Product Designer

I believe that a combination of design, AI, psychology, and neuroscience creates a magical and impactful user experience for products.

For me, well-designed pages are an endorphin-boosting symphony of typography, icons and visuals. I focus on crafting enjoyable, useful and usable experiences by prioritizing stakeholder and user needs.

On my bucket list:
Become a T-shaped designer
Create a Design System Course

skills

Significant Milestones

1993-2010
Born in Russia. Fueled an insatiable curiosity and nurtured my intellectual growth
2010
STARTED on my educational journey at College
2014-2016
Co-founded an innovative Academy of Public Relations in Russia
2015
Earned my Master of Arts in Public Relations and Advertising
2015-2016
Secured a position as a PR manager
2016-2019
Worked as a Senior Social Media Manager at a leading digital & performance marketing agency
2019
relocated to the USA
2021
Switched careers to Product Design, improving my skills through Practice, private lessons, and courses like "Design Systems" and "UX Google"
2021-2022
Started freelancing as a visual designer, joining hackathons and handling independent product design projects
2022-present
Started working at Gen AI startup Puzzmatic. Took on a design system contract at fintech and built it from scratch

testimonials

“Vera's exceptional design and product thinking skills have consistently led to the creation of intuitive user experiences. As a conscientious and hardworking professional, she has been instrumental in contributing to my project's success.”
Ilya Subkhankulov
Founder, Puzzmatic
“I urgently required an application design, and Vera delivered it exceptionally quickly and at a high standard. She is truly a 10× designer. ”
Vadims Casecnikovs
Co-Founder, PlateMatch
I had the pleasure of working with Vera on a design systems project. Vera consistently demonstrated her talent as a designer, delivering projects on time and proactively suggesting improvements to enhance the user experience while meeting business goals.
Lana Veldanova
Visual Designer I Design Systems

about me

Hey! I am Vera, a Product Designer based in San Francisco.

Outside of work, I am a design mentor for Junior folks on online learning platforms and a member of the women in design community. Personality-wise, I am an Architect (INTJ) and an Enneagram Type 3.