Design, Development, Marketing & Consulting in Sumy

UI/UX Designer in Sumy — Oleksandr Filyuk

Oleksandr Filyuk is a senior UI/UX designer with 15+ years of experience, building websites, mobile applications, brand identities and full digital ecosystems for companies in Sumy and across the entire Sumy Oblast. The studio has shipped 50+ successful projects: from landing pages for local manufacturers to B2B partner cabinets for machinery and chemistry plants. Sumy-based businesses — large industrial groups and small artisan workshops alike — receive a product that actually performs: increasing sales, structuring internal processes and strengthening the brand.

Why work with Oleksandr Filyuk in Sumy

Sumy is a city of rich architecture (the Altanka rotunda, the Resurrection Church, Trinity Cathedral) and a strong industrial backbone. Major employers include Sumy NPO Frunze, Svema, Sumykhimprom, Technologia — names known well beyond Ukraine. Around them grow dozens of IT teams, outsourcing studios and university startups orbiting Sumy State University. Digital products for such a market must be both technologically deep and user-friendly — exactly the philosophy Oleksandr has built his practice around for over 15 years.

• 15+ years of practical experience in UI/UX, product and web design.
• Hands-on history with machinery, chemistry and processing plants.
• Understanding of B2B communications, export sales and trade-show presentation.
• Transparent deadlines, clear sole-proprietorship contracts, milestone payments.
• Design with measurable results — conversions, leads, request handling time.

You can view sample work in the portfolio and discuss a project on the contact page.

Services for businesses in Sumy and Sumy Oblast

Oleksandr offers an end-to-end set of digital services — meaning a Sumy entrepreneur doesn’t need to assemble separate freelancers for design, development, copy and ads. Everything is centralized in one team with a single project manager.

Websites and web platforms

Landing pages, corporate sites, B2B portals and complex SaaS platforms. The web design service is paired with technical web development on Next.js, React, Node.js and headless CMS — particularly valued by manufacturers who need a fast and secure site.

Logos and visual identities

Sumy producers actively go international, so a strong global brand matters. This is covered by logo design and full branding services — from brand books to packaging and exhibition booths.

Mobile applications

For manufacturers, retailers and service companies, mobile app design and subsequent mobile development are highly relevant — for customers, dealers or field engineers.

E-commerce and automation

For retail — e-commerce development; for internal operations — CRM/ERP systems that unite 1C, warehousing, document flow and sales into a single environment.

Marketing and growth

A separate block includes SEO, Google Ads, SMM and email marketing. This is critical for B2B, where long deal cycles require continuous touch with prospects.

Strategy and audits

Before launching big initiatives, a UX audit is performed, a product strategy is shaped, and at the executive level — business consulting and conversion rate optimization of current marketing channels.

Local context: the Sumy business environment

Sumy Oblast is one of the key industrial regions of north-eastern Ukraine. Machinery manufacturing and the chemical sector form the economic backbone: pumps, compressors, mineral fertilizers and organic synthesis products are exported worldwide. Alongside these, there is a powerful agribusiness segment (grain, sugar, oil), dairy plants in Konotop, Shostka and Hlukhiv, and food producers in Trostianets. Such an economy demands modern digital tools: trade-show landings, B2B dealer portals, mobile apps for field staff.

Oleksandr already has experience with machinery companies, equipment makers, chemical distributors and service centers. This means speaking the same language as a Sumy client — without spending hours explaining what a “technical passport” or “spare parts catalog” means. More cases are available in the projects section.

Workflow — from brief to launch

• 1. Brief and discovery. Online meeting, competitor audit, audience and funnel analysis.
• 2. UX architecture. Sitemap, user flows, Figma prototypes.
• 3. UI design. Design system, responsive layouts, concept presentation.
• 4. Development. Clean code, integrations with 1C, databases, payments and delivery.
• 5. QA and launch. Testing, analytics setup, client team onboarding.
• 6. Support. Iterative improvements, A/B tests, new feature modules.

Benefits of the partnership

• One partner instead of five freelancers — saving time and nerves.
• Legally clean sole-proprietorship contract with locked deliverables.
• Comfortable with technical documentation, specifications and engineering drawings.
• English UI and copy — critical for export-oriented brands.
• Free consultation at the briefing stage.

Designer service rates in Sumy

Indicative ranges: landing page from 800 USD, corporate B2B site from 2,500 USD, export catalogue from 3,500 USD, e-commerce from 4,500 USD, mobile app from 6,000 USD, full branding from 1,800 USD. For manufacturers, a discounted bundle of “website + brand book + export English version” is available. Send a brief via the contact form for an exact quote.

Working with universities and ed-tech

Sumy State University (SumDU) is a regional anchor for talent and applied research. Many ed-tech startups grow from its labs and faculty entrepreneurship programs. Oleksandr supports these teams with admissions website redesigns, MOOC interfaces, student portals, and faculty dashboards — areas where careful information architecture and accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA) matter most. For private courses targeting working professionals, the focus shifts to conversion-driven landing pages, payment flows and post-purchase onboarding sequences. The combined expertise spans web design, development and conversion optimization.

Industry focus across Sumy Oblast

Sumy region is unusually diverse for Ukraine. The machinery cluster around Sumy NPO Frunze deals in pumps, compressors, gas-pumping units sold across Europe, the Middle East and Asia — websites here must be in English and ideally Polish/German, must showcase technical specs as catalogues, and must integrate dealer login areas. The chemistry sector around Sumykhimprom needs B2B procurement portals, MSDS document libraries and quotation request flows. The Shostka cluster, with its film and food production heritage, benefits from rich visual brand storytelling. Konotop's diesel locomotive plant and Bilopillia's machinery shops need partner cabinets and after-sales documentation portals. Hlukhiv and Trostianets food producers need export-ready e-commerce. Romny and Okhtyrka agribusinesses need landing pages for grain, dairy and poultry buyers. Each of these scenarios is supported via the web design and web development services.

Tools and stack used on Sumy projects

For Sumy machinery exporters, the standard stack is Next.js + Strapi/Directus, deployed on Vercel or a private VPS, with Cloudflare CDN for global performance. Catalogues are structured with full filtering by power, dimension, application and certification. PDFs are auto-generated for spec sheets. For chemistry clients — secure document delivery via signed URLs, multi-factor authentication for partner cabinets, and audit logs for compliance. Branding deliverables include exhibition booth concepts (Hannover Messe, ACHEMA), packaging files print-ready in Adobe Illustrator, and brand books in PDF and Notion. Marketing services — Google Ads with B2B keyword research, LinkedIn lead generation and email nurture sequences — are part of the growth bundle.

Frequently asked questions from Sumy clients

Typical Sumy enquiries focus on remote work format, legal safety of agreements and B2B experience. Oleksandr operates officially as a Ukrainian sole proprietor (FOP), signs contracts and acts of completed work — convenient for tenders and public procurement. Documents can be signed via Diia or Vchasno, and payments are accepted in UAH, USD or EUR for export-oriented clients. NDAs are signed at the discovery stage; IP rights are transferred fully upon final payment.

Browse the case studies, explore the full list of design and growth services, additional branding and UX audit capabilities, and submit a short brief through the contact page — Oleksandr will reply within the working day.