Olga Akopiants
UI/UX Designer | Author of “Air Unplugged” | VFA Fellow 2023
- Role
- Lead Experience Designer at PNC
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Olga Akopiants
UX Designer and Researcher with enterprise and startup experiences. I have designed…
Experience
Lead Experience Designer
Apr 2025 — Present
Defined and led the multi-platform design system strategy for a global financial institution, impacting millions of users across consumer, mobile, and investment-grade applications ensuring consistency, scalability, and accessibility - Managed Figma component libraries of more than Figma components and 85 Angular components and tokenized the design system for AI to manipulate and build UI dynamically- Defined and enforced design system governance, including component lifecycle, versioning, and usage standards- Conducted generative and evaluative user research with designers and engineers to identify key usability and accessibility gaps across the design system; findings informed accessibility upgrades and component redesigns, leading to improved adoption and usability
Education
University of Virginia
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc
2018 — 2022
Springboard
UX Design
2021 — 2022
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