by Aleksandr Anciutin
Open to new opportunities starting Autumn, 2025
I'm a product designer who balances strategy with thoughtful detail, fostering transparency and collaboration to create meaningful connections between people and products.
Volvo Cars is a Swedish automotive brand founded in 1927, known for pioneering safety innovations and designing premium vehicles with a focus on sustainability, technology, and safety.
At Volvo, we iterated relentlessly. That often meant recreating the same components and pages in an endless loop. I led a small team focused on building foundations — the most essential, reusable components and design tokens that evolved as new patterns emerged.
Automotive
2024
Before investing time into a full design system, we ran multiple, concurrent pilots hitched to ongoing product initiatives. This approach let us to piggy-back on existing momentum, find out what works and rack up some confidence along the way.
Volvo Cars is a Swedish automotive brand founded in 1927, known for pioneering safety innovations and designing premium vehicles with a focus on sustainability, technology, and safety.
In 2023, Volvo Cars discovered sales agents were juggling fragmented systems to schedule follow-ups, send proposals, and track orders. I led a team that built internal tools consolidating everything in one place, enabling sales advisors to spend less time at their desks and more time building life-lasting connections with their customers.
Automotive
2023
Together with Volvo Cars, we ran multiple pilots across Swedish dealerships. These proved crucial for validating, iterating, and refining until we found clicked with sales agents. It's in these loops between learning and solving that we’ve find clarity and confidence.
Tink is a Stockholm based fintech platform offering open banking APIs and financial data services to banks and developers worldwide.
In 2022, Tink discovered that the overall risk experience was fragmented: customers using risk offerings had to shuffle between multiple APIs, reports, and views to get the financial insights they needed. I worked alongside product managers, engineers, and customers to build a centralized risk experience that provided a single place to assess the affordability of an applicant.
Fintech
2022
From day one, we brought our key customers (AMEX and Nordea) directly into our process. This proximity gave us a view into their workflows and allowed to build functionality that genuinely solved their problems. It sounds obvious, yet staying close to customers is surprisingly easy to forget.
Sandvik is a global engineering group founded in Sweden, known for its advanced tools and solutions in the mining, construction, and manufacturing industries.
In 2021, Sandvik developed an iPad-focused CNC machine programming solution that gained early traction, but struggled to grow as many customers were desktop-only. I worked alongside a small team to transition the experience to the browser, making it device-agnostic and accessible to a broader customer base.
Manufacturing
2021
I'm particularly proud of what we've accomplished as a small team at Sandvik: from navigating challenges, diverse (sometimes conflicting) perspectives, and technical constraints to delivering a solution that enabled access to one of the most intuitive CNC machine programming experiences.
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Snapshots from the creative journey.
I've spent the last 7 years working with amazing people on tough, diverse business challenges. I cut my teeth in manufacturing industry, shaping technical (and often ambiguous) problems into tailored solutions. Later, I led a team building employee tools for the automotive industry. Wherever I go, I balance strategy with a deep focus on craft, clarity, and collaboration.
My approach is rooted in adaptability. Balancing strategy with details. Creativity with function. Understanding with solving. I aim to be a collaborative partner who brings transparency, responsiveness, and speed.
I had my humble beginnings in Lithuania, where I've studied multimedia design and journalism. That path led me to video journalism, front-end engineering, and eventually product design. Laying down the foundation for what I do today.
In 2019, I've moved to Sweden and had the privilege to work with amazing clients and brilliant colleagues. People I still learn from and admire. Now, I'm based in Gothenburg, where I run my independent practice, helping teams bring their ideas to life.
| Company | Role | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Independent | Product Designer | 2025 — Currently |
| BBH Stockholm | Product Designer | 2023 — 2025 |
| Tink | Product Designer | 2021 — 2023 |
| Sandvik | UI Designer | 2018 — 2021 |
| Idea | UI Designer | 2017 — 2018 |
