Irina Kukushkin

About Irina Kukushkin

I am collaborative, iterative, proactive, and growth-minded. I am extremely delivery-minded and routinely juggle multiple projects, driving design clarity and momentum across multiple feature areas at one time. My passion is to improve and simplify peoples’ everyday lives through digital solutions. Through my 13 years of professional experience at Blue Chip and Tech companies I have developed extensive creative problem solving, facilitation, stakeholder management and strategic leadership skills specialising in Agile delivery methods. In my recent experience, I oversaw designers, ensuring the successful execution of projects while nurturing their professional development through guidance and constructive feedback.See more of my work -

Experience

1. Staff Product Designer

   Etsy

   Apr 2026 — Present · NY, US

Education

• University of Sydney

  Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts, Econometrics and Art History

• Killara High School

  High School Certificate

  1999 — 2004

• University of Sydney

  Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)/ Bachelor of Arts, Econometrics and Quantitative Economics/ Art History and theory

  2005 — 2009

• General Assembly

  Other, User Experience Design

  2014 — 2014

Skills

• Excellent Communication Skills
• Wireframing
• Sem
• Stakeholder Management
• Usability
• User-Centered Design
• Financial Services
• Storyboarding
• User Flows
• Problem Solving Skills
• Analytics
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Strategy
• Marketing
• Design Thinking
• Sketch
• Information Architecture
• Workshop Facilitation
• Digital Marketing
• Data Analysis
• Digital Channel Management
• User Experience
• Negotiation
• User Experience Testing
• Rapid Prototyping
• Business Analysis
• User Experience Design
• Axure Rp
• User Research
• Customer Centric Solutions
• Banking
• Wireframes
• Marketing Communications
• Analysis
• Usability Testing