Kristiyan Srebrev
EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Staff Product Designer
Feb 2022 - present @ Leanplum
• Led the end-to-end product design for a B2B SaaS platform, supporting cross-functional teams and improving experiences for customers during migration and growth, from research and ideation through high-fidelity prototyping and launch.
• Directed customer-centric design system and interaction patterns, achieving 90%+ adoption while enabling the design team with reusable components and reducing component detaches by 50% over a quarter.
• Partnered with product and engineering teams to align design decisions with business objectives, contributing to over $500K revenue growth from the feature sets developed by the teams I was in.
• Mentored designers and influenced design culture by conducting over 10 user-centered and rapid prototyping workshops and lectures.
• Drove product innovation through interactive prototypes that supported user research, validated design decisions, and accelerated the ideation phase with the data science team using AI tools like Bolt and Figma Make.
Product Design Lead
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021 @ 7 of Diamonds
• Led product design execution, driving continuous improvement through user research and aligning solutions with the B2C platform's business goals.
• Crafted user-centered interfaces and experiences while actively contributing to the codebase and overseeing implementation to ensure design fidelity.
• Coached in design thinking and facilitated user testing and iterative improvements to enhance the overall experience.
Head of Design
Oct 2019 - Dec 2020 @ LimeChain
Led a design team of 3 and contributed to two core products, aligning user experience, research insights, and execution.
Co-Founder
Nov 2017 - Oct 2019 @ Despade
Directed company strategy and operations, ensuring efficient workflows and consistent delivery of high-quality experience.
Senior Product Designer
Sep 2015 - Oct 2017 @ IBM
Led end-to-end product design for web and enterprise applications in cross-functional teams, adopting IBM's experience, visual design and interaction patterns.
EDUCATION
New Bulgarian University
2014 - 2017 | Master's Degree in Animation and Motion design
Sofia University
2010 - 2014 | Bachelor's Degree in Software engineering
Asen Zlatarov High school
1998 - 2010 | Math and computer science
CONTACTS
- kristiyansrebrev.com
- linkedin.com/in/kristiyan-srebrev/
- github.com/ksrebrev
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- kristiyan.srebrev@gmail.com
- (+359) 883 409 178
SKILLS
Design Strategy & Leadership
Core
Product vision, roadmap contribution, design systems, design team leadership and mentorship.
Customer Experience & Research
Core
UX strategy, CX optimization, user research, usability testing, journey mapping, feedback-driven iteration using:
- Miro
- Figma Make
- FigJam
- Fullstory
- Amplitude
- HotJar
Collaboration & Business Impact
Core
Cross-team alignment, stakeholder feedback management, business-driven design, metrics-informed decision making.
Prototyping & System Design
Supporting
Creating interactive prototypes, defining scalable design systems, and collaborating closely with engineering to ensure high-fidelity implementation. Experienced with:
- Figma
- Framer
- Spline
- Figma Make
- Bolt
- v0
- React
- Vue
ABOUT ME
As a Staff Product Designer with over a decade of experience across startups, scaleups and global enterprises including roles at Leanplum, CleverTap, IBM, and LimeChain - I've consistently led the full product lifecycle, shaping strategy from ideation through prototyping to launch. I thrive on aligning multidisciplinary teams through research-driven insights, designing prototypes that influence business decisions, and building cohesive design systems that scale.
My expertise lies at the intersection of customer experience, cross-functional collaboration, and research-driven design - delivering scalable, business-impactful solutions.
Over the years, I've partnered closely with product, engineering, sales and customer success to define roadmaps, validate concepts through rapid prototyping, and transform insights into measurable solutions. I'm passionate about creating experiences that not only solve user problems but also drive growth and long-term business value.
PUBLIC PRESENCE
Figmaster
present | Lector
Paid online courses for design system development and management, variables utilization of prototyping and infrastructure.
ISTA
2016 | Lector
Presented a conference talk on interaction and motion design, exploring seven core animation principles and their role in creating intuitive, user-centered web experiences.
IT Step
2015-2016 | Lector
Led a group of 20 students through lectures on frontend fundamentals, focusing on HTML and CSS to build a strong foundation in user interface development.
Able Mentor
since 2014 | Mentor
Mentored in design and frontend development, guiding in building user-centered interfaces.