Misha Miroshnikov
Product design, UX/UI, concepting and prototyping, design team management
I transform business ideas into scalable, human-centered web services, with 20 years of multicultural experience as a human–computer interaction generalist, designer, and manager.
Experience
Gnomon, Specialized computer graphics education for entertainment
Los Angeles, CA.
Front-end Developer
December 2025 → present
- Design, build, and maintain websites and digital services supporting student and alumni engagement.
HD🌀Cafe, a social platform for Human Design enthusiasts
Los Angeles, CA.
Founder, Product Designer and Manager, Front-end Developer
March 2023 → present
- Designed a social network platform
- Programmed front-end
- Built a team and managed agile product delivery
UP.Labs, venture Lab
Santa Monica, CA.
Product Design Consultant
November 2022 - December 2022 (2 months)
- Applied an user-centric approach to the product vision in two teams
- Built two hi-fidelity web prototypes (webflow and ReactJS based), that enabled the team to present future product concepts to the partners and investors
General Symbol, knowledge platform for engineering and R&D
Los Angeles, CA
CXO (Chief Experience Officer), Product Designer
October 2021 - June 2022 (9 months)
- Applied a user-centric feature prioritization approach
- Developed a product concept and a hi-fidelity prototype, that allowed the CEO to present the future product to the investors.
- Established an R&D workflow (development sprints that followed design sprints), that insured the consistent features delivery.
Xsolla, tools and services for gaming industry
Los Angeles, CA
Director Of Product Design
March 2019 - October 2020 (1 year 8 months)
- Implemented correct design process in multiple product teams
- Design-managed up to 5 product teams simultaneously
- Hired and trained designers to gain new skills of prototyping and web development
- Led a cross-functional project teams and produced concepts, prototypes, and specifications for new company's initiatives.
- Art-directored a full-scale redesign of the company's website and products
- Implemented a design review/design legacy refactoring framework
- Established a design planning process and alignment with business goals
Product Designer, Art Director, Web Developer
May 2016 - March 2019 (2 years 11 months)
- Initiated, designed and launched a SaaS product (Web site builder) that enabled the company to reach new audiences.
- Art-directored ongoing marketing projects to align with the company's brand and style.
- Designed numerous landing and other web pages for company's initiatives.
Buyon, e-commerce platform
Tallinn, Estonia
Senior User Interface Architect, Product Designer
April 2012 - August 2015 (3 years 5 months)
- Architected a large B2B / B2C e-commerce platform with complex B & C parties interaction
- Designed an end-to-end e-commerce user experience
- Managed the proper delivery of the design by a distributed team of coders
Art. Lebedev Studio, design powerhouse
Moscow, Russia
UI/UX Designer for Mobile apps
December 2009 - March 2012 (2 years 4 months)
- Designed an end-to-end UX/UI of twelve iOS / Android apps in the areas of e-commerce, flight aggregation, property rental, plus a range of smaller apps.
Iconka.com, icon foundry
Moscow, Russia
Illustrator
May 2008 - December 2009 (1 year 8 months)
- Created up to 200 vector illustrations, icons, and virtual gifts
Glasmedia, media
Moscow, Russia
Leading Web Designer
May 2008 - December 2009 (1 year 8 months)
- Designed and supported all the company's websites
- Led a team of illustrator, web-coder and flash-animator
Libria.ru, web agency
Ryazan, Russia
Web Designer / Web developer
2004 - 2006 (2 years)
- Designed multiple websites, Flash-banners
- Coded most of the websites and supported existing projects
Education
Ryazan State Pedagogical University
Ryazan, Russia
Bachelor of Computer Science
2000–2005
HTML Academy
Certificate, JavaScript programming
Online, 2015