, Gamification, Media Design)
Darmstadt University of Applied Science
2017-2018
M.A. Animation and Graphics
Saint Petersburg Cinema and TV University
2007-2013
LANGUAGES
German - C1 - Proficient
English - C1/C2 - Proficient
SKILLS & SOFTWARE
UI UX Design
Service Design
Journey Maps
Mockups
Prototyping
Usability Testing
UX Research
User Interviews / Workshops
A/B-Testing
Gamification
Accessibility
Design systems
Illustration
Basic HTML / CSS
Figma, Adobe CS, Affinity, After Effects
Unity 3D
Framer, Webflow
Jira, Confluence, Miro
AI Tools: Bolt, Claude, etc.
CONTACT
kate.myshalova@gmail.com