Iryna

Iryna Kalinku Remote

Senior UX/UI & Product Designer
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Product designer with 7+ years across mobile (iOS & Android), web, and
SaaS products. Most recently worked end to end on a scaled AI-powered
mental wellbeing and education app: onboarding, paywalls, acquisition
funnels, Day-0 activation and retention, from research and analytics to shipped
code. Earlier work in fintech and Web3. I prototype and ship with AI coding
tools and build design systems that both engineers and LLMs can use.

Education & Certifications Experience
B.A. in Design, National Transport
University Promova Remote | Jan 2026 – Sep 2026
Product Designer
F ull-time
Sep 2013 – Jul 2017
Worked end to end on research, analytics, hypotheses, flows, copy and

Projector · UX Design · Product release for a scaled AI-powered personal mental wellbeing and

Design education product (iOS + web, R&D), with no separate design-to-dev

handoff.

EPAM Design Boost Marathon · Onboarding & activation: Shipped three iOS onboarding flows in 9
UX/UI Design months, shaped by funnel analytics and competitor analysis.

Acquisition: Designed quiz funnels for paid web and App Store
UX/Product Skills custom product pages.

User Research (Quant & Qual) · Monetization: Designed the paywalls and a cancel-flow save
CJM · Persona & Empathy Mapping system (Pause / Plan Switch / Reason-Routed).

· Product Hypothesis & Validation ·
R etention: Focused on Day-0 activation and next-day retention:
Heuristic Evaluation · Usability
generated hypotheses along the Day-0 path (ad, onboarding,

Testing · VPC · OOUX · Mobile-First
assessment test, CTA) and designed the daily-ritual Today tab with

Design Thinking · End-to-End pre-set launch gates. Redesigned the post-purchase report.

Product Lifecycle · MVP Definition ·
Engagement: Redesigned check-in and restructured the IA into five
A /B Testing
tabs.

Also shipped: Vibe-coded production code on web; built an LLM-
UI & Visual Design
readable design system.

Design Systems · UI Kits &
Component Libraries · Typography Tools: Figma · Figma Make · Amplitude · Notion · Jira · VS Code ·
& Color Systems · Responsive Web GitHub · Claude Code · Claude Design · Cowork · Magnific

Design · Mobile App Design (iOS &
Android) · Data Visualization ·

Accessibility (WCAG Basics) ·

Handoff Workflow

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Soft Skills Mate Academy Remote | May 2024 – Present
Design Mentor
Cross-functional Collaboration ·
Stakeholder Communication · Mentored 90+ students across 3 four-month cohorts, guiding them
Mentoring · Feedback-Driven through the full UX/UI design cycle from user research to design
Iteration · Remote Team Alignment handoff.

Conducted design critiques, Q&A sessions, and technical interviews,
Tools & Technologies boosting students’ portfolio quality and job readiness.

Design & Prototyping Recommended program improvements to enhance learning
Figma (variables, Dev Mode, MCP) · outcomes and overall student experience.
Framer · Illustrator · Photoshop
Cowchain Remote | Jun 2025 – Aug 2025

Collaboration UX/UI Designer (Project-based)

Jira · Notion · Amplitude · Trello · Collaborated with PMs, CTO, developers, and cross-chain partners to
ClickUp · Asana gather requirements, align on priorities, and secure stakeholder
approvals — ensuring smooth handoff and consistent implementation.

Dev Handoff
Delivered the MVP design for Stablecoin.energy, enabling users to
Figma Dev Mode · GitHub · HTML & interact with an electricity-backed stablecoin (1 token = 1 kWh),
CSS · Zeplin simplifying token minting and redemption processes for energy and
blockchain market participants.

Languages Led design for the Afridax multisignature wallet, solving the
English (Professional)
challenge of transaction approvals requiring 3–10 institutional
Romanian (Basic)
signers, and delivering clear flows to securely accept /reject
Ukrainian (Native) transactions one by one.

Solar Enterprises Remote | Aug 2023 – Apr 2025
Product Designer
Designed the mobile Solar Wallet app (iOS/Android) by translating
the desktop experience into a responsive, touch-optimized interface
— boosting adoption across platforms while preserving brand
consistency.

Redesigned the Tymt Game desktop interface, improving navigation
hierarchy and game flow clarity.

Simplified onboarding in Tymt Game Launcher by restructuring
authorization flows to reduce friction.

Worked cross-functionally with global product, engineering, and
marketing teams to align on execution and timelines.

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AI & Prototyping AltRecipe May 2019 – Sep 2023
UX/UI → Middle → Senior UX/UI Designer Outsource / Outstaff
Vibe coding · Code shipped to
production · VS Code · GitHub ·
Claude Code · Claude Design · Senior UX/UI Designer Remote | Nov 2021 – Sep 2023

Cowork · Figma Make · AI-assisted Partnered with PMs, engineers, and stakeholders to align design with
prototyping · LLM-readable design business KPIs. Shaped creative direction and managed design scope
systems · Magnific (AI illustration) across multiple projects.

Led the redesign of Abracadabra.money, collaborating with cross-
AI Product Design functional teams and stakeholders through VPC workshops and
user research, clarifying borrowing flows and improving task
AI coach experiences · Prompt
completion rates through clearer navigation and reduced cognitive
design & custom Claude skills ·
load.
Personalized AI + authored content
models · LLM-readable design
Middle UX/UI Designer Remote | Dec 2019 – Nov 2021
systems
Collaborated with client stakeholders, developers, and PMs to meet
Growth & Analytics product goals and delivery timelines. Focused on accessibility,
comprehension, and usability across fintech and Web3 projects.

Onboarding, paywall & funnel Popsicle.Finance: Designed cross-chain DeFi MVP from scratch;
design · Hypotheses & launch simplified complex staking flows for first-time users.

gates · A/B testing · Product
analytics (Amplitude) · UX writing Abracadabra.money: Built a crypto-backed loan interface that
decreased abandonment.

Utopia Wallet & Swiss Gold Token: Designed a web wallet and a
mobile wallet app.

UX/UI Designer In-office | May 2019 – Dec 2019

Partnered with stakeholder, PM, and engineering teams to design and
deliver a dual-sided food delivery app (iOS/Android), for users and
businesses, creating 250+ optimized flows (food ordering, digital
menus) and ensuring smooth handoff through detailed documentation.

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