Aleksei Shimov

Yandex Rhythm is a visual content platform for brands where users browse photos/videos, discover products, and move toward purchase. The product combines both B2C (users) and B2B (businesses and creators/bloggers) experiences, and the product has reached 56M MAU and 4,000+ brands/companies on the platform.

I joined the project at the prototype stage and designed the product end-to-end across Web, iOS, and Android: B2C and B2B flows, integrations across Yandex surfaces (including Yandex main page ya.ru), and the product design system.

As a result, the product was launched and scaled across key Yandex surfaces, showing strong engagement and monetization performance.

Yango Deli / Yandex Eats is the international growth and localization stream of Yandex Eats, focused on adapting the product for new markets and improving conversion across key user journeys (discovery, checkout, payments, referrals, and address flows).

I worked as a Product Designer, designing and shipping cross-platform features for international markets, leading UX concepts for the homepage, and driving localization and design alignment across teams.

My work contributed to measurable growth and conversion improvements across multiple markets, including referral performance, homepage conversion, and address-flow quality. I also contributed to launch-critical payment flows and market adaptation work that supported successful launches in new regions.

Yandex Eats Cheque is a QR-based in-restaurant payment service that lets guests scan a table QR code, view the bill, split payments, pay, and leave tips — all in the browser, with no separate app required. The product is integrated with major POS systems and supports restaurant operations through menu sync and payment status updates.

I worked as a Product Designer across the core guest payment experience and supporting restaurant scenarios, including QR payments, logged-in flows, split payments, tipping, on-site ordering concepts, and partner customization. I also contributed to UX testing, concept prototyping, and scalable design patterns for the product. Growth, conversion improvements, and broader adoption in real restaurant operations, while helping evolve the service from a payment flow into a more complete in-restaurant experience (payments, tips, split bill, and operational customization). It also contributed to a more scalable product foundation for partners and future feature expansion.

Yandex Eats Delivery is the operational product stream for couriers and pickers in Yandex Pro, focused on onboarding, order execution, scheduling, communication, and day-to-day delivery workflows.

I worked as a Product Designer across core courier/picker scenarios, including self-registration, order-flow improvements, start screens and widgets, slot planning, contextual education, and support communication concepts.

My work contributed to multiple production launches and rollout-ready improvements, including redesigned scheduling flows, courier onboarding and education, and clearer delivery execution for complex cases such as multi-orders and chained orders.

Yandex Auto is an in-car interface platform focused on navigation, widgets, search, and driving-related interactions for head units and automotive scenarios.

I worked as a Product Designer on core in-car experiences, including widget feeds and contextual widgets, route search and selection, call UI, navbar redesign, map controls, and interface adaptation to the Auto 2.0 system.

I also contributed to UX testing and concept validation, design principles for Auto 2.0, and system-level design work (widget guidelines, Figma libraries, and interface standards). My work supported multiple production launches and experiments, and helped build a more scalable design foundation for future in-car features and partner integrations.

Yandex Navigator is a navigation and driving assistance product focused on routing, search, road events, and in-car driving scenarios.

I worked as a Product Designer across core navigation and car-related flows, including road-event UX, search and route-building concepts, car profile/multi-car management, in-car interface improvements, and service/monetization scenarios (insurance, toll roads, and partner formats).

I also contributed to UX prototyping and testing, interface redesign initiatives, and system-level design work (UI kit, style guide, and vector migration), helping support scalable product development across platforms and future interface evolution.