Elina Sazonova

ColSy, the bank’s internal collateral platform, replacing a legacy system for 12 user groups

• Designed 9 end-to-end flows for 3 roles, from insurance and collateral contracts to file-based object upload: an insurance contract is now created 52% faster, a payment 21% faster
• Led research with a colleague: 60+ in-depth interviews in a year; ran a workshop and trained 38 people from 5 feature teams to run interviews end to end
• Maintain the ColSy component and pattern library to community standards; unified modals and restructured the Figma workspace
• Run design review of the build and a design-debt backlog agreed with the PO; set up UX and product metrics with an AI agent
• Help teams new to UX adopt a product process; run stakeholder reviews and community retros; letter of thanks from the design director

Design studio. Clients: Hamkorbank, X5 Group, Rosgosstrakh, Gazprom Neft, Rosbank, OTP Bank, Sber, Fun&Sun

• Hamkorbank: redesigned a retail bank’s website based on user interviews and the bank’s research; added online card applications; the site has run on this design for 3 years
• Rosgosstrakh: designed 2 major sections of an insurance agent portal in 3 months, 100+ scenarios and edge cases for 3 roles; defended decisions before a 50-person working group
• X5 Dialog: sales landing page for X5 Group’s analytics product, with a 4-plan comparison that turns into cards on mobile
• Also: OTP Bank feedback form for mobile, Gazprom Neft supplier portal MVP, Rosbank digital ruble wallet, X5 pallet-receiving tablet app

• Designed a BIM model library for an architecture studio (home page, model card, cart) and built its UI kit from scratch