I am a Designer who loves to dance with the ambiguity. Tackling challenges with creative optimism, a diverse team and making sure humans are always in the center of every decision, turns this ambiguity in solutions. On every professional opportunity, I always try to create this environment as challenging as it is sometimes.
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Service DesignerFedexPorto, Pt -
Lead Design StrategistNamecheap, Inc Apr 2022 - Present -
Design StrategistNamecheap, Inc Jul 2021 - Apr 2022Questioning everything to explore how Namecheap can create new value for people. -
Teacher - Ux Foundations CourseEdit. - Disruptive Digital Education Jul 2022 - Dec 2023Porto, Portugal-Introduced core UX Research methods such as user interviews, observational research, and competitive benchmarking, helping students understand how to gather and analyze user insights.-Guided students through UX Strategy processes, including the development of problem statements, needs prioritization, and affinity mapping, to synthesize research and define key challenges.-Led ideation and solution architecture sessions, teaching students how to apply these methods to generate and structure user-centered design solutions. -
Project LeadWith Company Dec 2020 - Jun 2021 -
Design And StrategyWith Company Jul 2019 - Dec 2020Lisboa E Região, Portugal -
Human-Centered Design/Design Thinking CoachPorto Design Factory Oct 2018 - Jul 2019 -
Innovation ConsultantSonae Aug 2018 - Dec 2018Development of Strategic Innovation/Design Thinking internal project -
Human-Centered Design/Design Thinking CoachAalto University Sep 2017 - Aug 2018Helsinki Area, FinlandME310 is a course where students of design, business and engineering come together as interdisciplinary teams to work on a year-long real-life challenge brought forward by an international company. During this year they partner up with students from one of the top universities in the global ME310 network to form a global design team. Their final proof-of-concept prototypes are displayed at the Stanford Design Fair each June in Silicon Valley, California.As a coach, my focus is to enable students to learn, apply, and experience the Human-Centered Design/Design Thinking methodology by doing needfinding, benchmarking, iterative prototyping and user testing. By going throw this process students quickly learn about the field at hand and create innovative ideas. User insights are uncovered and creative solutions are developed, engaging a range of different design thinking tools and techniques. The end result is a detailed design solution that integrates desirability, viability, and feasibility. -
Teaching And Research AssistantPorto Design Factory Sep 2016 - Aug 2017Teaching and Research Assistant for both ME310 - Product Innovation Course and PDP - Product Development Project. -
Product DesignerSuricata Design Studio Jun 2014 - Oct 2015After the internship in CEIIA I started working in the Suricata design studio. Here I have developed projects for different companies (like JP - Inspiring Knowledge) from diverse fields of work such as automotive, aerospace, TIC and packaging. It was a challenging yet extremely rewarding experience and I have collect a lot of knowledge which I believe it was significantly important to my future. -
Product Design InternCeiia - Center For Innovation And Creative Engineering Nov 2013 - Apr 2014The opportunity to join the development team of CEIIA was pretty unique and helped me consolidate some of the knowledge I was able to acquire in my bachelor degree. The experience was incredible, not only because of the conceptual work I could do, but also because I was part of an organization with very important and significant values, such as electrical mobility and the way they develop projects. -
Product DesignerAcústica - Audio And Lightning Jul 2013 - Oct 2013Internship in a small company known for the development of audio and lighting products.In this first professional experience the connection to industry was the most significant point. Due to this connection, I had the opportunity to better understand basic construction processes like laser cutting, using cnc milling machines, painting processes and experimenting with different materials.
Manuel Soares Education Details
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Porto Design FactoryProduct Innovation -
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Vilnius College Of DesignErasmus Intensive Programme - Micro-Sustainable Design
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Manuel Soares attended Porto Design Factory, Escola Superior De Artes E Design, Vilnius College Of Design.
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