I'm Kirill Artemov, a multidisciplinary design lead and designer with 12+ years of hands-on experience across US, European, and Russian markets. I work at the intersection of communication design, advertising, marketing design, brand identity, web/UI, and both digital and print production. I've built and evolved visual systems for startups, enterprise-level products, and multi-brand portfolios, creating consistent, conversion-focused and data-informed design across a wide range of industries. My background spans in-house, agency, and freelance roles, including complex advertising special projects, performance-oriented marketing assets, and brand systems for large audiences. I'm known for structured thinking, deep problem immersion, and AI-accelerated workflows that improve speed and consistency across the entire creative pipeline.

Kirill Artemov

I'm Kirill Artemov, a multidisciplinary design lead and designer with 12+ years of hands-on experience across US, European, and Russian markets. I work at the intersection of communication design, advertising, marketing design, brand identity, web/UI, and both digital and print production. I've built and evolved visual systems for startups, enterprise-level products, and multi-brand portfolios, creating consistent, conversion-focused and data-informed design across a wide range of industries. My background spans in-house, agency, and freelance roles, including complex advertising special projects, performance-oriented marketing assets, and brand systems for large audiences. I'm known for structured thinking, deep problem immersion, and AI-accelerated workflows that improve speed and consistency across the entire creative pipeline.

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I’m Kirill Artemov, a multidisciplinary design lead and designer with 12+ years of hands-on experience across US, European, and Russian markets. I work at the intersection of communication design, advertising, marketing design, brand identity, web/UI, and both digital and print production.

I’ve built and evolved visual systems for startups, enterprise-level products, and multi-brand portfolios, creating consistent, conversion-focused and data-informed design across a wide range of industries. My background spans in-house, agency, and freelance roles, including complex advertising special projects, performance-oriented marketing assets, and brand systems for large audiences. I’m known for structured thinking, deep problem immersion, and AI-accelerated workflows that improve speed and consistency across the entire creative pipeline.

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Language

Russian
Fluent
English
Fluent

Work Experience

Lead Designer at Yandex UrbanAds
August 15, 2024 - December 1, 2025
Own the full creative cycle for special ad projects and maintain visual consistency across ecosystem. Designed and shipped 70+ in-app advertising complex special projects for an audience of 94M+ MAU. Built a component-based template system for 100+ formats, improving team rollout speed by ~30%. Merged client brand identities with UrbanAds guidelines to maintain visual consistency across projects. Accelerated concept-to-design timelines from 10 days to 1–3 days using AI-driven workflows. Collaborated closely with marketing, editors, producers, development and design teams.
Lead Designer at DigiOrange — E-commerce (Amazon)
September 1, 2022 - June 1, 2024
Own the creation of visual materials and maintain brand consistency across 5 Amazon consumer brands. Improved A-category product performance achieving ~5% YoY growth through design-driven optimization. Delivered 600+ Amazon design assets (main/secondary images, A+), landing pagers, emailers, etc. Supported a $6M multi-brand portfolio with consistent identity and storefront branding.
Lead Designer, Design Lead at Yoga Academy — EdTech
January 1, 2021 - March 3, 2022
Rebuilt, expanded and systemized the brand identity while producing a wide range of digital design deliverables. Delivered 1000+ design assets for marketing, product and learning departments. Rebuilt core brand identity elements and unified the visual language across all platforms. Coordinated a team of 3 designers while remaining fully hands-on. Produced key visuals, identity components and modular asset systems.
Art Director, Designer at Stor Skip — Content Marketing Agency
February 4, 2022 - January 1, 2025
Create brand-consistent visuals and identity-driven layouts for EU and US logistics clients. Maintained identity consistency across multi-brand portfolios.
Senior Communication Designer at Dodo Brands — FoodTech
March 1, 2020 - December 1, 2020
Developed the full brand identity for Doner42 — an internal Dodo Brands startup. Created branding and promotional visuals for youth-focused and international campaigns. Improved sales performance by 6–7% through optimized promo materials.
Graphic Designer at Citibank — Finance
February 6, 2015 - February 1, 2020
Deliver consistent, brand-aligned visual materials across channels for corporate marketing needs. Produced 5,000+ assets across digital, print and merchandise formats. Ensured brand consistency while collaborating with copywriters and marketing teams.
Designer at FREELANCE — Brand Identity Projects
January 1, 2013 - November 16, 2025
Deliver consistent, brand-aligned visual materials across channels for corporate marketing needs. Developed brand identities and visual systems for early-stage startups in the US and Europe. Created logos, guidelines, landing page visual languages, packaging elements and social templates. Helped teams define positioning, tone and identity foundations for new product launches.

Education

Graphic Design (2-year education program) at British Higher School of Art and Design
October 1, 2013 - July 16, 2015
M.A. Economics & Management at Russian University of Cooperation
September 1, 1999 - July 15, 2004

Qualifications

Multiple Design Courses
January 11, 2015 - November 16, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Retail, Financial Services, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Transportation & Logistics