About

Oksana Plechii

I like taking something complex and leaving only what matters, in products and in everything else. Family and friends have always called me Ksyunya, so Ksu is just fine.

My path into product design wasn't linear.

Sociology taught me to see the motivations and systems behind what people say.

Graphic design trained the eye: hierarchy, rhythm, and knowing what to leave out.

Event management and business operations taught me to coordinate people, navigate constraints, and turn ideas into real outcomes.

Today that mix means one thing: I see a product from four sides at once (user, business, design, team).

Expertise, in full

01 · Strategic Product Thinker

Product Strategy

Design decisions connect to business goals, scopes, and roadmaps.

  • Product Discovery
  • Stakeholder Workshops
  • Product Roadmaps
  • Business Requirements
  • Scope & Estimation
  • AI Opportunity Mapping

02 · Research-Led Problem Solver

Research & Validation

Decisions start with evidence: interviews, analytics, testing.

  • AI-assisted Research
  • UX Audit
  • Product Analytics
  • Heuristic Evaluation
  • Competitive Research
  • Stakeholder Interviews
  • Concept Validation
  • Usability Testing

03 · AI-Enabled Design Leader

Product Design

AI in every step of the process, and teams taught to use it.

  • User Flows
  • UX Architecture
  • UI Design
  • AI Prototyping
  • AI-Assisted Development
  • Design Systems
  • Accessibility
  • Responsiveness
  • DESIGN.md Specs

04 · End-to-End Product Designer

Delivery & Optimization

From the first workshop to shipped code, one pair of hands.

  • Design Handoff
  • Design QA
  • Responsive Check
  • A/B Testing
  • Accessibility Review
  • Microinteractions
  • Product Iteration

Speaking & mentoring

  • Autumn 2026

    Product Design · Lecturer

    Lviv Polytechnic National University · Master's programme

    Course

  • Sep 2025 – present

    Design course · Lecturer & Curator

    Projector Institute · 3 cohorts graduated

    Course

  • May – Sep 2025

    UX/UI Design · Lecturer & Mentor

    Brave IT Education · course for the military

    Course

  • 2025

    AI assistance

    GUTSUL Tech · conference

    Lecture

  • Dec 2024

    Figma “First Draft”

    design community

    Workshop

  • Dec 2024

    AI tools for UX/UI designers

    design community

    Lecture

  • Oct 2024

    UX/UI Design & Business Analysis · Lecturer

    Lviv Polytechnic National University · students

    Course

  • Apr 2024

    Accessibility

    design community

    Workshop

  • Nov 2023

    Design system case studies

    design community

    Lecture

  • Apr 2023

    Design system

    company town hall

    Talk

  • Sep 2022 – Apr 2023

    UX/UI Design Mentor

    Mate Academy students

    Mentoring

  • Oct 2022

    Figma for developers

    product team

    Workshop

Conferences

Config by Figma, London

May 2025

Config by Figma

London

Design MeetUp by DOU, Kyiv
Digital Thinker by Awwwards, Toronto
Pixel Perfect, London
Web Summit, Lisbon
GUTSUL Tech, Ivano-Frankivsk · speaker
Designarium, Lviv
Lviv IT Arena, Lviv

Education & certifications

  • 2026

    AI certification

    Anthropic · in progress

  • Apr 2026

    Mate Hackathon × Universe Group

    Kyiv · participant · AI product MVP in one day

    Hackathon

  • Feb 2026

    AI Hackathon · Shift Education

    Projector Institute · participant · No-Code & AI prototype

    Hackathon

  • 2024

    AI Tools Power User

    AInfluencer · AI content creation

  • 2024

    Webflow & Figma Expert

    Merge Academy

  • 2024

    UX Google Certification

    Coursera

  • 2021 – 2022

    UX Research Certification

    EPAM University

  • 2020 – 2021

    UI/UX Design

    Mate Academy

  • 2020

    Graphic Design

    IT Education Academy

  • 2015 – 2019

    Bachelor of Sociology

    Ivan Franko National University