Summary

5 plus years of experience creating visual and interaction designs for WEB and mobile applications using user centered design methodology.
3 plus years experience with information architecture and creating user experience solutions.
1,5 years experience with conducting user research, testing design solutions and developing corporate standards.

Education

English Language Center at Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)

Global Business English Pre-MBA Program, Spring Session 2007.

Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (Moscow, Russia, www.mephi.ru/eng/)

Master's degree in computer design of materials (department of materials science of the faculty of physics and economics of high technologies).

Career highlights

September 2005 — March 2007	Inform-mobil (IT/Telecom, www.inform-mobil.ru/index_en.html), Interface Designer and Researcher Duties Corporate user interface standards and guidelines development. Designing WEB, WAP 2.0, STK, DSTK and SMS interfaces. Performing usability tests. Writing recommendation reports based on research. Co-ordination of a group of graphic- and web-designers. Achievements Elaborated corporate user interface standards and guidelines which consists of: guidelines for designing WEB, WAP 2.0 and STK interfaces, set of templates for WEB and WAP 2.0 interfaces, checklists for verification. Applicated user centered design concept into the working cycle of the company. Created user interfaces for number of WEB and WAP 2.0 projects for the biggest telecom companies in Russia — Mobile Tele Systems, VimpelCom and SkyLink. Designed a file manager with ability to purchase data files over the internet for UBIQUAM cellphones.
February 2005 — September 2005	Studio-Svet, Senior Web-Designer (www.studiosvet.ru) Duties Web sites designing. Team-leadership, coordination of web-site development process. Achievements Website of group of companies “Programs for Business” (www.p4b.ru) Website of “Transport Air” ticket ordering and reservation company (www.akomarov.com/portfolio/transportair/) “Teka” website (www.te-ka.ru) Website of “Bashkirova & partners” marketing, social and political research company. Website of “Askon” shipping company (www.askon-m.ru)
January 2004 — Present (part time)	Live Color Studio, Self Employed (livecolor.akomarov.com) Duties Usability evaluation and user-interface design. Web design. Corporate identity. Team-leadership. Achievements Usability-testing, evaluation and re-design of SMS-service “2memory”, (cellphone personal data backup system, 2007). E-shop for “StalkerGroup” company (2006). Corporate identity, poster, dvd box for “Revision films” company (2004). “24 ways to succeed” well known Russian poster.
January 2003 — January 2004	Arli International, Web Designer (www.arli.ru/english/) Duties Web Page Layout. HTML and CSS coding. Creating promotional/flash graphics. Designing html email templates and messages. Achievements “Arli” website. Set of flash banners.

Personal Information

Date and place of Birth:	April 20, 1983, Moscow, Russia
Citizenship:	Russian Federation
Home Address:	Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Languages:	Russian (native) English

Hobbies

• Writing issues about design in my weblog.
• Experimenting with interfaces.
• Break dancing.
• Playing guitar.

Personal Qualities

• Self-confident.
• Team player.
• Great listener.
• Highly tuned time management skills.

Long-term goals

Usability concept and informational design popularization, writing book about interfaces, teaching.