Raphael Sócrates Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Founded my own design studio named JazzUp, where I’ve been providing consulting services to brands and businesses in various industries: tech, finance, real estate, healthcare, lifestyle, and retail, among others.My consulting engagements have included a range of fields: UX/UI design, research, systems design, web & app design, prototyping, wire framing.

San Francisco, US

In my role as Lead Product & Visual Designer, I'm at the forefront of transforming the user experience for IDPartner, ensuring simplicity, consistency, and user-centric design are all at the core of our platform. Here are some of my key contributions to date:PRODUCT DESIGN EXECUTION: I led end-to-end product design and spearheaded dozens of demo projects.

San Francisco, California, US

I led product design at Earnest with a strategic focus on enhancing the user experience, shaping the future of our product offerings, and meeting core business objectives. I was promoted twice and became the Principal Product & Visual Designer. Here are some of my key accomplishments:PRODUCT DESIGN EXECUTION: Championed end-to-end product design and led.

San Francisco, California, US

San Francisco, California, US

Schiphol, NL

- Responsible for leading the overarching design strategy and execution for Samsung ARTIK- Championed 15+ web and app projects for Samsung ARTIK Growth and Marketing teams that focused on building and supporting the IoT developer community- Oversaw the visual design strategy, branding, and design system creation across multiple sub-brands including Samsung.

Switzerland 🇨🇭, CH

- Completely redesigned the interface and workflow of ROCHE digital scanners, which were used to identify cancerous cells, and greatly enhanced the experience for pathologists- Conducted user research studies in multiple U.S. regions to understand pathologists’ needs and pain points, identify improvement areas, and drive design refinements for digital.

Espoo, Southern Finland, FI

- Led a multidisciplinary team of 15 designers, overseeing dozens of end-to-end design projects for the global Nokia ecosystem- Successfully designed 10+ mobile apps and games for the Nokia platform- Led as Project Owner the design, development and launch of “The Incredible Circus,” a new mobile game that achieved one of Nokia’s most successful product.

Espoo, Southern Finland, FI

- Led and mentored the motion design team- Worked on visual design, concept creation (3D and mobile video concepts), mobile game development (game & level design, gameplay definitions), UI prototyping, QML, and Flash

Worked as interaction and visual designer for web, brand and game projects for dozen of Brazilian agencies.

- Co-founded a design studio that delivered almost 100 projects in 4 years- Led a multidisciplinary team of 17, defining the scope and strategy across all design projects - Planned and led the creation of an online community for WWF that reached over 20K people and raised awareness of an individual’s impact on the environment- Led and participated in dozen.

- Created and developed websites and on-line campaigns for brazilian governmental institutions and events- Managed a multidisciplinary team of 8 designers- Created and produced 30+ videos for digital advertising including elevator boards that reached more than 50,000 people

BR

- Planned and redesigned the biggest intranet of Brazil with over 300K pages- Collaborated with managers, developers, designers and staff from Banco do Brasil (Bank of Brazil) to understand key stakeholder needs and implement the intranet design from concept to execution

Trois Rivieres, Québec, CA

- Developed an online political campaign- Worked on concept, art direction, and website design- Worked on flash development and animation

London, London, GB

- Participated actively on dozens of websites and online campaigns as visual designer, art director, motion designer and front-end developer (html, css, javascript, actionscript, flash)- Won international prizes including Cannes Shortlist, One Show Interactive, About and MMonline/MSN- Managed a front-end development team of 6 people

- Worked as a web designer and front-end developer (html, css, javascript, actionscript)- Art direction and motion design for several online campaigns- Won 26 brazilian advertising prizes

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Design Strategy

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Marketing And Advertising