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Kateryna Lopatkina — UI/UX Designer

Kateryna Lopatkina
UI/UX Designer

Tirana, Albania · Open to remote work · [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) · [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) ·
Telegram: @kkattyall · Portfolio · LinkedIn

Summary
Junior UI/UX Designer and former English teacher with 3+ years of understanding
people's needs, finding where they get stuck and making complex things simple.
Completed the UI/UX Design program at Projector (2026) and built 3 case studies, one for
a real client. Fluent English (C1), confident presenting design decisions.

Key Skills
Design: User Research & Interviews · User Flows · Wireframing · Prototyping · UI Design ·
Usability Testing · Design Systems (basics)

Transferable: Empathy for users · Explaining complex ideas simply · Presenting to groups
of 20+ · Adapting content for diverse audiences · Feedback-driven iteration

Tools: Figma · FigJam · Framer · Photoshop · Miro · Canva · Maze · Google Forms · Notion ·
Slack · Zoom

AI Tools: Claude · Codex · Midjourney · NotebookLM

Languages: Ukrainian — native · English — C1 (fluent) · Russian — fluent · Spanish — B1

Portfolio Projects
Ukrainian Decolonization — NGO website for Shadows Projects · Course project with a
real client · 4 weeks · View case

Ran the client briefing and analysed Instagram data (102K accounts reached, 52% of
the audience abroad) to define the audience and launch the site in English only.
Designed the structure, wireframes, desktop and mobile UI and a clickable prototype;
iterated on client feedback, and the client praised the typography and opening visual.
Ran an unmoderated usability test in Maze with 4 participants: 12/12 tasks completed
with 0 misclicks; everyone found the guide on the first click (avg. 10 s).

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Kateryna Lopatkina — UI/UX Designer

Pawsy — mobile app for adopting and supporting shelter pets · Course project · iOS · 2
weeks · View case

Mapped 3 user flows with error states and designed onboarding, adoption and a 4-tap
donation flow with built-in accessibility.
Interviewed a user of a competing app: 2 of her 3 pain points were already solved in
Pawsy; turned the third into a handoff note for developers.

NOVA Sweets — B2B landing page redesign · Course project · Desktop · View case

Rebuilt my first project around what a corporate buyer needs to say “yes”: from 6 to 9
sections, with a clear value proposition, ordering process, FAQ and lead form.
Replaced a random mix of colours and fonts with a system: one accent for actions, one
serif for headlines, one sans for text.

Education
UI/UX Design — Projector · Jan 2026 – Jun 2026

Bachelor's in Philology (035), Translation for Business Communication (English,
Spanish) — Kyiv National Linguistic University · 2022 – 2026

Experience
Freelance English Teacher (online) · May 2024 – Present

Taught ~30 students 1:1 and in small groups, many for 1–2 years.
Design every lesson from scratch: interactive Miro boards for Zoom sessions and
hundreds of materials in Canva.
Start each student with a needs interview to define goals and gaps, then adjust the
program based on regular feedback.
Students passed the NMT exam; one lecturer was invited to teach at a US university.

Head of Teaching Team (previously English Teacher) — English Prime, Kyiv · Jun 2023 –
Feb 2024

Promoted to lead the teaching team of a Kyiv branch while teaching 2 adult groups of
~20 students.
Ran weekly team calls and 1:1s with 10–15 teachers; reviewed recorded lessons against
the school's methodology and gave feedback.
Resolved escalated student complaints by finding the root cause of dissatisfaction;
onboarded new teachers.

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