ABOUT · DIGITAL QUALITY
I design, audit, and test digital experiences — all in service of quality.
I design, audit, and test digital experiences — all in service of quality.
I’m Valeriia. I work where design decisions meet real product behaviour: shaping interfaces, auditing usability and accessibility, testing assumptions, and translating findings into practical improvements.
I’m Valeriia. I work where design decisions meet real product behaviour: shaping interfaces, auditing usability and accessibility, testing assumptions, and translating findings into practical improvements.
UX Design · Audits · Accessibility · QA · Research
VALERIIA KOVALENKO
ONE PRACTICE · MANY LENSES
A fuller view of quality.
Design lets me shape the intended experience. QA and audits show me what happens in reality. Accessibility asks who might be excluded. Research and psychology help me understand why people behave the way they do.
I’m not switching between unrelated roles. I’m connecting them: zooming out to the system, zooming in to the detail, and making recommendations that teams can actually use.
What I’m learning — and why
What I’m learning — and why
Education as another lens on products, people, and organisations
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL STUDY
01 Business Administration — University of the People
BSc, 2025–2028 · WASC accredited. Building a stronger understanding of strategy, operations, accounting, and the business decisions behind digital products.
02 Psychology — Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University
Bachelor’s degree, 2024–2027. Studying perception, cognition, behaviour, and research methods to better understand how people experience systems.
03 Translation & Interpretation — Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University
Bachelor’s degree, 2011–2015. Language, context, and semantic precision still shape how I approach UX writing, internationalisation, and product communication.
04 Product Design, UX Research & Analytics — Projector Institute
Product Design Professium, UX Research, and Product Analytics & Data Mining, 2022–2023. Practice in research, prototyping, experimentation, and evidence-based product decisions.
05 Technical & Commercial Foundations
QA Automation with Java at Hillel IT School and Digital Marketing at Beetroot Academy — additional context for engineering collaboration, analytics, growth, and delivery.
SELECTED CREDENTIALS · LINKEDIN
Credentials, minus the trophy cabinet.
Credentials, minus the trophy cabinet.
A working library of formal study across accessibility, design, research, analysis, QA, and product thinking. The point isn’t collecting badges — it’s adding better questions and sharper tools to the work.
ACCESSIBILITY
Inclusive by default
Deque · Fast Track to Accessibility for QA Testers 2.0 — 2026
Deque · Fast Track to Accessibility for Any Role — 2026
Uxcel · Design Accessibility — 2023
DESIGN & RESEARCH
From evidence to interface
Uxcel · UX Designer Professional — 2025
Uxcel · Design Thinking — 2024
Uxcel · UX Writing — 2023
Projector · Product Design Professium — 2023
Projector · UX Research — 2022
PRODUCT, QA & ANALYSIS
Systems behind the screen
Projector · Product Analytics & Data Mining — 2023
Business Analysis Modeling Skills & Techniques — 2023
Agile Business Analyst in Scrum — 2023
Hillel · QA Automation | Java — 2023
Beetroot · Digital Marketing — 2021
Product Management — 2018
View the full credential record on LinkedIn
TOOLS · WORKFLOW
The tools change. The way I think with them doesn’t.
I use design, prototyping, research, analytics, accessibility, collaboration, and AI tools as one connected workflow — choosing the lightest tool that makes the next decision clearer.
Design & prototyping · AI-assisted creation · Research & testing · Analytics · Accessibility · Collaboration
PERSPECTIVE
“Design shows me the intention. Auditing reveals the friction. Psychology helps explain the behaviour. Business keeps the answer grounded. Quality is how I connect the four.”
“Design shows me the intention. Auditing reveals the friction. Psychology helps explain the behaviour. Business keeps the answer grounded. Quality is how I connect the four.”
ABOUT · DIGITAL QUALITY
I design, audit, and test digital experiences — all in service of quality.
I’m Valeriia. I work where design decisions meet real product behaviour: shaping interfaces, auditing usability and accessibility, testing assumptions, and translating findings into practical improvements.
UX Design · Audits · Accessibility · QA · Research
VALERIIA KOVALENKO
ONE PRACTICE · MANY LENSES
A fuller view of quality.
Design lets me shape the intended experience. QA and audits show me what happens in reality. Accessibility asks who might be excluded. Research and psychology help me understand why people behave the way they do.
I’m not switching between unrelated roles. I’m connecting them: zooming out to the system, zooming in to the detail, and making recommendations that teams can actually use.
What I’m learning — and why
Education as another lens on products, people, and organisations
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL STUDY
01 Business Administration — University of the People
BSc, 2025–2028 · WASC accredited. Strategy, operations, accounting, and the business decisions behind digital products.
02 Psychology — Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University
Bachelor’s degree, 2024–2027. Perception, cognition, behaviour, and research methods for understanding how people experience systems.
03 Translation & Interpretation — Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University
Bachelor’s degree, 2011–2015. Language, context, and semantic precision applied to product communication and internationalisation.
04 Product Design, UX Research & Analytics — Projector Institute
Product Design Professium, UX Research, and Product Analytics & Data Mining, 2022–2023.
05 Technical & Commercial Foundations
QA Automation with Java at Hillel IT School and Digital Marketing at Beetroot Academy.
SELECTED CREDENTIALS · LINKEDIN
Credentials, minus the trophy cabinet.
Formal study across accessibility, design, research, analysis, QA, and product thinking. The point isn’t collecting badges — it’s adding sharper tools to the work.
ACCESSIBILITY
Inclusive by default
Deque · Fast Track to Accessibility for QA Testers 2.0 — 2026
Deque · Fast Track to Accessibility for Any Role — 2026
Uxcel · Design Accessibility — 2023
DESIGN & RESEARCH
From evidence to interface
Uxcel · UX Designer Professional — 2025
Uxcel · Design Thinking — 2024
Uxcel · UX Writing — 2023
Projector · Product Design Professium — 2023
Projector · UX Research — 2022
PRODUCT, QA & ANALYSIS
Systems behind the screen
Projector · Product Analytics & Data Mining — 2023
Business Analysis Modeling Skills & Techniques — 2023
Agile Business Analyst in Scrum — 2023
Hillel · QA Automation | Java — 2023
Beetroot · Digital Marketing — 2021
Product Management — 2018
View the full credential record on LinkedIn
TOOLS · WORKFLOW
The tools change. The way I think with them doesn’t.
I use design, prototyping, research, analytics, accessibility, collaboration, and AI tools as one connected workflow — choosing the lightest tool that makes the next decision clearer.
Design & prototyping · AI-assisted creation · Research & testing · Analytics · Accessibility · Collaboration
PERSPECTIVE
“Design shows me the intention. Auditing reveals the friction. Psychology helps explain the behaviour. Business keeps the answer grounded. Quality is how I connect the four.”