Alex Krivenko Email & Phone Number

Auckland, Nz

Auckland, New Zealand

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗙𝘂𝗲𝗹𝟱𝟬:Fuel50 is the skills-based AI Talent Marketplace solution that delivers internal talent mobility and workforce reskilling.𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀:✦ Collaborated with the other Senior Leadership Team (SLT) members on roadmap planning, strategic direction, budgeting, and stakeholder management.✦ Led and managed the design team, overseeing recruitment, onboarding, setting goals, quarterly conversations, and providing mentoring for professional growth.✦ Drove the design process, fostering a strong team culture grounded in design principles, and ensured design QA for delivering high-quality results.✦ Spearheaded accessibility remediation initiatives, including vendor management with Zenyth, ensuring compliance and improved user accessibility.✦ Created conceptual designs that supported the company’s long-term vision, guiding teams toward forward-thinking and scalable product solutions.✦ Managed project planning, scoping, and execution, ensuring timely delivery of complex solutions in uncertain and dynamic environments.✦ Led the design system initiative, contributing to and managing its development to ensure design consistency and efficiency across products.✦ Presented innovative, strategic design solutions to stakeholders, driving company growth and aligning with future product strategies.✦ Led UX design efforts, including user testing, research, synthesis, and execution, ensuring user-centered design decisions.✦ Maintained strong customer relationships, engaging in interactions that shaped product improvements and aligned with business goals.

Auckland, New Zealand

𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀:✦ Collaborated with product managers and tech leads as part of a product trio, contributing to roadmaps, team rituals, and strategic planning.✦ Led and influenced the design process, fostering a strong team culture aligned with design principles and best practices.✦ Created conceptual designs that aligned with the company’s long-term vision, helping shape future product strategies and guiding teams toward forward-thinking solutions.✦ Spearheaded the design system initiative, driving planning, strategy, and contributions to ensure design consistency across products.✦ Conducted design QA and provided strategic direction, ensuring high-quality execution of complex solutions in uncertain environments.✦ Presented innovative design solutions to key stakeholders, facilitating growth and alignment with company goals.✦ Executed comprehensive UX design, including user testing, research, and synthesis, ensuring data-driven design decisions.✦ Facilitated design sprint that helped the company explore problems and validate solutions early, significantly reducing costs by avoiding assumptions-based development.✦ Developed fully interactive prototypes to validate concepts and improve product development speed.✦ Conducted customer research to inform product design, focusing on information architecture and usability interface design for optimal user experiences.

Auckland, New Zealand

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲:A digital innovation company specializing in web, app, and software development. Satellite also provides cutting-edge technology solutions for major events around New Zealand.𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀:✦ Managed end-to-end project design, from initial conceptualization through to the creation of detailed UX/UI concepts, user flows, and interactive prototypes, culminating in the delivery of final design assets for development.✦ Developed inclusive and accessible design solutions for both desktop and mobile platforms, ensuring compliance with W3C accessibility standards to create seamless user experiences for all users, regardless of ability.✦ Designed intuitive interfaces for touchscreen devices and kiosks, tailoring the user experience for unique, interactive environments that prioritize ease of use and engagement.✦ Produced wireframes, user journeys, and high-fidelity interactive prototypes, aligning design solutions with user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility while validating concepts through usability testing and feedback loops.✦ Engaged in customer-facing interactions, gathering user insights and feedback to refine designs and ensure the final product closely aligns with end-user expectations and requirements.✦ Collaborated closely with the design team, contributing to peer reviews, sharing feedback, and brainstorming ideas to collectively enhance the quality of design work. Presented pixel-perfect designs to key stakeholders and developers, ensuring clarity and alignment across teams during the development process.✦ Mentored junior designers, providing hands-on guidance, constructive feedback, and support in developing their skills, fostering growth within the team, and promoting design excellence.𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀:✦ NZ Effie 2019 (Bronze), Most Effective Use of Digital Technology.Client: ANZ Bank New Zealand. Campaign: ANZ Bat for Your Cap. Role: Senior UX/UI Designer.

Auckland, New Zealand

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆:A HubSpot Diamond Certified Agency Partner, they empower brands with the strategy, creativity, and technology to elevate customer experiences, improve business performance, and thrive in the digital age.𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀:✦ Led the design team, providing strategic direction and fostering a collaborative environment. Mentored a junior designer, offering guidance, feedback, and support to accelerate their professional growth and enhance their design skills.✦ Managed projects from conception to delivery, ensuring timelines, scope, and quality standards were met or exceeded.✦ Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to develop detailed user-personas and comprehensive user journeys that reflected a deep understanding of customer needs and behaviors.✦ Managed the project delivery, ensuring that external partners aligned with project goals and maintained high-quality deliverables.✦ Conducted user research and presented new insights, findings, and design trends to the team to enhance product innovation and user experience.✦ Designed interactive prototypes and conceptualized design solutions that effectively translate strategic goals into engaging user-centered experiences.✦ Developed user experiences grounded in customer research, ensuring that the final product aligns with user expectations and drives business outcomes.✦ Optimized user experience of the existing digital products through continuous improvements, including A/B testing to validate design choices and ensure performance excellence.𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀:✦ NZDMA 2017 (Industry Gold, Channel Gold, Nexus Silver).Client: Wilderness Motorhomes. Role: Lead Digital Designer.✦ NZDMA 2017 (Industry Bronze, Nexus Bronze).Client: FRAMECAD. Role: Lead Digital Designer.

Auckland, New Zealand

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼 𝗕𝗕𝗗𝗢:Colenso BBDO, one of the world’s most creative agencies, is based in Auckland and specializes in brand, advertising, marketing, and customer experience.𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀:✦ Was responsible for creating award-winning design concepts, interfaces, user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes.✦ Collaborated on concept development and design treatment for interactive projects.✦ Supported the broader Studio team workload and ensured appropriate knowledge sharing.✦ Developed interactive digital solutions using HTML, CSS, JS.✦ Switched multimedia development process from Adobe Flash to HTML5 technology. ✦ Optimized the production flow, which allowed Colenso to reduce outsourcing and decrease production time by 40%.𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀:✦ Cannes Direct Lions (Gold Lion and Silver Lion), The Webby Awards Best Cause Related Campaign 2018, NZ Effie 2017 (Gold), NZDMA 2017 (Industry Bronze).Client: Mars, Pedigree. Campaign: Child Replacement Program. Role: UI designer/Developer.✦ The Webby Awards Best Cause Related Campaign 2018.Client: Mars, Pedigree. Campaign: A Dog’s Story. Role: Designer/Developer.✦ The Webby Awards Best Cause Related Campaign 2018, NZDMA 2017 (Industry Gold, Channel Gold, Nexus Gold).Client: NZ Breast Cancer Foundation. Campaign: The Annoying Lump. Role: UI designer/Developer.

Auckland, New Zealand

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗨𝗧:AUT is New Zealand's third-largest university in terms of total student enrolment, with approximately 29,100 students enrolled across three campuses in Auckland.𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀:✦ Designed and built a new version of the Online Shop for Auckland University of Technology, which improved user experience and increased customer satisfaction.✦ Conducted eCommerce training for the team.✦ Customized and configured Ungerboeck App (management software for venues, exhibitions, and conferences) to match the team’s needs.

Russian Federation

Vladivostok

Postgraduate Diploma In It, Information Technology, Level 7

Auckland, New Zealand

Engineer'S Degree, Printing Production Technology, Diploma