Context
Rabota.Ykt.Ru is the first job-search and recruitment site in Yakutsk. Since 2012 it has helped people find work and employers find the right specialists.
Process
Eight steps from usability tests to a new UI kit handed off to engineering.
1) Usability tests of the current resume-creation flow with students.
2) Interview guide prepared for qualitative UX research.
3) Competitor analysis & benchmarking: Headhunter, Superjob, UpWork, Contra.
4) Insight extraction, results analysis, first new-flow concepts.
5) Designing new scenarios, improving old ones.
6) Prototyping for usability tests.
7) Building a custom profession catalog from current-vacancy data (with the analyst).
8) Updated UI kit, handed off to engineering.
After the redesign
A dedicated landing page for employers to fix the new-client onboarding problem
Working method
Always write a task understanding with stakeholders before touching the design.
Mission, goal, audience, success criteria — agreed up front so everyone is on the same wave.
Results
~300 Figma screens, a new revenue lever, lighter auth, profession catalog, Telegram bot.
- Designed ~300 Figma screens.
- Helped shape a new business solution for company branding via a banner system. A major lead was already signed before the redesign even shipped.
- Cut several steps from registration / auth.
- Designed a new pricing plan for employers.
- Assembled the in-house profession catalog tied to specialties and industries.
- Improved vacancy search with a suggest system, and improved filters for both seekers and employers.
- Added direct employer-to-seeker communication via WhatsApp / Telegram chat.
- Designed a new Telegram bot for fast push-style vacancy notifications (the service has no app).