Selected work

01

Edita CMS

Product

Designing the interfaces for a CMS powering 50+ ITMO websites

Colour settings

SHIPPED

Theme + global accent

Buttons • Icons • Tabs

Controlled tonal scales

Surfaces • Block styling

Nested Pages

IMPLEMENTATION PENDING

Nested Pages prototype: persistent disclosure control

153 → 30 sec

Average page-moving task time

50+ live sites

One builder
Different site identities

Open case

02

Restructuring ITMO’s design system for scaleRestructuring ITMO’s design system for scale

FileUploader field anatomy with documented component parts

Main component

Supporting parts

Documentation

Properties + Behaviour

Prototypes + Edge cases

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30+

Components

500+

Design tokens

Architecture, review and handoff

Open case

03

Reducing multitasking and improving design delivery

Reducing competing work

~5

Before

Parallel tasks per designer

2

After

WIP limit per designer

I introduced WIP=2 to help the team focus on finishing work.

System Cycle Time

−27%

Shorter delivery cycle

≈6.88 → 5.0 working days · adjusted

Time in Review status

−42%

Less time in review

4.12 → 2.38 working days

INTERACTIVE · INSIDE THE CASE

Try the context-switching challenge

Two quick typing rounds · 30–60 seconds

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About

Stanislav Koltyshev

Stanislav Koltyshev

I lead web design at ITMO University while staying hands-on in product design.

My work spans complex interfaces, UX research, design system architecture and design quality across the team.

Make the decision explicit

01

What problem are we solving?

02

What evidence supports it?

03

How does the rule scale?

04

Who owns the next step?

Let’s work on something complex

Open to Senior Product Designer and hands-on Lead Product Designer opportunities

Stanislav Koltyshev

koltystudio@gmail.com

Edita evidence

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