Olga Murzenkova is a UX designer and web developer with over 10 years of experience turning complex problems into intuitive solutions. She has worked at several companies including Pacific Brands Holdings, Fuze Inc., and Supergreen. Some of her responsibilities have included conducting user research, creating prototypes, performing usability testing, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. She is proficient with tools like Axure, Hotjar, and analytics platforms. Olga strives to stay on top of new skills and technologies to deliver the best user experience.
1. Olga Murzenkova
email : olgamurzenkova@gmail.com LinkedIn profile: Olga Murzenkova
cell 0422 323 434, Wentworth point,2127
OBJECTIVE
I'm a UX designer and a web developer with a passion for creatingclean and functional interfaces.I enjoy turningcomplex
problems into intuitiveand engaging solutions.
With over 10 years of experience, I become a perfect combination of technical,analytical and creativecapabilities,butalso
constantly challengemyself to learn new skillsand technologies to stay on top of UCD.
SPECIALITIES
Workingin a multidisciplinary teamthrough all stages of UX (UCD) design usingAxure as a main tool:
stakeholders interviews user journeys sitemaps wireframes
competitive analyze persona definition informational architecture interactiveprototypes
data analytics usability testing functional flows PHP/ HTML/ CSS/ JQuery
EXPERIENCE
Pacific Brands Holdings Pty Ltd, Sydney Australia May 2016 – now
UX Designer
Worked on improvingthe interface of luxury retail e-commerce onlinestore sheridan.com.au.UX designer had been a new role
to the company and I managed to establish an effective collaborativeprocess with marketing,merchants, warehouse, digital
design and development teams.
- Business requirement gathering, competitors research and analysis,ideation,multiplerounds of prototyping, rapid usability
testing, livevideo recordinganalysis,on a site and after purchasesurveys.
- Implemented new checkout process that improved mobileconversion by 50%
- Added business valueservices such as click & collectand giftboxing
- Created new navigation based on google key work insights and tree testing
- Used multipletools to achievebest result:AXURE, Hotjar, Google analytics,Optimal workshop,Optimizely
Fuze Inc., Sydney, Australia Jun 2014 – Jan 2016
Senior UX Designer / Informational Architect
Workingclosely with the development, design and marketing team to build the next generation UX of custom websites and mobile
solutions. This is accomplished by conducting different research techniques, prototyping and testing that helped to translate
business and users’requirements into user centered interfaces with intuitiveand engaging interactions.A great amount of effort
is spent on users’ research, creating prototypes and performing online usability testing.
- Research and data analysis (surveys, stakeholder interviews, working with Google analytics data)
- Creating low and high fidelity interactive prototypes (Axure)
- Online usability testing
- Technical specs and workflows
Supergreen, Sydney, Australia Oct 2013 - Apr 2014
Senior UX Designer/Consultant
I had worked as a UX designer and an Information Architect for the non-profitweb portal that allows registered users to search
and review travel destinations worldwidewhich areenvironmentally-focused.The site’s functionality was optimized and
streamlined.It was given additional functionality and a modern look to carry into the competitive market for travel destinations
job posting/listingsites.Much of my time was spent working with a product owner to discover best UCD for different types of
users utilizingcurrentcontent and to allowauto management.
- Conducting research to identify users,their needs and pain points,gather user and business requirements, creating personas
and user journey
- Creating interactive wireframes (Axure) and technical documentation for the development team
Grow Game 2, Sydney, Australia Dec 2012 - Jul 2013
Senior UX Designer/ Consultant
- Wide range of UX work for a start-up company for a website and multiple mobile apps
- Leading a team of designers and developers as a Senior UX designer in Agile environment
- Working in a multichannel environment (workflows, technical specs, prototypes)
- User research and testing, stakeholders’ interviews (interactive wireframes, personas, user testing sessions)
2. Blue Fountain Media, NY USA Jun 2008 - Nov 2012
UX Designer & Informational Architect / Development Director
- Business analysisand project requirements gathering, stakeholder interviews, personas research,interactivewireframes /
prototypes, technical specification,mobileinterfaces,usability testing,contextual inquires
- Managingthe development team and development projects
- Consultclients and providetime estimates on highly technical web applications
- Create and document processes,roles,responsibilities,study plans,evaluation processfor development and IA departments
- Managed development department
- Recruitment and evaluation of new developers & UX architects
Work for some top profilecompanies including,APMEX - precious metals exchange company world wide, NYC Icon Parking -
biggest parkingsystem in New York, Green Bay Packers - NFL football team, Procter & Gamble intranet as well as a lotof
startups.
Senior Web Developer
- Front end coding: HTML, CSS, JavaScript,jQuery, AJAX
- Back end coding – PHP, MySQL
- Creating custom CMS (Zend, YII),and CMS for information web sites based on Wordpress,Magento and Drupal
- Creating technical specifications,providingtimeestimation
- Domain transferring and virus troubleshooting
Web Developer Jun 2008 – Jul 2009
Orange SFM, LLC CT USA
In chargeof designing,developing, testing and deployingweb applicationsfromthe scratch,usingthefollowingtechnologies :PHP,
JavaScript, Flash and Action Script ,XML, DHTML, CSS, AJAX, MySQL
University of New Haven, West Haven, CT Sep 2007 – Jul 2009
Professor Assistant
- Created multiple websites for internal university needs
- Created programs in VB.NET per professor requirements
- Received highest scoreas an assistantin 2008-2009 year for trainingstudentwith programmingin Visual Studio usingC++,
VB.NET, C languages, and MS Office products (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
- Automated Windows update process in Engineering department during duties of supporting local network
IntechBank – Commercial Bank, Kazan, Russia Jun 2004 – Aug 2007
Software Developer / Development lead
- Successfully developed various applications in PHP, VB.NET, C++ usingMS SQL that have helped in making the bank serviceto
become the most integrated and technologically advanced in Tatarstan.
- Supervised, designed and developed large/complex project “Bank – Client” usingweb-service and SOAP technologies in C# in
attaininggoal of growingthe customer base.I received “Proxime AccessitAward” for this program. After 1year were promoted
to a technical lead position.
- Supported main bank program in VB.NET and MS SQL, fixed bugs and trained about 20 new users every month.
- Bank received an award for the new deposit algorithm created by me in C++ and MS Access.
- Automated notification process of updating static web pages for bank website http://www.intechbank.ru/ by different
departments.
“Lazurit OOO” - Kazan, Russia May 2000 – Nov 2003
Software Programmer
- Development and marketing of the company website www.lazurit365.com
- Desktop support, development of internal "Warehouse" software
EDUCATION
Kazan State University, Russia
B.S., Engineering, Mathematics and Programming / Faculty of Computer Science and Cybernetics
GPA 4.97 (out of 5)
University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, USA
MS Computer Science
GPA 3.96 (out of 4)
3. Other Credentials
- Stayingon top of web industry by constantly learningfrombest UX experts: takingcourses with lynda.com , completed a
"Conversion optimization course2015 for web gurus,followall updates from Nielsen Norman group and uxmatters, lean UX
- Employee of the year Award, IntechBank, Russia 2006
- Included in The 100 best students, Kazan University,2004
- My strongest attributes are the ability to learn new technologies quickly and complete projects despite tryingcircumstances
Interests
Constantly searching for the best UX, enjoying dancing Zumba, playing tennis, travel and reading.