Alex Dyakov
Head Of Growth Design At Kinopoisk at Yandex
Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Dyakov is a product design leader with 11 years of experience, currently heading Growth Design at Kinopoisk within Yandex after leading product design for Yandex Maps. He blends data-driven decision making with hands-on craft, having shaped large B2C experiences—from increasing taxi transactions and launching CarPlay/Android Auto to improving route and web map architectures. Creator of tools and assets like the Appearance Plugin, Stockholm Icons, and Right Question, he consistently invests in design systems and automation (including Figma API workflows) to scale design quality. His background includes measurable business impact, such as a 30% lift in orders from a previous app redesign and shipping features across mobile, watch, and in-car platforms. Based in Moscow, he pairs team leadership and product strategy with a curiosity for creative practice, recently formalized through DesignWorkout studies. Open to relocation, he brings a pragmatic mix of systems thinking, tooling, and hands-on interaction design.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Team management, Team management at Yandex PracticumProduct Design, Product Design at Yandex Product Design SchoolThe All-Russian State University of Justice (RLA of the Ministry of Justice of Russia)Creativity, Creativity at DESIGNWORKOUT
Russian, English, moksha
Github Skills (12)
plugin10
figma9
reimplementation9
shiny9
yandex-maps9
macos8
figma-plugin8
yandex6
macbook-pro3
brightness2
statusbar2
gamma2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
glmrvn/Check-library-figma-plugin
Oct 2019 - Dec 2020
Figma plugin. Validates the Yandex.Maps DevCore library
Contributions:7 releases, 65 commits, 35 PRs in 1 year 2 months
yandexfigmapluginyandex-mapsfigma-plugin
glmrvn/Appearance-figma-plugin
Jan 2020 - Nov 2022
Figma plugin. This plugin generates a dark/light theme from your selection.
Contributions:3 releases, 95 commits, 47 PRs in 2 years 10 months
lightfigmapluginlight-dark-themelight-theme
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