HOW WE
DISRUPT HIRING
THROUGH AI,
METAVERSE
AND OTHER MADNESS
Anna Chernysh, co-founder & CEO at LEZO,
ex-Head of Product at Projector
NUMBER OF SAAS
PRODUCTS
AND SOLUTIONS
Data by ascendixtech.com
SOLVING
PROBLEMS ISN’T
ENOUGH
TO STAND OUT
ANYMORE
LEZO BEFORE LEZO AFTER
Designer
Graphic designer
Motion designer
Product designer
UI/UX designer
Illu
st
rator
UX Researcher
Marketing designer
Game designer
Technical designer
VFX designer
vs
Graphic designer
Motion designer
Product designer
UI/UX designer
Illustrator
UX Researcher
Marketing designer
Game designer
Technical designer
VFX designer
Graphic designer
Motion designer
Product designer
UI/UX designer
Illu
st
rator
UX Researcher
Marketing designer
Game designer
Technical designer
VFX designer
→
User Experience (UX) Design, User Inte
rf
ace
(UI) Design, Prototyping, Information
Architecture, Interaction Design, Usability
Te
st
ing, User Research, Responsive Design,
Mobile App Design, Web Design, Visual
Design, Typography, Color Theory, Design
Sy
st
ems, Sketching, Design Thinking, User-
Centered Design, Icon Human-Computer
Interaction, Wireframing, Accessibility,
Animation, User Flow Design, Figma,
Sketch, Adobe XD, Prototyping Tools, User
Persona Creation, A/B Te
st
ing, UI
Animation, Microinteractions, UI Patterns,
Design, Illu
st
ration, Mobile Design
Guidelines, Material Design, Flat Design,
Responsive Web Design, Storyboarding, UI
Copywriting, Collaboration, Problem-
Solving, Presentation Skills, Client
C o m m u n i c a t i o n , S t a k e h o l d e r
Management
PM’s from different
companies
SKILLS-BASED
MATCHING
SKILLS
OVER TITLES:
AI MATCHING
AS INNOVATION
WHAT WENT
WELL
WHAT DIDN’T
MORE COOL
AI FEATURES
Features improved metrics but
didn’t change the
st
ory.
data normalisation
→
personalisation
Users didn’t survive
long enough to reach
the aha-moment —
ju
st
like our
marketing budgets.
WHAT IF
INSTEAD
OF JOB BOARD
WE CAN BUILD
A JOB CITY!?
METAVERSE AS
A NEW CONTEXT
From job boards → to a job city.
META-METERS BUILT
META-VISITORS
PAYING CUSTOMERS
RETENTION RATE
WHEN FORMATS
ARE EXHAUSTED,
DON’T
OPTIMIZE,
CHANGE
THE CONTEXT.
METAVERSE EVENTS —
INSTEAD OF ZOOM
CALLS.INSTEAD OF
BORING PDFS.
Team meetings? Forget Zoom — we built shared spaces.”
Gamified onboarding — in
st
ead of boring PDFs.
new value:
5TIMES LOWER
CAC
EMPLOYER
BRAND BOOST
X3 ENGAGEMENT
RATES
Team meetings? Forget Zoom — we built shared spaces.”
EMOTIONAL
CONTACT HAPPENS
WHEN YOUR
PRODUCT
BECOMES AN
EXPERIENCE,
NOT JUST A TOOL.
Team meetings? Forget Zoom — we built shared spaces.”
character
design
communication
blending
di
ff
erent
contexts
eney
eney
gamification
new
business
model
USERS FORGET
FEATURES.
They remember how your product made them feel.
THEY REMEMBER
HOW YOUR
PRODUCT MADE
THEM FEEL.
EMOTIONAL CONNECTION
— IS YOUR MOAT.
CREATE EXPERIENCE: THROUGH
DESIGN, GAMIFICATION,
COMMUNICATION, CONTEXT
CHANGES
PEOPLE REMEMBER FEELINGS, NOT
FEATURES.
They remember how your product made them feel.
WHO SHOULD
CREATE THESE
CRAZY MOMENTS
IN PRODUCTS?
Team meetings? Forget Zoom — we built shared spaces.”
YOU.
DISCOVER
emotional needs and motivators.
map the emotional journey.
DEVELOP
remove friction
anticipate needs
exceed expectations
50%
40%
10%
functionality
function +
emotion
fun
PRIORITIZE: 50-40-10
→
→
сonnect with product metrics
use new tech
as a vehicle
make it everyone’s job.
Q&A Linkedin
ANNA.CHERNYSH@LEZO.IO

Anna Chernysh: How we disrupt hiring through AI, Metaverse and other madness (UA)