About  Julija
About  Julija
Julija herself in an artistic pose adorned with flowers.

Get to Know Me

I’m an experience designer and creative strategist with 10+ years of design experience, specializing in product design and branding since 2019. With a foundation in marketing, I design with a focus on simplicity, usability, aesthetics, and business performance. Marketing defines the promise, and design delivers it. By combining both, I create experiences that are emotionally engaging, and strengthen brand trust over time.

My Story

By age 13, I was already exploring CorelDraw and Adobe Creative Suite, fascinated by how technology could enhance my creativity. After years of serving food and drinks at absurd hours, I pursued a business degree, explored digital marketing, and continued my design journey through freelance work and personal projects. In 2019, I finally discovered UX/UI Design, a perfect fusion of design, psychology, and computer science, and I was sold.

Full Stack

Product Design (UX/UI)

UX Research
User Persona
Journey Mapping
Empathy Mapping
Info Architecture
Wireframing
HiFi Prototyping
Interaction Design
Visual Design
Responsive Design
Figma Design Systems
Accessibility
Usability Testing
Microinteractions

Digital Product Strategy & Consulting

0→1 Product
Competitor Analysis
MVP Planning
UX Audits
Heuristics
UX/UI Optimization
Flow Optimization
Brand Alignment

Branding

Brand Strategy
Visual Identity
Logo Design
Brand Guidelines
Art Direction
Visual Storytelling
Rebranding

Digital Marketing

Social  Media
Newsletter
B2b Marketing
Strategy
metrics insights
SEO

Front-End

Javascript
React Basics
Web Development
CMS Implementation
HTML
CSS

Collaboration & Workflow

Stakeholder Talk
AI  Workflow
Vibe Coding
Agile Collab
Scrum & Kanban
Cross-Team Collab

Tech Stack

My multidisciplinary background gives me a unique edge, and enables me to connect the dots across multiple domains.

I’ve always been deeply curious about emerging technologies and committed to lifelong learning, continuously exploring new ways to design and build products people love.

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Adobe InDesign CC logo
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Experiences

2013 – Present
Creative Strategist & Product Designer
Freelance
  • Built digital experiences and brand identities for small businesses, combining graphic design, web design, and content strategy to increase visibility, trust, and engagement.

  • Delivered Webflow-based websites and branding solutions, including UX audits, user flow optimization, and interface design, driving conversions and lead generation.

  • Led rebranding initiatives, creating unique visual identities, and digital assets aligned with business goals.

Apr 2022 – Oct 2024
Creative Art Director
Bestcharter.com
  • Full ownership of all marketing and design initiatives for a boutique yacht charter company.

  • Designed and launched a responsive website in Webflow, leveraging CMS, JavaScript, and custom CSS, ensuring SEO performance, accessibility, usability, and cross-device compatibility.

  • Led a UX-driven website redesign, creating intuitive interfaces and optimized flows, improving user engagement.

  • Developed digital brand design assets and collateral, supporting sales team efforts.

  • Built the brand’s organic social media presence from 0 to 4k followers (36% CMGR), attracting high-profile clients and enhancing brand visibility.

  • Created dashboards and reports to inform stakeholders and optimize marketing funnels.

  • Launched a weekly B2B newsletter, increasing broker inquiries by 210%.

  • Operated within a cross-functional, international team, coordinating marketing and content strategy.

Sep 2020 – Apr 2022
UX/UI Designer & Lead Product Designer
LunchNow.com
LunchNow (pre-rebrand)
  • Owned end-to-end design for B2C mobile app and B2B restaurant dashboard and web app, driving a 25% increase in engagement.

  • Conducted ideation and usability testing within an agile team of developers, marketers, and UX lead to refine user flows and interfaces.

  • Designed and implemented an animated onboarding flow, reducing drop-offs by 70%.

  • Mentored a junior designer, providing guidance on design strategy, best practices, and UX execution.

eatnow (post-rebrand)
  • Continued as the sole product designer responsible for end-to-end product experience, including a full rebrand and launch of a new customer-facing mobile app.

  • Built the company’s first design system, establishing consistent UI patterns in Figma.

  • Conducted service design to align digital and real-world processes across all touchpoints between restaurants and guests.

  • Led user research, market research, competitor analysis, and semi-structured user interviews, to inform product strategy.

  • Collaborated closely with engineers and founders on ideation, roadmap planning, and QA, ensuring design integrity throughout the product lifecycle.

2013 – Present
Creative Strategist & Product Designer
Freelance
  • Built digital experiences and brand identities for small businesses, combining graphic design, web design, and content strategy to increase visibility, trust, and engagement.

  • Delivered Webflow-based websites and branding solutions, including UX audits, user flow optimization, and interface design, driving conversions and lead generation.

  • Led rebranding initiatives, creating unique visual identities, and digital assets aligned with business goals.

Apr 2022 – Oct 2024
Creative Art Director
Bestcharter.com
  • Full ownership of all marketing and design initiatives for a boutique yacht charter company.

  • Designed and launched a responsive website in Webflow, leveraging CMS, JavaScript, and custom CSS, ensuring SEO performance, accessibility, usability, and cross-device compatibility.

  • Led a UX-driven website redesign, creating intuitive interfaces and optimized flows, improving user engagement.

  • Developed digital brand design assets and collateral, supporting sales team efforts.

  • Built the brand’s organic social media presence from 0 to 4k followers (36% CMGR), attracting high-profile clients and enhancing brand visibility.

  • Created dashboards and reports to inform stakeholders and optimize marketing funnels.

  • Launched a weekly B2B newsletter, increasing broker inquiries by 210%.

  • Operated within a cross-functional, international team, coordinating marketing and content strategy.

Sep 2020 – Apr 2022
UX/UI Designer & Lead Product Designer
LunchNow.com
LunchNow (pre-rebrand)
  • Owned end-to-end design for B2C mobile app and B2B restaurant dashboard and web app, driving a 25% increase in engagement.

  • Conducted ideation and usability testing within an agile team of developers, marketers, and UX lead to refine user flows and interfaces.

  • Designed and implemented an animated onboarding flow, reducing drop-offs by 70%.

  • Mentored a junior designer, providing guidance on design strategy, best practices, and UX execution.

eatnow (post-rebrand)
  • Continued as the sole product designer responsible for end-to-end product experience, including a full rebrand and launch of a new customer-facing mobile app.

  • Built the company’s first design system, establishing consistent UI patterns in Figma.

  • Conducted service design to align digital and real-world processes across all touchpoints between restaurants and guests.

  • Led user research, market research, competitor analysis, and semi-structured user interviews, to inform product strategy.

  • Collaborated closely with engineers and founders on ideation, roadmap planning, and QA, ensuring design integrity throughout the product lifecycle.

Credentials

Formal Education

B.A. Business Administration
Northern Business School (NBS),
Hamburg (Germany)

Languages

English
Fluent
German
Native
Russian
Native