Marco Canteiro
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Lisbon, Portugal
Toptal member since July 21, 2021
With over 10 years in the industry, Marco is driven to challenge and being challenged. He's based in London and also has experience working remotely. He believes that by addressing business needs alongside customer needs, you have the key to success. To do that, Marco employs different design techniques that will inform us of any areas of struggle or new opportunities.
Portfolio
Web Application Design for Habito, an Online Mortgage Company
Web App for SME Founders
Work Experience
Lead Product Designer
AMPERSAND-US
- Defined where HP should focus its resources in the next few years alongside my strategist colleagues.
- Facilitated conversations and workshops with HP's board of directors.
- Created a prototype that was later presented to the board of directors.
Senior Product Designer
Comparethemarket
- Defined and prioritized a six-month roadmap with the client.
- Created concepts and conducted unmoderated testing via UserZoom.
- Performed data analysis and made high-fidelity designs ready for development.
Senior Product Designer
Banco Atlantico
- Ran a remote design sprint with the bank's digital team for the first time.
- Shared best practices and useful resources with junior designers.
- Ran a number of workshop sessions in one week, allowing the whole team to define and create solutions for multiple problems.
Senior Product Designer
Novartis
- Worked closely with a strategist to organize a set of workshops with the client.
- Facilitated those workshops where we've defined what we wanted to test for the MVP.
- Conducted interviews with users and produced early concepts.
Lead Product Designer
Ford Mobility
- Defined a career plan and held regular one-on-ones with junior designers.
- Collaborated with another designer to define features and worked with the product team to understand their feasibility.
- Worked closely with the project manager and development team to support design implementation.
Senior Product Designer
Habito
- Collaborated closely with the product manager to define a set of requirements.
- Acted as part of a design squad where we worked with other squads to ensure we were all keeping our concepts and designs consistent.
- Held frequent ideation sessions and feature feasibility conversations, developing a good relationship with the development team.
Senior Product Designer
Transport for London
- Interviewed senior stakeholders and London Underground station staff.
- Designed an MVP iPad app that allowed me to iterate quickly on designs.
- Worked closely together with an iOS developer to ensure high-quality implementation.
Digital Designer
This Place
- Designed the brand guidelines and design system for T-Mobile.
- Built the page AI and responsive layouts for the most important components.
- Collaborated daily with the client based on the West Coast (US) to have clear alignment and set expectations.
Senior Product Designer
BNP Paribas
- Conducted several user interviews with BNP clients who have a wealth of more than €10,000,000.
- Designed early wireframes and have constant stakeholder reviews with customers and wealth managers.
- Created a prototype with high-fidelity designs that were then presented to senior stakeholders within the bank.
Digital Designer
The Sun
- Designed The Sun Goals app for Android and iPhone.
- Created a customer journey map where we could identify pain points and opportunities to have in mind when redesigning the app.
- Achieved a major uplift in the App Store and with great reviews from users.
Digital Designer
Opx
- Designed a set of templates used by three child companies from the Science Group (https://www.sciencegroup.com/).
- Designed a set of consistent components that could be easily used for any of the sites. They were flexible enough to be used in different sections of the site and fully responsive.
- Created a set of main pages using the different components as a guide for the client. They could always refer to the pages I created to make sure any new pages they create would be consistent and follow the same rhythm.
Digital Designer
Uber Digital
- Designed an iPad app for BP's employees to understand what areas they could improve their skills through a set of questions.
- Created a specific color palette, font pairing, and data visualization graphics.
- Worked alongside a creative director and the client to make sure we were meeting their expectations.
Education
Postgraduate Degree in UX/UX
EDIT - Lisbon, Portugal
Bachelor's Degree in Multimedia
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga - Coimbra, Portugal
Bachelor's Degree in Multimedia
Tomas Bata University - Zlin, Czech Republic
Skills
Tools
Miro, Sketch, Zeplin, Principle, Rhinoceros 3D, ProtoPie, Trello, Jira, Slack, Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC
Platforms
Figma, Mobile, UserZoom, Web, iOS, Webflow
Industry Expertise
Information Technology, Consumer Products, Healthcare
Languages
HTML5, CSS3
Other
Graphic Design, Web Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Prototyping, Product Design, Digital Transformation, Design Thinking, Mobile UI, UX Design, UI Design, Dashboard Design, SaaS, Web UI Design, Web UX Design, Software as a Service (SaaS), DataViz, Mobile UX Design, Mobile UI Design, Web App Design, B2C, UX Wireframes, Layout, SaaS Design, Dashboards, User Research, User Flows, User Testing, Responsive Web Apps, Fintech, Journey Mapping, Style Guides, Marketplaces, Programming, Video Editing, Animation, Virtual Reality (VR), Composition, IA Strategy, jQuery, Microsoft Teams, Notion, Finance, Digital Banking, Consumer Banking, Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SME), Collaborative Design, Remote Work, Lean Startups, Responsive Layout, Branding, Logotype, User Interviews, Client Interviews, Ideation, Color Theory, Responsive, Cross-functional Collaboration, Grocery Delivery, Iconography, Illustration, Accessible Design, Brand Design, UI Branding, Logo Design, Mascot Logos, Usability Testing, Design Systems, WebApp, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Wireframing, Visual Design, Admin Panels, Web Dashboards, eCommerce, Templating, UI Templates, Accessibility, Native Mobile Apps, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Experience
- Web Design - 10 years
- User Interface (UI) - 10 years
- Zeplin - 8 years
- Sketch - 8 years
- User Testing - 7 years
- Figma - 5 years
- Miro - 4 years
Tools
- Miro
- Sketch
- Zeplin
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