Mariia Bystrova

Multidisciplinary Designer

From Kyiv, based in Tel Aviv.

About

Focused on product design, backed by 7+ years in brand identity, web design, art direction. Designing primarily for tech & lifestyle companies. Experience in Kyiv & Tel Aviv design studios, working across disciplines to make products and brands feel crafted and cohesive. Also interested in motion design, 3D, type design, and generative coding.

Work

Twid

Design Lead

Kyiv, Ukraine

Jun 2020

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Present

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

Graphic Designer

Jul 2016

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Present

Ark

Graphic Designer

Tel Aviv, Israel

Apr 2022

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Aug 2022

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

Graphic Designer

Tel Aviv, Israel

Feb 2020

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May 2020

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

Art Director

Kyiv, Ukraine

Aug 2018

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Aug 2019

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

Graphic Designer

Kyiv, Ukraine

Jul 2017

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Oct 2017

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

Aug 2025

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Dec 2025

Course

Product design

Grade: Gold certificate

Skvot

Kyiv, Ukraine

Nov 2020

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Dec 2020

Course

Cinema 4D

Kyiv Academy Of Media Arts

Kyiv, Ukraine

Apr 2018

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Jul 2018

Course

Web Design

Salvador Dali Art Institute for Decorative Modelling and Design

Kyiv, Ukraine

Sep 2013

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Jul 2018

Bachelor degree

Design/Advertising Design and Computer Graphics

Software

AI

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

Design

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

Web

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

Languages

English

Proficient

Ukrainian

Native

Russian

Fluent

Hebrew

Conversational