Olena Horbachenko🇨🇿

About Olena Horbachenko

Sr. UX Designer at Veracode

⭐️ If you are ready to skyrocket your career, you are in a right place. I'm Olena, Sr. UX Design and Design System Lead at Veracode.

🔷 Being in the field for more than 6 years, I have led small and big teams, created UX Strategy and launched complex User Research projects from scratch, created and redesign huge Design Systems for b2b / b2c products, worked with all possible teams in software engineering and helped my enterprise clients serve their customers better with design workshops and research initiatives.

I help with: ➡️ career growth in UX ➡️ mental issues related to your career (procrastination, fear of being seen) ➡️ planning and organization of your design path ➡️ getting confidence to boost that interview to your dream job ➡️ UX Design (Double Diamond, Design Sprint methods, workshops)

✍🏻  How am I different? ➡️ I study your mindset to see the blockers ➡️ I suggest tools, techniques, processes, tailored to YOUR particular needs ➡️ I support you on your journey with answering questions, getting hands-on on solving untrivial problems, and celebrating your success in a way that motivates you to keep going

Expertise

Sessions with Olena Horbachenko

• UX/User Research Mentorship (30 min): 1-time consultations on your burning matters Helping you unleash your creative juices Enabling your creativity with structure and resources
• UX Therapy Mentorship Session (30 min): Get advice on your current job situation Achieve a step-by-step plan for your design career growth Personalized tools to enable your creativity
• Portfolio & CV Review (30 min): In these sessions, we will review your CV and Portfolio. You will receive feedback on your work in accordance to your job goals and aspirations. Together, we will cover improvement areas in your usability, visuals, match to a desired company. Your portfolio and your CV is your business card as a UX Designer. Make sure to align it with your goals to get that dream job and establish your career!

What mentees say

“Olena is an expert and warm mentor. We had a great session and he told me lots of useful points about doing user research step by step. She was also open for more supports after session I recommend her to you as a great UX mentor :)”

“I’m really grateful to Olena for guiding me through my questions on design systems. She explained everything with great clarity and also shared extra resources for deeper learning. I truly appreciate her support and would definitely recommend connecting with her.”

“I reached out to Olena after my maternity break to get clarity on my next career steps. I really appreciated how direct and helpful she was, not just asking questions, but offering concrete advice and a new way to think about my job search. She listened closely and often reflected back what she heard, which helped me realize some important things about myself.”