Yulia Krylova

Since 2024, acted as de facto head of the studio and the project, leading 150 people and directly managing 13 managers and directors.

• Ran studio operations end to end, led project strategy and reported to company management on delivery commitments.
• Took an R&D project through three major soft launches, each improving retention and monetization and meeting the targets agreed with management.

Built the company's internship program from scratch and ran it single-handedly, training people for the roles that were hardest to hire, including some unique on the market.

• Led each internship from start to finish: hiring prioritization, program design and launch, intern recruitment and assessment, and final hiring decisions.
• Started building partnerships with universities and online schools

Accepted the company's offer to lead recruitment after a leadership change left the team without a head. Led a team of up to 30 people.

• Ran hiring at a pace of 40-80 new hires a month during the company's rapid growth phase.
• Restructured the team (talent acquisition leads for each hiring area, dedicated talent sourcers)
• Revised the outdated referral program.
• Built the foundation for recru

Managed art production for Homescapes from pre-production through launch, with a team of up to 35 people.

• Launched three months ahead of the original schedule.
• Ran planning, risk, change and crisis management for the art team, and supported the delivery of cross-team features.
• Built the outsourcing process for Playrix projects from scratch.

Managed art outsourcing for 4 projects at a time, working with partner studios in China, India and Russia.
• Defined scope and budgets, gathered requirements from project teams and agreed them with head office.
• Owned all vendor communication: pricing, deadlines, deliveries, documentation and reporting.

Primary contact between contractors and clients. Managed art projects and accounts, built tools to improve communication in the production pipeline, and tested and assessed new contractors.

Took part in project estimation and resource planning, kept the art style consistent across the project, and tested and interviewed 2D artist candidates.

Worked as 2D Artist at Signus Labs.