Olha
Uzhykova
At the heart of Design is
an opportunity to
problem solve.
Hi there, I’mOlha.
An LA-based award-winning design director and UI/UX design expert with 10 years of experience in design and management.
I am a mom to a beautiful 2 y.o. daughter who already loves attending business meetings with me. Also, a big part of my life is Netrix - a design agency which I run together with my husband.
Portfolio
Space Needle
Design Diretion, UI/UX Design
Crisis Cleanup
Lead UI/UX
ToughBuilt
Design Direction, UI/UX Design
ITG.Digital
Product Owner, Design Direction
Netrix
Product Owner, Design Director
Life House
Lead Product Designer
KeyPrinciples
“For me, design is about problem solving, communicating an objective, and helping people.
I believe that everything you can imagine is possible when you have clearly defined goals, strong design, strategy and assemble a talented team.”
People are the biggest value
Flexibility is a superpower
Do your best or don’t start
Good communication success
Awards
Over 50 design awards including RedDot,
Webby, San Francisco Design Week.
Design
AWARDs
Teacher & Speaker
While actively participating in developing the design community, I launched an exclusive design course on Awwwards Academy.
I share my classes, interviews, experiences and insights with Art Director Clubs of Europe, Dribbble blog, Adobe live stream, design meetups, and various other panel discussions.
Interview for ADC*E
ADC Winners talk
Awwwards Academy Cours
Building better user experiences with a product thinking approach
Dribbble
Building a design agency
Awwwards
Live design website reviews
Adobe
3 days live stream about UI/UX design
Zajno design Meetup
Communication with client and building relationships
Ukrainian creative week
Developing own product in a design agency
Projector
What do you need to do to receive an award?
Articles &
Publications
Muzly
How to make the most of your corporate website? Creative ideas in details
2021
Muzly
The ultimate guide to remote usability testing
2021
Muzly
Designing treatment plan in behavioral healthcare
2021
UX Planet
10 Useful tools to grow your business
2020
Dribbble
An interview with user interface designer Olha Uzhykova
2018
Medium
More articles on Medium
2020
Mentorship
& Judging
Awwwards
Dev Challenge
ADC*E
ADC*UA
IBA regional hackathon
CSS Design Award
About working
with me
We Challenge
levgeniia Bespalova, Co-Founder
Based on Olha’s reputation and her own award-winning work at various
distinguished companies
she
was asked to serve as a DEV Challenge jury panel member in the Design
category for the 2020
and
2021 editions of our competition. Olha is herself a former winner at
this competition.
Olha was invited to judge at DEV Challenge and to serve as a mentor at
the IBA Regional
Hackathon due to her undeniable expertise in the field, her years of
experience, and her
extraordinary achievements as one of Ukraine’s absolute top UX/UI and
product designers.
Design
Workshops