Oleksii

OLEKSII KRYZHANOVSKYI
Shopify Project Manager · E-commerce Delivery
Kyiv, Ukraine · Remote | [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») | [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») | [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація»)

SUMMARY
Shopify Project Manager delivering builds, redesigns and CRO for US and EU clients, and founder of two D2C Shopify
brands (~16K orders). I run projects from scoping and Figma to QA and launch – and know the merchant side because I
operate stores myself. Fluent English. Ex-strategy consultant (Roland Berger, PwC).

SKILLS
Delivery Scoping, specs for design and dev, Jira, Trello, Notion, Sheets, QA coordination, client reporting; Figma
review and handoff; Claude / Claude Code in daily work
Shopify Rapid AI-built Liquid prototypes of sections and pages (MVP) handed off to developers; JSON templates,
apps, CSV catalog import, discounts, translations, plans up to Advanced
Growth GA4, Microsoft Clarity, CRO hypotheses and prioritization, PageSpeed, Google Ads, Meta Ads and Pixel,
Shopify Email
Ops KeyCRM, Nova Poshta, payments, production planning, Lean; 3D design to printing and mold making
Languages English – fluent · Ukrainian – native · German – basic (A1)

EXPERIENCE

Project Manager — Cycles (Shopify development agency) Remote · 02/2025 – Present
• Run up to 3 concurrent Shopify projects for US and EU clients ($2–4K/month each): scoping, specs for design and
development, estimate-vs-actual tracking in Jira/Trello. 3 stores launched, 2 clients retained; post-redesign
conversion gains of 10%+.
• B2B solar supplier (US): recurring English calls with multi-accent stakeholders, Jira backlog and status reports, review
of designs, builds and bugs.
• Fragrance brand (German founder, US market): store designed from zero in founder workshops, then Figma,
development and QA (incl. professional QA).
• Wellness start-up: led the project with a first-time founder from concept to live store; managed scope changes and
redesigns after plan approval; got a delayed launch back on track by re-planning the developers' work.
• Hobby-goods brand (NDA): full redesign with SEO-safe collection architecture; GA4 funnel audit and a prioritized CRO
backlog; page builder (EComposer) replaced with native sections, 6–9-month payback; card-testing bot attack stopped
via checkout accounts.
Founder — grow-some (grow-some.com) Kyiv · 05/2020 – Present
D2C grow kits, seed-mat refills (repeat purchases, LTV) and handmade pots · team of 5 · part-time since 02/2025
• Built and run the Shopify store: ~16K orders since 2022; peak 2023 with 2.8× net sales vs 2022; AOV +47%
(2022–2025).
• Redesigned the theme in-house: custom Liquid sections from Figma via AI-assisted development (Claude Code, Figma
MCP, GitHub, Shopify CLI).
• Stack: Loox, Fera, Shopify Email flows, Translate & Adapt, GA4, Clarity, Google Ads, Meta Ads/Pixel; orders via
KeyCRM + Nova Poshta; Lean cut production time per item from 4 days to ~1.
• Grew the range from 1 to 110+ products (own kits, mushroom blocks, pots, compatible refills, Click & Grow resale);
B2B for Yves Rocher, L'Oréal, Unit.City; led a marketing team of 3, budget up to $8K/month.
Founder — mystatute (mystatute.store) 2025 – Present
• Launched a second Shopify brand from idea to live store; 4 product components made in-house from wood, gypsum
and acrylic composite; product development from brief to 3D design, 3D printing and mold making.
• Reached ~$25K in sales in a single month.
Strategy Consulting — Roland Berger · HarvEast · CIVITTA · PwC 2016 – 2020
• Roland Berger (2019–20): modelling for a ~$1.5B CapEx decision, 11-sector market study. HarvEast, Project Manager
(2018–19): group strategy for the Supervisory Board; $2M CapEx case cutting OpEx by ~$200K/year. CIVITTA (2018),
PwC Strategy & Operations (2016).

EDUCATION
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv — BSc Economics of Enterprise, MSc Ecological Management (2019) ·
McKinsey Business Diving 2019 finalist · KSE Case Champ 2017, 2018 winner