Aurora Denisenko, Senior UX/UI & Product Designer

Aurora Denisenko, Senior UX/UI & Product Designer

About


I specialize in crafting web & app experiences for your product & services from the very idea, through the project stages to the final development. Whether it's a complex SaaS app with numerous dashboards or a one-page website presenting your startup, you can trust in my professional handling.

Contact


📧 Email: polina.denisenko@yahoo.com
💬 Telegram: cat_digitalnomad
 

📄 Portfolio

 

👩🏻‍💻 Work experience

Lead Product & UX/UI Designer

10101.art ( Early-stage Art-Tech startup ) Web3 Blockchain B2C
🗓️ July 2024 - Now
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Platform usability and visual design received high praise from users and industry professionals at Art Dubai 2025 and Paris NFT Forum 2025.
  • Owned end-to-end product design for 10101.art, leading a full redesign and shaping UX/UI for all platform flows.
  • Collaborated closely with Product Manager and technical team, influencing strategic product decisions and ensuring design feasibility with developers and QA testers.
  • Conducted user research and testing, including task-based interviews and session analysis, to optimize usability and platform logic.
  • Designed new product branches from scratch (10101.cult and 10101.shop), creating end-to-end UX/UI and user journeys.
  • Acted as sole designer, coordinating with founders and external contributors to deliver consistent, high-quality digital experiences.

Lead Product & UX/UI Designer (Contract)

Triplay (early-stage B2C travel AI startup) & Aparta (early-stage B2B AI messaging automiser for Airbnb)
🗓️ August 2023 - June 2024
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Led a full UX/UI redesign of Triplay, restructuring page logic; improved early-session user retention from ~10 % to ~60 % (based on analysis of session recordings and user feedback).

Built the Aparta product experience from scratch; UX/UI concept and app logic were approved without revisions, establishing a clear market-ready product.
  • Owned the end-to-end UX/UI design process for early-stage digital products — from product discovery and UX strategy to high-fidelity interfaces and developer handoff.
  • Partnered closely with the Product Manager and engineering team to align design decisions with product strategy, business goals, and technical constraints.
  • Identified UX friction points and improvement opportunities by analysing user session recordings and evaluating product flows.
  • Applied CJM and JTBD frameworks to uncover user needs and refine product logic and user journeys.
  • Led the redesign of Triplay interfaces and designed the Aparta product experience from the ground up.
  • Designed responsive desktop and mobile experiences, balancing visual clarity with platform-specific usability across iOS and Android, and supporting developers during implementation.

Head of Design & Lead UX/UI Designer

AlliesVerse (early-stage fintech SaaS startup) B2C CRM Finances
🗓️ August 2022 - June 2023
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Improved digital accessibility of AlliesVerse interfaces based on WCAG guidelines, enabling users to complete key tasks (creating a product card) ~35% faster during usability testing.
  • Owned and improved the initial design concept, creating comprehensive user flows.
  • Built and led a small design team, including hiring, reviewing work, and providing art direction.
  • Established and maintained a design system, ensuring consistency across web and mobile interfaces in line with brand guidelines.
  • Conducted user research, including deep interviews, usability studies, shadowing, and card sorting, translating insights into actionable design improvements.
  • Coordinated outsourced specialists (illustration, 3D, motion design) and managed quality across all creative outputs.
  • Implemented design workflows within SCRUM, proactively suggesting optimizations to team processes.
  • Designed landing pages and marketing creatives to support product launches and campaigns.

Project-based UX/UI designer (Freelance)

🗓️ February 2021 - August 2023
Completed 15 projects of varying scope, managing full delivery from concept to final implementation.
  • Conducted competitive analysis to identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities in clients’ markets.
  • Developed and executed website concepts, designing responsive desktop and mobile interfaces informed by research, client brand guidelines, and competitive insights.
  • Managed end-to-end design process, coordinating with clients and external teams, including illustrators, copywriters, and developers (WordPress, Webflow, Tilda, frontend), assigning tasks, clarifying requirements, and curating deliverables.
  • Collaborated with branding agencies to ensure consistent application of brand guidelines across digital platforms.
  • Ensured design consistency and usability, delivering visually clear and user-friendly websites adapted for different devices.
 

🌐 Languages


  • English: B2-C1
  • Russian: Native
 

🦾 Skills

 

📚 Education


Mobile PRO by Uprock
December 2023 - December 2024
Application structure, iOS and Material Design guidelines, in-depth interviews, design systems.

User interface and presentation of information by Ilya Birman art director of Artyom Gorbunov design bureau
January 2023 - February 2023
Principles of good interface design, correct layout of forms and tables, various types of information presentation.

SCRUM framework
November 2023
Studying flexible product development methodologies: working in sprints, maintaining a backlog, compiling user stories, participating in PBR meetings and retrospectives.

Middle+ product designer course by CEO and art-director of «Pinkman Lab» (design systems, frameworks, concepts, typography, 3D)
February 2022 - March 2022
Working with references, typography and composition, researching user flow and JTBD, creating creative concepts, high-fidelity wireframes, as well as service and product pages.

Inclusive design and Accessibility course (creating systems and interfaces that are friendly for people with disabilities)
September 2021
Best practices from WCAG guidelines that make the interface accessible to both people with disabilities and regular users.

C1 Business English course
June 2019 - October 2019 (Dublin, Ireland)

Higher Education in the field of Philology and Linguistics
2017-2019 (HSE — St.Petersburg)