Product Designer bridging research & design

Product Designer bridging research & design

I help product teams turn customer insights into better product strategy and thoughtful design. Speaker, facilitator, and author with 20 years of experience across design, leadership, and UX management.

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How I work

I combine empathy, structure, and analytical thinking to solve complex product problems

Start with the problem

I validate customer problems before invest in solutions.

Simplify complexity

I turn complex workflows into intuitive products.

Bring people together

I align design, product, and engineering around shared decisions.

Share knowledge

I teach, write, and speak about product discovery and design.

Highlights

A few things I’m proud of

Designed and launched MediaConsole

Led product discovery from idea to launch through customer validation, product strategy, and iterative design.

Trained 60+ product designers

Co-created Practical Product Design, teaching product thinking and user research with a 95% participant satisfaction rate.

Improved design delivery at Ring

Reduced design delivery time by 17% (43 → 36 days) by improving planning, prioritization, and cross-team collaboration.

Portfolio

Work that shaped my practice

Every project presented a different challenge. These case studies show how I reduced uncertainty through research, design, and product decisions across different domains.

Speaking

Selected talks

I regularly speak about product discovery, UX, and product design at conferences, meetups, and educational programs. These talks are available in Ukrainian.

Lean UX fundamentals

Introduction to Lean UX principles and evidence-based product design.

57 min • Ukrainian

Core competencies of a Product Designer

A talk introducing my framework for assessing product designers through 12 core competencies.

90 min • Ukrainian

Writing

Selected publications 

Two of my articles were selected for publication in curated collections of work by Ukrainian UX and product professionals, published by the KyivUX community and SkyHorse Publishing. Both books are in Ukrainian.

Featured article  "From Customer Journey Map to Action Plan"  explores how to turn journey maps into actionable product decisions instead of static research artifacts.

ISBN 978-966-2536-95-9

Featured article "Planning Your First Workshop" is a practical guide to designing and facilitating effective product workshops.

ISBN 978-617-8490-00-3

Featured article  "From Customer Journey Map to Action Plan"  explores how to turn journey maps into actionable product decisions instead of static research artifacts.

ISBN 978-966-2536-95-9

Featured article "Planning Your First Workshop" is a practical guide to designing and facilitating effective product workshops.

ISBN 978-617-8490-00-3

About me

My passions beyond design

Maintain an active lifestyle with running and gravel cycling.

Showcase creative mobile photography on Unsplash.

Proud pet owner of two beloved cats.

Contacts

Let’s build something meaningful

Whether you want to discuss a role, collaborate on a project, or simply say hello. I’m always open to meaningful conversations.

Yuri Ternytsky © 2026

Yuri Ternytsky © 2026

Yuri Ternytsky © 2026

Yuri Ternytsky © 2026