General acquaintance
I am 39 years old man, married, have a daughter
I like: harmony, conciseness, good teamwork, creating and charging with an idea, wit.
Favourite designers: Massimo Vignelli, Gabby Lord, Vladimir Lifanov.
А watchword about work: “If you can design one thing, you can design everything”.
Beloved projects: clean, straightforward, with evident idea and transformable.
English: B2 (speaking) — C1 (audition), is actively improving right at this moment.
More personal
if you are interested…
Was born in Latvia
Music: Lara Fabian, Within Temptation, Metallica
Books: Bulgakov, Dostoevsky
Hobbies: smart home, DIY, travelling
Dislike: totally monotonous work
my spheres
applied skills
Key skills
- Understanding all areas of design;
- Project Management skill;
- The ability to side with the client;
- Conceptual Skills and team planning;
- The desire to find the effect of each project.
other usefull:
prepress, css, html, basic php, digitall ads, expo design, video production, infographics, copywriting, Worpdress dev, google search console, wireframing, basic mobile dev, meta business page tune-up, a bit Unity, FB Spark, basic finance analytics, infographics, SEO, CRM integrations, basic devops
Experience
2019 — …
Rize digital marketing agency
managing partner, creative director
in charge of:
global agency art-direction
creative team lead
applied brand
product
UX design
communication with clients,
HR
participating in marketing researches
agency PR and SMM
agency executive functions.
- Developed idea and creative concept of agency, formed visual concept;
- Raised the level of visual communications to the largest regional agency, included in the 50 significant federal ones;
- Was the creative lead in 4 core long-term projects of agency, gained 80% of income;
- Execute leading guidance for agency designers in all projects (brand, product, web).
2014 — …
fmedia design studio
CEO, owner
in charge of:
Creative lead for the team of brand, product designers
Brand and product concept development
Relationships with customers.
brand identity
UX
product design
digital and classic ads
CEO agency charge
- Had started own agency from scratch and in 4 years had well-known regional brand;
- Got 50+ corporate long-term clients, 15 for permanent full design support;
- Educated and trained 6 designers from junior to middle and senior level.
2013 — …
airoom gadget store [side project]
co-owner, design director, TD
in charge of:
Brand support and development
website development and support
integration with services
digital advertising
- Developed the brand, the concept, road map and MVP of the website of the online gadget store.
- Worked out a visual advertising system, automation of business processes and integration with CRM and third-party services;
- In the first 5 years, the company’s turnover has increased tenfold and the brand has become significant on a national scale.
2005 — 2014
freelance
in charge of:
brand identity
product design
digital and classic ads
fullstack web-development
Relationships with customers
- In the process of working through various design projects, I received applied knowledge in various areas of design, basic marketing knowledge about real processes;
- Most of my clients became clients of the own agency later.
2000 — 2005
Saratov State Academy
studies
Master of Law, cum laude, GPA 4.0 of 4.0