Im Khristina.
Product designer who loves turning complex challenges into simple, thoughtful solutions. I care deeply about people, both users and teammates, and believe that great ideas come from working closely together, listening carefully, and staying curious.

Im Khristina.
Product designer who loves turning complex challenges into simple, thoughtful solutions. I care deeply about people, both users and teammates, and believe that great ideas come from working closely together, listening carefully, and staying curious.

Work experience

Throughout my career, I’ve had the chance to work on a variety of projects: from trading platforms and crypto earning aggregators to multi-channel marketing tools and admin panels. I’ve also been deeply involved in building design systems and branding.

Criffy

Lead Product Designer

2022 – present

Led the end-to-end design of a crypto-focused fintech product. Built its UX/UI, brand identity, and Design System from scratch. Mentored a junior designer.

Criffy

Lead Product Designer

2022 – present

Led the end-to-end design of a crypto-focused fintech product. Built its UX/UI, brand identity, and Design System from scratch. Mentored a junior designer.

Criffy

Lead Product Designer

2022 – present

Led the end-to-end design of a crypto-focused fintech product. Built its UX/UI, brand identity, and Design System from scratch. Mentored a junior designer.

Quadcode

Design Lead

2022 – 2024

Led the product design team of 3 Designers for trading and e-banking solutions. Improved the handoff process between designers and developers, launched an MVP tool for analytics event management.

Senior Product Designer

2020 – 2024

Designed UX/UI for a cross-platform margin trading tool. Improved the onboarding experience in the trading terminal, conducted user research and built a centralized UX insight database.

Quadcode

Design Lead

2022 – 2024

Led the product design team of 3 Designers for trading and e-banking solutions. Improved the handoff process between designers and developers, launched an MVP tool for analytics event management.

Senior Product Designer

2020 – 2024

Designed UX/UI for a cross-platform margin trading tool. Improved the onboarding experience in the trading terminal, conducted user research and built a centralized UX insight database.

Quadcode

Design Lead

2022 – 2024

Led the product design team of 3 Designers for trading and e-banking solutions. Improved the handoff process between designers and developers, launched an MVP tool for analytics event management.

Senior Product Designer

2020 – 2024

Designed UX/UI for a cross-platform margin trading tool. Improved the onboarding experience in the trading terminal, conducted user research and built a centralized UX insight database.

IQ Option

UX/UI Designer

2017 – 2019

Designed multilingual marketing and platform tools for a trading platform with 140M+ users.

Senior Web Designer

2015 – 2017

Created multilingual website pages, integrated a scalable UI Kit, reducing UI inconsistencies.

IQ Option

UX/UI Designer

2017 – 2019

Designed multilingual marketing and platform tools for a trading platform with 140M+ users.

Senior Web Designer

2015 – 2017

Created multilingual website pages, integrated a scalable UI Kit, reducing UI inconsistencies.

IQ Option

UX/UI Designer

2017 – 2019

Designed multilingual marketing and platform tools for a trading platform with 140M+ users.

Senior Web Designer

2015 – 2017

Created multilingual website pages, integrated a scalable UI Kit, reducing UI inconsistencies.

They say...

  • smiley woman

    Ekaterina Beskrovnaya

    Lead Product Manager

    Khristina is one of the most talented UX/UI designers I've ever met. She has a developed sense of style, a tremendous speed of immersion in the product, and solving user needs.

  • man with a microphone

    Jamil Lazarev

    Head of Design

    Khristina is one of those people everyone says, "If she wasn’t here, this place would fall apart." Over our time working together, she’s proven herself to be reliable and honest. Always quick to lend a hand with design and management tasks, her expertise made her support absolutely vital to the whole process.

  • smiley man

    Iurii Fomin

    Product Owner

    Khristina always puts the user first. Her designs are not just visually appealing, they are thoughtful solutions to real user problems. She cares deeply about making sure users understand what’s happening and feel confident using the product.

  • orange cat

    Alfred

    Orange cat

    Khristina excels at feeding me twice a day and playing catch-up. But please don't pet me so much...

They say...

  • smiley woman

    Ekaterina Beskrovnaya

    Lead Product Manager

    Khristina is one of the most talented UX/UI designers I've ever met. She has a developed sense of style, a tremendous speed of immersion in the product, and solving user needs.

  • man with a microphone

    Jamil Lazarev

    Head of Design

    Khristina is one of those people everyone says, "If she wasn’t here, this place would fall apart." Over our time working together, she’s proven herself to be reliable and honest. Always quick to lend a hand with design and management tasks, her expertise made her support absolutely vital to the whole process.

  • smiley man

    Iurii Fomin

    Product Owner

    Khristina always puts the user first. Her designs are not just visually appealing, they are thoughtful solutions to real user problems. She cares deeply about making sure users understand what’s happening and feel confident using the product.

  • orange cat

    Alfred

    Orange cat

    Khristina excels at feeding me twice a day and playing catch-up. But please don't pet me so much...

They say...

  • smiley woman

    Ekaterina Beskrovnaya

    Lead Product Manager

    Khristina is one of the most talented UX/UI designers I've ever met. She has a developed sense of style, a tremendous speed of immersion in the product, and solving user needs.

  • man with a microphone

    Jamil Lazarev

    Head of Design

    Khristina is one of those people everyone says, "If she wasn’t here, this place would fall apart." Over our time working together, she’s proven herself to be reliable and honest. Always quick to lend a hand with design and management tasks, her expertise made her support absolutely vital to the whole process.

  • smiley man

    Iurii Fomin

    Product Owner

    Khristina always puts the user first. Her designs are not just visually appealing, they are thoughtful solutions to real user problems. She cares deeply about making sure users understand what’s happening and feel confident using the product.

  • orange cat

    Alfred

    Orange cat

    Khristina excels at feeding me twice a day and playing catch-up. But please don't pet me so much...

They say...

  • smiley woman

    Ekaterina Beskrovnaya

    Lead Product Manager

    Khristina is one of the most talented UX/UI designers I've ever met. She has a developed sense of style, a tremendous speed of immersion in the product, and solving user needs.

  • man with a microphone

    Jamil Lazarev

    Head of Design

    Khristina is one of those people everyone says, "If she wasn’t here, this place would fall apart." Over our time working together, she’s proven herself to be reliable and honest. Always quick to lend a hand with design and management tasks, her expertise made her support absolutely vital to the whole process.

  • smiley man

    Iurii Fomin

    Product Owner

    Khristina always puts the user first. Her designs are not just visually appealing, they are thoughtful solutions to real user problems. She cares deeply about making sure users understand what’s happening and feel confident using the product.

  • orange cat

    Alfred

    Orange cat

    Khristina excels at feeding me twice a day and playing catch-up. But please don't pet me so much...

I speak and achieve…

2017

Received an award for redesigning the website of an awarded trading broker.

2017

Received an award for redesigning the website of an awarded trading broker.

2017

Received an award for redesigning the website of an awarded trading broker.

2017

Received an award for redesigning the website of an awarded trading broker.

2018

Presented the company’s new product – a crypto wallet – at IQ Option’s quarterly meetup as the Product Owner of its web version.

2018

Presented the company’s new product – a crypto wallet – at IQ Option’s quarterly meetup as the Product Owner of its web version.

2018

Presented the company’s new product – a crypto wallet – at IQ Option’s quarterly meetup as the Product Owner of its web version.

2018

Presented the company’s new product – a crypto wallet – at IQ Option’s quarterly meetup as the Product Owner of its web version.

2021

Spoke at the Design Talk meetup at Quadcode on a topic "How to dilute the sea of serious professionalism with a drop of creative idiocy”

2021

Spoke at the Design Talk meetup at Quadcode on a topic "How to dilute the sea of serious professionalism with a drop of creative idiocy”

2021

Spoke at the Design Talk meetup at Quadcode on a topic "How to dilute the sea of serious professionalism with a drop of creative idiocy”

2021

Spoke at the Design Talk meetup at Quadcode on a topic "How to dilute the sea of serious professionalism with a drop of creative idiocy”

2023

Led the Analytical Tool Hackathon at Quadcode and launched an MVP of an admin panel for analytical events, along with a Figma plugin for annotating layouts with events.

2023

Led the Analytical Tool Hackathon at Quadcode and launched an MVP of an admin panel for analytical events, along with a Figma plugin for annotating layouts with events.

2023

Led the Analytical Tool Hackathon at Quadcode and launched an MVP of an admin panel for analytical events, along with a Figma plugin for annotating layouts with events.

2023

Led the Analytical Tool Hackathon at Quadcode and launched an MVP of an admin panel for analytical events, along with a Figma plugin for annotating layouts with events.

  • woman with a medal for running competition
  • woman sitting by the ocean
  • woman with award
  • manga book and cup of coffee
  • woman with a microphone
  • board game
  • woman with a cat
  • woman in Japan
  • woman with a medal for running competition
  • woman sitting by the ocean
  • woman with award
  • manga book and cup of coffee
  • woman with a microphone
  • board game
  • woman with a cat
  • woman in Japan
  • woman with a medal for running competition
  • woman sitting by the ocean
  • woman with award
  • manga book and cup of coffee
  • woman with a microphone
  • board game
  • woman with a cat
  • woman in Japan
  • woman with a medal for running competition
  • woman sitting by the ocean
  • woman with award
  • manga book and cup of coffee
  • woman with a microphone
  • board game
  • woman with a cat
  • woman in Japan

Fun facts

plane

I’m always on the move

Visited 31 countries, lived in 4 🇰🇿 🇷🇺 🇨🇾 🇯🇵

plane

I’m always on the move

Visited 31 countries, lived in 4 🇰🇿 🇷🇺 🇨🇾 🇯🇵

plane

I’m always on the move

Visited 31 countries, lived in 4 🇰🇿 🇷🇺 🇨🇾 🇯🇵

plane

I’m always on the move

Visited 31 countries, lived in 4 🇰🇿 🇷🇺 🇨🇾 🇯🇵

microphone

I rock karaoke

Anything from Russian folk songs to Bohemian Rhapsody

microphone

I rock karaoke

Anything from Russian folk songs to Bohemian Rhapsody

microphone

I rock karaoke

Anything from Russian folk songs to Bohemian Rhapsody

microphone

I rock karaoke

Anything from Russian folk songs to Bohemian Rhapsody

puzzle

I love brain teasers

Quizzes, mind-bending movies, and logic games are my jam

puzzle

I love brain teasers

Quizzes, mind-bending movies, and logic games are my jam

puzzle

I love brain teasers

Quizzes, mind-bending movies, and logic games are my jam

puzzle

I love brain teasers

Quizzes, mind-bending movies, and logic games are my jam

speaking bubble

I’m into languages

Currently learning Japanese!

speaking bubble

I’m into languages

Currently learning Japanese!

speaking bubble

I’m into languages

Currently learning Japanese!

speaking bubble

I’m into languages

Currently learning Japanese!

cat

I hug cats

And, of course, watch funny memes and videos of them

cat

I hug cats

And, of course, watch funny memes and videos of them

cat

I hug cats

And, of course, watch funny memes and videos of them

cat

I hug cats

And, of course, watch funny memes and videos of them

cup of coffee

I’m a coffee lover

Cappuccino and bumble coffee are my favorites

cup of coffee

I’m a coffee lover

Cappuccino and bumble coffee are my favorites

cup of coffee

I’m a coffee lover

Cappuccino and bumble coffee are my favorites

cup of coffee

I’m a coffee lover

Cappuccino and bumble coffee are my favorites

magic ball

I watch anime

As a kid, I wanted to be a Sailor Warrior (Sailor Earth, obviously!) and even made a magical amulet from an old chandelier

magic ball

I watch anime

As a kid, I wanted to be a Sailor Warrior (Sailor Earth, obviously!) and even made a magical amulet from an old chandelier

magic ball

I watch anime

As a kid, I wanted to be a Sailor Warrior (Sailor Earth, obviously!) and even made a magical amulet from an old chandelier

magic ball

I watch anime

As a kid, I wanted to be a Sailor Warrior (Sailor Earth, obviously!) and even made a magical amulet from an old chandelier

  • Let's connect.

khristina.kuklina@gmail.com

Khristina Kuklina ©️ 2025

  • Let's connect.

khristina.kuklina@gmail.com

Khristina Kuklina ©️ 2025

  • Let's connect.

khristina.kuklina@gmail.com

Khristina Kuklina ©️ 2025

  • Let's connect.

khristina.kuklina@gmail.com

Khristina Kuklina ©️ 2025