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Fractional CDO & Staff/Principal Product Designer

Elite UX architecture and design leadership for scaleups and enterprise systems

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Executive Design Strategy

Fractional Chief Design Officer

Executive design leadership to set product direction, scale teams, and accelerate shipping.

3-6 month engagement

IDEAL FOR

Seed to Series C founders who need design-led product foundations and execution support.

What You Get

Operate as CDO or Head of Design with full executive accountability

Set design strategy, principles, and team operating model

Hire, onboard, and mentor your design team—IC through senior lead

Own the relationship with product, engineering, and C-suite

Weekly leadership sync, async Slack access, and board reporting if needed

Recent Projects

Built 0→1 product org for VeedoAI, launching a SaaS dashboard with 7K+ users.

Led strategy for FamHub Network Dashboard, including 80+ user interviews.

Designed operating models for venture-backed teams, from concept to launch.

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Elite Contribution

Staff Product Designer / Principal UX Architect

High-stakes roadmap, missing technical design leadership. I bridge system complexity and UX strategy to execute.

12-month engagement

IDEAL FOR

Enterprise SaaS, large-scale platforms, or AI workflows needing a high-autonomy IC.

What You Get

Vague strategy becomes scalable UX systems that consistently ship in production.

AI, Figma, and Cursor enabling faster prototyping and end-to-end delivery cycles.

Unified component and token architecture across both design systems and engineering codebases.

Clear translation between complex front-end systems and maintainable UX patterns at scale.

Cross-functional alignment between product, engineering, and analytics teams around execution.

Recent Projects

Built internal tools and streaming UX for DISH Network and Sling TV, supporting 12M+ users.

Designed AI visualization engine for VeedoAI, reducing content discovery time by 70% and saving 2–3 hours per video.

Redesigned FamHub Network admin workflows into simpler UX, projecting 35% lower operational overhead.

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System Efficiency

Design Systems Governance & Advisory

Design system exists but suffers from low adoption and growing engineering debt. I turn it into shipping velocity.

6-12 month engagement

IDEAL FOR

Series B to enterprise scale-ups with platform drift, engineering friction, or disconnected products.

What You Get

Clear contribution models and workflows that preserve design system integrity across teams.

Unified design tokens and primitives connecting Figma directly to production code.

Systematic cleanup of UI inconsistencies to reduce engineering time and regressions.

Practical guidelines and training for fast, autonomous team adoption.

Design system tied to measurable velocity, quality, and shipping efficiency.

Recent Projects

Built FamHub Design System, reducing front-end implementation friction across platforms.

Standardized tokens and layout primitives, ensuring 100% Figma-to-production consistency.

Reduced cross-platform design debt by unifying design systems into a single framework.

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Leadership Impact

What the founders, CTOs, and executives say after bringing me in to lead, shape, and scale their design function.

Olha has amazing talent and knows how to bring your vision to life. She has a vast knowledge of design and stays up-to-date with the ins and outs of interactive design. She will always be my go-to when I want to put a team together for a new project.

Kit Desai

Co-Founder & CBO

It was a pleasure working with Olha, she was quick to integrate to the team and understand the product despite minimal onboarding. Olha is a very clever and experienced designer. She was able to take ownership and lead the design to the next level.

Arnaud Rachez

CTO

Olha worked on a website and mobile app design for me. I couldn't have been happier with her creative eye and professionalism.

Corey Dion Lewis

Founder

How I Select Engagements

✓ Design has executive sponsorship

I only work with companies where design has a real sponsor at the C-suite or board level. Without that, I can't create the change you're paying for.

✓ The problem is clearly defined

You receive a written proposal within 48 hours: exact deliverables, timeline, pricing, and any dependencies on your side. No ambiguity.

✓ You want a partner, not a vendor

I give direct feedback, push back on bad decisions, and tell you when I disagree. If you want someone who nods along, I'm not the right fit.

✓ Build capability, not dependency

Every engagement ends with your team more capable than when I arrived. I document, transfer knowledge, and help you hire or promote into the gap I leave.

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