Milana Sablakova

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UX/UI Designer | Product Designer | Web Designer
📍 New York
📧 email: milana.uxui@gmail.com
🔗 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/milana-sablakova/?locale=ru
🔗 Portfolio: Milana Sablakova | UX/UI Designer Portfolio
About Me
UX/UI and Product Designer with an analytical mindset and proven experience crafting digital products from research to interactive prototyping. I design interfaces that help users accomplish tasks faster while enabling businesses to boost conversions, reduce errors, and elevate the overall user experience.
I work with Figma, Webflow, Photoshop, and AI-powered tools to deliver responsive interfaces, interactive prototypes, design systems, and landing pages. I'm continuously honing my skills in product thinking and UX research to create meaningful, data-informed solutions.
Projects
1. Smart Banking Dashboard (Finance Management Platform)
Independent Design Project
Concept development for a financial web application designed to simplify personal finance management.
Deliverables:
  • Conducted audience research and UX analysis to identify user needs and pain points in interacting with financial services
  • Performed competitive analysis to uncover opportunities for improving user experience
  • Developed user scenarios, product structure, and core user flows
  • Created wireframes to validate layout logic and key interface element placement
  • Designed a high-fidelity UI grounded in visual hierarchy principles and usability best practices
  • Built a scalable design system with reusable components
  • Developed an interactive prototype in Figma to demonstrate key user journeys
2. Mobile visa application app with an AI assistant
Independent Design Project
Concept development for a mobile application with an AI assistant to streamline the visa application process.
Deliverables:
  • Researched major user challenges in preparing visa documentation
  • Defined user pain points and mapped key interaction scenarios
  • Developed information architecture and user flows from application start to document verification
  • Created wireframes and high-fidelity mobile screens
  • Designed a UI focused on simplicity, trust, and process clarity
  • Partially built a custom UI Kit with a set of reusable components
  • Developed an interactive prototype in Figma to validate user pathways
Core Competencies
UX: UX Research, User Flows, Customer Journey Mapping (CJM), User Personas, Information Architecture, Wireframing, Usability, Accessibility, Competitive Analysis, User-Centered Design
UI: UI Design, Visual Design, Design Systems, Components, Auto Layout, Responsive Design, Typography, Color Systems, Prototyping, Product Design, Product Thinking, Feature Prioritization, Problem Solving, Data-Driven Design, MVP, Design Process
Tools
Figma • Webflow • FigJam • Adobe Photoshop • AI Tools
Professional Experience
Occupational Safety Specialist | 13+ years
Legal Specialist | 2+ years
My background in occupational safety and law — with a strong focus on process analysis, risk management, documentation, regulatory research, and cross-functional collaboration — has cultivated sharp analytical thinking, a systematic approach, complex problem-solving skills, and the ability to structure large volumes of information. I actively apply these competencies in UX/UI design, from user research and scenario planning to building cohesive digital products.
Education
Russian State Social University
Google UX Design Certificate
Additional Skills
User-Centered Design principles for interface design
Responsive design for Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile
Building design systems and component libraries
Advanced Auto Layout in Figma
Prototyping user scenarios
Basic website development in Webflow
Languages
Russian — Native
English — Intermediate (actively improving)