KIRILL BALANDIN
FULL-STACK DESIGN LEAD
Valencia, Spain

FOCUS
Design leadership with 8+ years of experience across product UI/UX, mobile game design, and marketing creative. Focused on multi-brand token architecture, consistent quality bars, design reviews, mentoring, and seamless alignment between design, product, and engineering.

EXPERIENCE

BrainRocket (BraveBrains) — Design Lead, January 2026 – Present
Directs end-to-end product UI/UX, mobile game visual design, and marketing creative in iGaming, while architecting multi-brand design systems and leading cross-functional design operations.

BrainRocket — Senior UI Designer, May 2024 – January 2026
Led end-to-end design of data-rich iGaming products from research to release, optimizing core user flows for retention and scaling multi-brand Figma variable and component libraries.

Lociya — Senior Designer, October 2022 – May 2024
Acted as lead designer across enterprise portals, mobile apps, and commercial web products while mentoring junior designers and establishing team UI standards.

Yandex Practicum — Interface Design Reviewer, August 2022 – April 2023 (Part-time)
Mentored UI/UX students through detailed design critiques, coursework reviews, and usability feedback.

CreativePeople / Humbleteam — Interface Designer, July 2021 – September 2022
Designed mobile loyalty apps, IoT account ecosystems, fintech landing pages, CRM interfaces, and e-commerce platforms for international clients.

Imperial — UI/UX Designer, January 2019 – May 2021
Built e-commerce platforms and catalog interfaces, developed the internal design system, and conducted user interviews and scenario mapping.

Tea Ocean — Designer, June – December 2018
Delivered web design, brand identity, and print visuals.

TOOLS AND METHODS
Systems & Ops: Multi-brand Figma architecture (variables, tokens, component libraries), DesignOps, Design QA.
AI & Tech: AI-augmented design workflows, Python automation scripts, design-to-code handoff (Next.js / React literacy).
Research & Craft: Product discovery, CJM, USM, usability testing, Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects).

CONTACT & LANGUAGES
es.kirill.balandin@gmail.com | https://t.me/hustler69
Languages: English (Fluent), Russian (Native), Spanish (Conversational / Learning)