Mariia Bystrova

Mariia Bystrova

Multidisciplinary Designer
Based in Tel Aviv, born in Kyiv, Ukraine.

About

Brand identity, Web design, Product design (also, a passion for motion design, 3D, type design and generative coding). 7+ years of experience in Kyiv & Tel Aviv design studios. I work across disciplines to make any brand feel crafted and cohesive.

Work

Twid
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Design Lead

Kyiv, Ukraine

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Full-time, Remote (from Graphic Designer to Design Lead)

Summary

Most of my projects were for tech companies. I lead complex, multi-disciplinary design projects: digital identity, websites, social media communication, advertisements, editorial design, and print design.

Highlights

Created a lot of visual identities and design systems.

Led the design of websites and digital products. Created wireframes, prototypes and UI kits.

Gave feedback to a team of designers, driving them to improve their work.

Collaborated with devs, motion designers, copywriters, strategist and font specialists — depending on a project.

Sometimes I also took a leadership responsibility for the inner processes. I transformed the studio's design workflow to be more flexible and organised.

Occasionally presented our studio to potential clients and successfully led one of our largest client projects.

Freelance
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Graphic Designer

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Ark
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Graphic Designer

Tel Aviv, Israel

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Full Time

Summary

Worked with an international team. Created brand identities and web designs for projects in the fashion, architecture, and horeca sectors. Clients often selected my concepts over alternatives from the team.

Field Day
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Graphic Designer

Tel Aviv, Israel

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Internship

Summary

My first experience working at an Israeli design studio. I created aesthetically thoughtful work and immersed myself in the local Israeli context.

Aimbulance
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Art Director

Kyiv, Ukraine

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Full-time (from Internship to Employee)

Summary

After Web Design course my teacher invited me to this agency. My highlighted project is a packaging design and campaign for “Lyuks” — the biggest potato chips brand in Ukraine.

1+1 Media Group
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Graphic Designer

Kyiv, Ukraine

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Internship

Summary

Right after the institute, this TV channel (probably the largest in Ukraine) invited me to join their team. I designed visual materials for their different media projects.

Education

Projector
Kyiv, Ukraine

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Course

Product design

Grade: Gold certificate

Skvot
Kyiv, Ukraine

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Course

Cinema 4D

Kyiv Academy Of Media Arts
Kyiv, Ukraine

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Course

Web Design

Salvador Dali Art Institute for Decorative Modelling and Design
Kyiv, Ukraine

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Bachelor degree

Design/Advertising Design and Computer Graphics

Software

Design

Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro, InDesign, Cinema 4D, Glyphs, Fontlab.

Web

Figma, Sketch, Editor X, Wix Studio, Webflow, Readymag, Tilda, Principle.

AI

Midjourney, Sora (AI image/video creation), ChatGPT (conceptual ideation), P5.js (basic knowledge of generative coding).

Languages

English

Proficient

Ukrainian

Native

Russian

Fluent

Hebrew

Conversational