I’m a product designer based in Vienna. And my career path was not straightforward. I started out writing and researching: I gathered insights from user interviews, created user personas, and wrote chatbot conversations, product copy, and ToV guidelines for SaaS apps in health, crypto, and spirituality. Every sentence I wrote lived inside an interface someone else had designed. Over time, I realized that I wanted to do both. I dived deeper into the UI design last year, and now I’m most interested in projects where I take full ownership of both copy and visuals.

Before all that, I studied biotechnology in Toronto. It taught me to test things instead of guessing, which is still how I work.

Outside of work, I love chess, playing piano, travelling, artsy movies, and pretending I can take good pictures on film.

Yaroslav at home, resting his chin on his hand and looking up, plants behind him
Fig. 1 · Me

What I believe in

Words are interface

Every label, error, and button is design. I start with what the screen needs to say, then shape how it looks.

Test, don’t guess

I’m a man of science — I trust real insights from users over pure intuition.

Clarity first

If a user has to stop and think about the interface, the interface has failed.

My path

  1. 2025 — 2026

    UI/UX Designer & UX Writer

    OBRIO · Nebula

    Paywalls, web funnels, and a company-wide tone of voice. +75% conversion to paid chat.

  2. 2023 — 2024

    Chatbot Specialist

    OKX

    A support chatbot in 13 languages. +29% resolution rate, CSAT 3.9 → 4.2 in the CIS region.

  3. 2020 — 2022

    Conversation Designer

    Zing Coach

    Chatbot conversations and microcopy; helped redesign onboarding (+36% conversion to trial).

  4. 2019 — 2020

    Marketing Specialist

    Unclutter

    Content strategy and copy for a macOS productivity app.

  5. 2016 — 2019

    Biotechnology, Advanced Diploma

    Seneca Polytechnic, Toronto

    Where I learned to love all things living and how to test my ideas.

Languages

EnglishC2UkrainiannativeRussiannativeGermanB1FrenchA2

Outside of work

Black-and-white film photo: a woman and a child walking under a concrete overhang in Zürich
Fig. 2 · Testing my film camera in Zürich
Shepard, an Abyssinian cat, curled up on a grey office chair
Fig. 3 · My Abyssinian cat Shepard
Film photo of two friends standing at a railing in front of misty hills
Fig. 4 · My friends in Austrian Alps

Let’s get in touch

Think I'd be a good fit for your team or project? I'd be happy to chat!