# Dmitry Rybalka Portfolio FAQ

## Who is Dmitry Rybalka?

Dmitry Rybalka is a Product Design Lead with 15+ years of experience in UX/UI, product design, design systems, design operations, UX research, and design leadership.

## What types of products has he worked on?

He has worked on classifieds, marketplaces, fintech products, trading terminals, leasing CRMs, e-commerce tools, analytics dashboards, healthtech SaaS platforms, patient portals, internal tools, and design systems.

## What is his current role?

He is currently Design Lead at Larixon Classifieds, an international classifieds group serving 5M+ monthly active users.

## What is his leadership experience?

He has led 7+ Product Designers and a UX Research Lead at Larixon Classifieds, mentored 5 designers at Raiffeisen Group, supported hiring, ran design reviews, introduced 1:1s, improved onboarding, and created individual development plans.

## Does he have design system experience?

Yes. He has built design-system foundations at Larixon Classifieds with governance and DSO roles, and created Storybook-based UI components and scalable patterns at Medesk Ltd.

## Does he have UX research experience?

Yes. He launched UX Research from zero to one at Larixon Classifieds and introduced cross-country research across Cyprus, Mongolia, and Tajikistan. He has also used AI-assisted workflows for hypothesis exploration, interview simulation, and research synthesis.

## What measurable results are shown in the portfolio?

Examples include 5M+ MAU products, 50M+ MAU marketplace scale, 35K+ vendors, vendor onboarding reduced from 90 days to 1 day, leasing offer generation reduced from 12 minutes to 2 minutes, process automation increased from 10% to 90%, conversion increased from 0.5% to 1.6%, and NPS improved from 37% to 54%.

## What roles would be a strong fit?

Strong fits include Lead Product Designer, Design Lead, Product Design Manager, Design Manager, UX Design Manager, Principal Product Designer, Staff Product Designer, and strong Senior Product Designer / Senior UX Product Designer roles. AI Product Designer, AI-assisted Product Designer, AI Design Workflow Lead, AI Design Systems Lead, and design-engineering bridge roles can also fit when product UX, design systems, prototyping, or AI workflow work is central. Head of Design is a better fit mainly in smaller companies where the scope stays manageable and close to hands-on product/design leadership.

## Where can the visual portfolio be viewed?

The visual portfolio is available at `/`.

## Where are the agent-readable files?

- `/llms.txt`
- `/llms-full.txt`
- `/portfolio.md`
- `/resume.txt`
- `/positioning.md`
- `/case-studies/larixon.md`
- `/case-studies/raiffeisen.md`
- `/case-studies/yandex-market.md`
- `/case-studies/gdematerial.md`
- `/case-studies/medesk.md`