I'm Artūras Leonovas, a senior UX/UI and product designer based in Vilnius, Lithuania, in the EU. I work remotely with startups and established companies across Europe and the US, on SaaS, mobile, fintech and web products. I'm available for freelance and contract projects, part-time design lead roles, consultations and UX audits.
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I've worked with distributed teams for years, across countries and time zones.
Vilnius is on Eastern European Time, so I overlap the full working day across Europe and the morning on the US East Coast.
My career began in London in 2012, and English is my working language with international teams.
I'm based in Lithuania, an EU member state, which keeps contracting with European companies simple.
Experience designing a banking app to MFSA regulatory standards for a Malta-based group.
Fourteen years in, I still do the work myself, as an individual contributor or a design lead.
Lead designer as an external consultant, coordinating a board in Malta, a distributed design team and engineering partners across time zones. Shipped in four months.
Redesigned the web experience for Hive5. I work closely with the Hive Finance group to optimise SEO for AI search.
Senior product designer and team lead on end-to-end client projects, where I led design and brand for Auroli.
My career began at the London agency Tanka in 2012, and I spent several years in London working with companies including BlaBlaCar and Spiral.
Product designer on the NordVPN design team, where I helped build and maintain the cross-platform design system for a product with more than 12 million users.
Senior product designer for the buyer and seller iOS experiences, working remotely from Vilnius.
Fixed-scope UX/UI, from research and flows to developer-ready design.
A few days a week for design direction, hands-on work and team leadership.
A senior outside view with prioritised recommendations.
Yes. Most of my work is with international teams. I've worked in London, with a Malta-based banking group, on client projects from Zurich to Vilnius, and I currently work remotely with US-based 1stDibs.
Eastern European Time, from Vilnius. That overlaps the full working day across Europe and the morning on the US East Coast.
Yes. I take freelance and contract projects, part-time design lead roles, consultations and UX audits, all remotely. I'm based in Lithuania, in the EU.
