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Oleksandr Melnychenko
UI/UX Designer & Graphic Designer | Design Team Lead
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Romania (EU) · Open to remote, EU hours + partial US overlap · B2B contractor

SUMMARY

UI/UX and Graphic Designer with 8 years of experience designing responsive websites, landing pages and brand identities
for clients in the US, Mexico and Europe. Design Team Lead at Brightech since 2023, leading 5 designers from client brief to
launch, with AI tools built into the workflow. A background in Applied Mathematics brings a structured, logic-first approach
to UX. Open to remote UI/UX Designer, Web Designer, Brand Designer and Product Designer roles.

SKILLS

UI/UX UI Design, UX Design, Web Design, Responsive Design, Landing Pages, Wireframing, Prototyping, User
Flows, Customer Journey Maps (CJM), Information Architecture, User Research, User Interviews, Usability
Testing, Accessibility (WCAG), Design Handoff
Graphic & brand Brand Identity, Logo Design, Brand Style Guides, Visual Systems, Social Media Graphics, Static and
Animated Ad Banners, Presentation Design, Motion Design
Tools & web Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Adobe XD, Trello, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
(basic), Manual QA (basic)
AI tools Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Midjourney, Figma AI, Adobe Firefly, Freepik AI Suite (Magnific), AI image and
video generation
Leadership Team Leadership, Design Review, Mentoring, Project Estimation and Planning, Client Communication
Languages Ukrainian (Native), Russian (Fluent), English (B1, daily written client communication)

EXPERIENCE

Web Design Team Lead · Brightech Jan 2023 – Present
• Lead 5 designers delivering websites, landing pages and brand assets for US, Mexican and EU clients.
• Launched 10 client websites in insurance, logistics, real estate and recruiting, with clients returning for repeat projects.
• Cut design turnaround by ~30% by building AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Midjourney, Figma AI) into the workflow.
• Own client intake and communication in English: requirements, estimates, team workload planning.
• Review all design work before delivery for UI quality and brand consistency; run developer handoff.
• Mentor designers through individual growth plans and regular design feedback.

Web Design Specialist · Brightech Dec 2018 – Dec 2022
• Designed responsive websites and landing pages end to end in Figma: wireframes, prototypes and final UI.
• Created brand identities for client businesses: logos, brand style guides and visual systems.
• Produced marketing graphics: social media assets, static and animated ad banners, presentations, motion graphics in
After Effects, and AI-generated photo and video for websites and ads.
• Applied WCAG accessibility guidelines and checked built pages against the designs at developer handoff (manual QA);
guided junior designers.
Web Designer · Fleetko Oct 2018 – Dec 2018
• Designed websites for transportation-industry clients and worked with developers on accurate implementation.
• Ran user research and usability tests to inform design decisions; helped set up design guidelines.

Selected projects: Care Unit, Continental Logistics, Express Permits, Reefer Van Network, Brightech IT, HedgeHog Agency
(case studies on Behance)

EDUCATION & COURSES

Specialist (Master's level) and Bachelor's Degrees, Applied Mathematics 2015, 2016
V.O. Sukhomlynskyi Mykolaiv National University, Ukraine
UX Design course · Projector (prjctr.com) 2025
Full UX cycle in Figma, from user interviews and CJM to prototyping and usability testing; 2 projects from real client briefs.