Monique Menezes, Designer in Lisbon, Portugal
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Monique Menezes

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Bio

Monique is a designer with a strong branding, data visualization, and web design background. At creative agencies, she has designed brand identities and websites for clients in the fashion, hospitality, and real estate industries. Monique has continuously collaborated with companies by reviewing and updating their UX and UI. Monique has also produced social media and marketing content, sales and pitch decks, brand books, and web optimizations as a freelance.

Portfolio

Work Experience

Brand and Web Designer

2021 - PRESENT
King's Crest Global
  • Designed brand identity guides, including colors and typography, language and tone, logo, imagery, and other assets.
  • Used data insights to create personas and user flows that supported the creation of websites.
  • Communicated with development teams and made trade-offs when necessary to ensure the final product's fidelity to design.
  • Designed sales and pitch decks and produced digital content for marketing and social media.
Technologies: Figma, Branding, Web Design, UI Design, UX Design, Apple Keynote, InDesign CC, Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, Presentation Design, Web Presentation, Social Media Design, Adobe InDesign, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Visual Design, Websites, Website Redesign, Landing Page Design, User Flows, Pitch Presentations, Digital Brand Identity, User Personas, Information Architecture (IA), Wireframing, Brand Guidelines, Design Systems, Google Analytics, User-centered Design (UCD), Responsive UI, User Journeys, Social Media, Information Design, DataViz, Brand Design, Logo Design, Art Direction, Brand Identity, Landing Pages, Mood Board Design, Marketing Design, Graphic Design, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), B2C, B2B, Microsoft PowerPoint, Presentations, Brand Books, eCommerce, Style Guides, Content Management Systems (CMS), Web, Journey Mapping, Product Design, Layout, UX Wireframes

User Researcher

2023 - 2023
PepsiCo
  • Assisted in the ideation and conduction of online and on-site user interviews.
  • Translated and documented answers and research insights.
  • Contributed to project management and on-site logistics.
Technologies: UX Research, User Research, User Interviews

Web Designer

2019 - 2021
Lifecooler
  • Redesigned newsletter templates and landing pages based on the analysis of customer behavior data.
  • Designed social media content, specifically posts and stories for Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
  • Created digital marketing collateral, such as Google ads, promotional web banners, pop ups, and newsletters.
  • Developed point-of-sale material, promotional media, and overall maintenance and improvement of brand image.
Technologies: Figma, Illustrator CC, Digital Marketing Design, Print Marketing Design, InDesign CC, Landing Pages, Website Optimization, Social Media Design, Landing Page Design, Visual Design, Websites, Website Redesign, Wireframing, HTML, Responsive UI, Social Media, Apple Keynote, Art Direction, Presentation Design, Marketing Design, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), B2C, B2B, Image Manipulation, Microsoft PowerPoint, Presentations, eCommerce, Style Guides, Web, Journey Mapping, Product Design, Layout, UX Wireframes

Graphic and Web Designer

2017 - 2021
Freelance
  • Created user personas and user flows to inform the development of information architecture and wireframes that eventually led to website design.
  • Designed logos and built brand identities for people and companies in the art and culture industries.
  • Created many types of digital collateral, such as presentation templates, web banners, social media posts, and google ads.
  • Designed marketing material such as flyers and brochures, business cards, stickers, and catalogs.
Technologies: Web Design, Brand Identity, Logo Design, Pitch Presentations, Figma, Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC, Adobe InDesign, Social Media, Visual Design, Website Redesign, Data Visualization, User Flows, Digital Brand Identity, User Personas, Information Architecture (IA), Wireframing, Brand Guidelines, Design Systems, InVision, User-centered Design (UCD), Responsive UI, User Journeys, Branding, Information Design, DataViz, Front-end Development, UX Design, Apple Keynote, Squarespace, WordPress, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Brand Design, Art Direction, Landing Pages, Presentation Design, Mood Board Design, Marketing Design, Graphic Design, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), B2C, B2B, Image Manipulation, Microsoft PowerPoint, Presentations, Style Guides, Content Management Systems (CMS), Web, Journey Mapping, Product Design, Layout, UX Wireframes

Creative Manager

2018 - 2019
Unika
  • Supervised design and marketing interns working on digital marketing strategies, branding, and web design projects.
  • Designed brand identities, presentations, and social media content for clients in the fashion, hospitality, and real estate industries.
  • Created and optimized responsive websites based on existent user behavior data and extensive marketing research.
  • Wrote blog articles and social media content about architecture, interior design, and contemporary art.
  • Used computer-aided manufacturing (CAM).
Technologies: WordPress, Squarespace, Shopify, Art Direction, Web Design, Branding, Digital Brand Identity, Website Optimization, Social Media Design, Digital Marketing Design, Presentation Design, Social Media, Visual Design, Pitch Presentations, Wireframing, Brand Guidelines, Design Systems, Google Analytics, InVision, Responsive UI, Apple Keynote, Brand Design, Logo Design, Brand Identity, Mood Board Design, Graphic Design, User Interface (UI), B2C, Image Manipulation, Microsoft PowerPoint, Presentations, Content Management Systems (CMS), Web, Journey Mapping, Product Design, Layout, UX Wireframes, Maps, Computer-aided Manufacturing (CAM)
2020 - 2021

Postgraduate Degree in Web Design

ETIC - Lisbon, Portugal

2017 - 2018

Postgraduate Degree in Data Visualisation

ISCTE - Lisbon, Portugal

2012 - 2017

Bachelor's Degree in Architecture and Urbanism

PUC-Rio - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tools

Figma, Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC, Apple Keynote, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Experience Design (XD), InVision, CAD, Canva, InDesign CC, Google Analytics, Tableau, Microsoft Excel, Adobe InDesign, Premiere Pro CC

Platforms

Web, WordPress, Shopify, Google Ads

Languages

HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Other

Squarespace, UI Design, Branding, Web Design, Landing Pages, Presentation Design, Art Direction, Brand Design, Logo Design, User-centered Design (UCD), Design Systems, Brand Guidelines, Responsive UI, Digital Brand Identity, Website Optimization, Landing Page Design, Website Redesign, Websites, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Visual Design, User Interface (UI), Graphic Design, Presentations, Pitch Decks, Style Guides, Layout, UX Wireframes, UX Design, DataViz, Visual Storytelling, Information Design, Digital Marketing Design, Typography, Brand Books, Social Media Design, Mood Board Design, Wireframing, Information Architecture (IA), User Personas, User Flows, Pitch Presentations, Data Visualization, Social Media, User Journeys, Marketing Design, User Experience (UX), B2C, B2B, eCommerce, Content Management Systems (CMS), Journey Mapping, Product Design, Maps, Computer-aided Manufacturing (CAM), Front-end Development, 3D, Print Marketing Design, Web Presentation, Brand Identity, Image Manipulation, Publicity, Digital Design, Social Media Content, Ads, UX Research, User Research, User Interviews

Experience

  • Digital Brand Identity - 6 years
  • Brand Guidelines - 5 years
  • Design Systems - 5 years
  • Data Visualization - 5 years
  • Wireframing - 4 years
  • Responsive UI - 4 years
  • Information Architecture (IA) - 4 years
  • User-centered Design (UCD) - 4 years
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