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Saint John, Nb, Ca

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Saint John

Design & Product• Designed and shipped products and features that contributed to the overall user experience of the platform and it's components.• Analyzed the overall platform experience to identify gaps in the UX.• Builds and deliver Wireframes, mockups and Hi-fi Prototypes.• Contributed to the development and advocacy of the company's own Design System (Beeswax).• Led discovery initiatives that focused on building UX Vision for key product areas.• Continually advocates for the importance and impact of good/bad UX.Research• Conducted internal and external interviews for key product areas and departments.• Conducted user research to help gather deep understanding on users.• Continually conducts usability tests on products to optimize the user experience and improve workflows.• Built Personas, Customer Journeys, Service Blueprints, Story Maps and Opportunity Solution Trees (OSTs).• Writes and presents Findings reports to stakeholders and leaders.Leadership & collaboration• Collaborates with multiple teams and departments to get alignment.• Facilitates discovery sessions with stakeholders to get clarity on "building the right thing".• Mentored and coached 2 junior designers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and design excellence within the team.• Advocated the importance of ceremonies and rituals, such as 1:1s, Design crits, Status meetings and huddles.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Design• Designed & built a small-scale Design system for Company website and Brand using Atomic design.• Contributed to the New company Brand (2019) and its launch.• Contributed to the design of the new site, including Information architecture, imagery and design direction.• Delivered and designed Web ads assets.• Delivered and designed the company business cards, flyers, banners, field marketing assets and collaterals.• Delivered and design Presentation templates.Leadership & Collaboration• Collaborated with other departments to ensure a seamless launch of the new brand (2019).• Coached another junior designer, to foster a culture of high collaboration and trust.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Activities• Designed the whole end-to-end experience. From web platform to the mobile app.• Created a small-scale Proto-design system to enable faster iteration.• Conducted stakeholder and customer interviews to gather feedback on the Web platform and app.• Trained customers and users on how to user the platform and app.• Participated in several business events representing the company.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Activities• Designed end-to-end applications, including web & mobile experiences.• Explored and proposed multiple options to customers• Collaborated with customers and stakeholders to reach optimal solution• Designed and delivered wireframes, low-fi and hi-fi designs• Collaborated with other designers and engineers

Activities• Contributed to the Game design of several shipped small games• Designed several Game design options to be proposed our customers• Modelled, textured, rigged several 3D models for 2 games• Led a team of 2+ designers in multiple projects• Collaborated with Game designers and Engineers to ensure efficient game delivery

Americana

2 months basic 3D classes. Basic Maya Introductory Course.- Primitives- Basic Modelling Techniques- Basic Texturing- Materials, Lights- Basic Animation- Basic Rendering

Create websites using tableless design concepts using PHP with support of Codeigniter framework.

Aid senior and junior designers by creating 3d models for advertisement purposes.Video editing and visual effects.

College Certificate, Arts And Design

Activities and Societies: Mobile and Web User Experience Design

Technology, Information Technology

Information Technology Advanced diploma in one of the most prestigious Universities in Brazil.

Certificate, Computer Graphics

3d Animation Software