Work Experience
UX/UI Designer
WeDance | Berlin, Germany | 02/2025 - current
Building WeDance — a community platform for dancers. Design sprints, user interviews, prototyping and user testing.
Conducted user research, usability testing, and content production for a dance community platform.
Led user interviews, recruited participants, analysed insights,
and contributed to product development.Edited promotional videos and took on the Product Owner role, attending sprint planning and daily stand-ups.
UX/UI Design Intern
Kariz | Berlin, Germany | 10/2024 - 01/2025
Building the website for Kariz — a unified API platform designed to streamline e-commerce integrations for developers and businesses.
Improved user comprehension by 30% with clear, value-driven messaging.
Increased organic traffic by 25% through SEO and 35% faster load times.
Boosted visitor engagement by 40% with conversion-focused design.
Reduced bounce rate by 20% with a responsive, user-friendly layout.
Freelance Graphic Designer
Moscow, Russia | 01/2021 - 06/2022
Brand Development: Created brand guides for clients like Porsche, MTS, ORA, WEY enhancing brand consistency by 20% across all platforms.
Presentation & Web Design: Designed presentations and responsive websites, boosting engagement by 30% and user retention by 25% through visually impactful, user-focused design.
Education
Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate
Google | Berlin, Germany | 03/2025
Empathizing with users to understand their needs and pain points.
Developing problem statements to define user needs.
Generating ideas for possible solutions to user problems.
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FullStack Web Development
ReDi School | Berlin, Germany | 09/2024 - 01/2025
Project-based web development bootcamp, including HTML, CSS, Java Script and React.
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Webflow 101
Webflow University | Berlin, Germany | 09/2024
Fundamentals of web design and development
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Credentials
Pepijn van Leeuwen
Kariz, Founder and Director
I had the pleasure of working with Polina on several key projects at Kariz, including our sales and fundraising presentations and the development of our website. From day one, she demonstrated exceptional design skills, attention to detail, and a deep understanding of how to visually communicate complex ideas in a clear and compelling way.
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Moustafa Abdelwahap
SOARA, Co-founder
I had the pleasure of working with Polina on a project that aims to empower students to study overseas, and I can confidently say she is an exceptional UI/UX designer. Her creativity, attention to detail, and user-centric approach have consistently resulted in innovative and highly functional designs. Polina would be an invaluable asset to any team, and I highly recommend her for any UI/UX design role.
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Karin Yajima
SOARA, Co-founder
Polina consulted with my startup, Soara, and her impact was incredible. Her friendly and professional attitude, combined with her UX design skills, made her a joy to work with. She improved the overall experience of our service and communicated our ideas very well into the user experience and concept, making our platform more intuitive and user-friendly. I couldn't be happier with her work and highly recommend Polina to any team in need of a top-notch UX designer.
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