Hi,Portrait of Oleksandra Sychova
I'm Oleksandra!

Senior UX/UI Designer

7 years designing products used by millions — from regulated enterprise to fast-moving startups. I own the work end to end. And I build what outlasts it: the design systems teams run on, the workshops that unstick hard problems, the designers I've mentored into roles of their own.

Warsaw

Selected work

How I work.

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Research that fits the constraint.

Different projects ask for different research. Sometimes it's a four-week IDI cycle, sometimes a quick clickstream analysis, sometimes a heatmap on Friday afternoon. Research isn't validation at the end — it's the material the solution grows from.

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Scale means responsibility.

When a product is used by millions, every word matters. Years inside enterprise taught me to treat accessibility and plain language as the foundation of UX, not a checklist.

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Structure where it's missing.

The hardest part of enterprise design isn't making something new — it's not breaking what works. I'm at home in systems with many stakeholders, regulations, and legacy decisions.

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AI across research and design.

I use AI not as a shortcut, but as a working tool across research and design — interview synthesis, copy drafting, prototyping, heatmap analysis. Different methods for different needs, integrated into the daily workflow since 2022.

§ 03   What's next

What I'm looking for next

Senior product or UX roles in stable teams — enterprise or established products. Where research and craft have weight, and there's room to think deeply.

Outside the daily queue.

Winning team holding the first-prize board at the Nationale-Nederlanden International Hackathon, 2024
Hackathon
Whiteboard covered in sticky notes from an empathy icebreaker workshop on accessibility
Workshops
Oleksandra at the Dare IT mentoring programme inauguration, 2024/25
Mentorship
Wearing an age-simulation suit during an age-inclusion accessibility workshop
Accessibility

Some of the work I'm proud of happens outside the daily design queue — recognition, teaching, and the conversations that shape practice.

§ 05   About

Portrait of Oleksandra Sychova

About me.

Books, all the way to reading parties and book clubs — I have a small private library that's slowly outgrowing me. I read people the way I read books — curious about what brings them to where they are, which is probably why psychology pulls at me. Originally from Ukraine, in Poland since 2017. Love discovering new cultural habits and places.