Marina Tkachenko
Product Designer
Senior Product Designer · Fintech, B2B, Edtech
About me
I design interfaces that feel as good as they look
Who I am
Senior Product Designer with 6+ years in Fintech, Edtech and Software Development
I currently work at Perlem as a product designer covering the learning process, from research to design and tracking results after launch. At VTB, I covered banking products, including the Multibank service, which I led from the MVP stage.
- Product thinking and problem solving
- User experience (UX) design
- User research and validation
- Design systems
- Wireframes and prototypes
- Cross-functional collaboration
- 01 6+ Years building digital products
- 02 4 Companies I’ve worked at
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- 04 3 Industries: Fintech, Edtech and Software Development
Experience
Making complex things clear
in Fintech, Edtech and B2B products
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01
Perlem
Senior Product Designer • Mar 2025 — Present
1 yr 9 mos
Design complex web & mobile solutions for different user roles on an Edtech platform for private schools. Actively develop and contribute to the design system. Designed the MVP of a web platform for kindergarten teachers from scratch, now live. Launched AI-assisted assignment review: among early-adopter teachers, average review session time fell by 37.8%.
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02
VTB
Product Designer • Oct 2022 — Mar 2025
2 yrs 6 mos
Designed mobile banking services for one of Russia’s top 3 banks, focusing on its B2B mobile banking app for SMEs. Led the Multibank service from MVP and contributed to the design system and design processes in the company. Contributed to a 2.8% growth in the app’s overall client base. Mentored new designers through onboarding sessions.
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03
Antipoff IT
UX/UI Designer • Dec 2021 — Sep 2022
10 mos
Collaborated on web & mobile design in a cross-functional team working on pre-sales projects. Conducted user research, including in-depth interviews and usability testing, and created wireframes and interactive prototypes for product pitches. Helped win a client contract through a design-led presale demo of Guide You.
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04
The Netherlands Education Group
Designer • Jun 2020 — Dec 2021
1 yr 7 mos
As the sole designer, I owned the company’s entire digital experience, from UX/UI and visual identity to content, SEO and website development. Initiated user research and designed a mobile app based on the findings, taking it from initial research to a stakeholder presentation and approval for further development. After I launched the new website, which I designed, built on WordPress and optimized for SEO myself, monthly active users grew nearly 10x and conversion rose from 1.3% to 4.5%; 89% of surveyed users were fully satisfied with it.
Education
UX/UI Designer — Netology
International Economic Relations — Moscow State Linguistic University
Toolkit
- Figma
- Figma Make
- Claude
- Claude Code
- Cursor
- Codex
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe After Effects
- Procreate
- Jira
- Confluence
- Miro
- Supabase
- Git