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Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Location
Florianópolis - State of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Toptal Member Since
April 28, 2020
Raphael is an experienced digital designer with over a decade of expertise in providing strategic visual solutions for companies. He has a proven track record of success, having collaborated with prestigious business groups such as Lexus, Airtel, and Ford. Raphael is adept at understanding project goals and delivering results that exceed expectations. He brings valuable industry experience composing modern interfaces, utilizing good principles and best practices to achieve success consistently.
Work Experience
UI/UX Designer
2016 - PRESENT
Ueek Agência Digital
- Designed multiple responsive website Interfaces for small and medium companies.
- Created user interfaces for desktop and mobile apps, achieving positive and embracing experiences for different types of users.
- Crafted several logos from different styles such as modern, minimalistic, and retro.
- Conceived UX analysis of existing digital products, suggesting points of improvement.
- Presented digital product ideas to clients in meetings.
- Created several prototypes, improving the digital product's touch and feel to the clients.
- Conceived transition animations to different digital products.
- Conceived a creative concept for print design materials.
Technologies: Figma, Adobe CC, UI Design, UX Design, Mobile, Brand Design, Design Systems, Visual Design, Web Design, Mobile App Design, Web App Design, Product Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Wireframing, Branding, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Mockups, B2B
UI/UX Designer
2012 - PRESENT
Freelance
- Delivered full digital experiences for websites, creating insightful interfaces.
- Conceived creative interfaces for desktop and mobile apps.
- Led several digital product discoveries (UX) with devs.
- Created realistic prototypes for digital products, improving the client's comprehension of the projects.
- Conceived transition animations in UI design for several projects in both desktop and mobile environments.
Technologies: Adobe CC, Figma, UI Design, UX Design, iOS, Mobile, Brand Design, Design Systems, Visual Design, Web Design, Mobile App Design, Web App Design, Product Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Wireframing, Branding, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Mockups
UI/UX Designer
2020 - 2021
Balkan Brothers
- Conceived a responsive solution for displaying heavy contents in a table component that works perfectly for both desktop and mobile environments.
- Designed mobile experiences with a minimalistic visual concept approach, conceiving easy and intuitive solutions for a Japanese medical diagnostic mobile app.
- Designed amazing desktop and mobile software for businesses around the world, including India, Japan, Croatia, and more.
- Designed a typographic concept website for an educational platform.
Technologies: Figma, UI Design, UX Design, Mobile, Design Systems, Visual Design, Web Design, Mobile App Design, Web App Design, Product Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Mockups, B2B
UI/UX Designer
2019 - 2020
Radical
- Conceived the new mobile app experience for users, by creating a fresh interface following the brand guidelines.
- Built the new desktop app, applying and extending the design system crafted for the mobile app.
- Designed different flows in compliance with all operation system requirements and product/technology limitations.
- Created prototypes to help in the flow's validation.
- Conceived a specific Unity plugin with a minimalism aesthetic and straightforward direction, helping the team to improve the user experience.
Technologies: Figma, UI Design, UX Design, iOS, Mobile, Web Design, Mobile App Design, Web App Design, Product Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Mockups
UI/UX Designer
2017 - 2018
Gen Design Studio
- Designed several B2B oriented flows for Airtel India, helping users to manage their expenses and control their acquired products and contracts with the company.
- Integrated meetings with the client, discussing ideas and validating propositions.
- Cooperated on a highly detailed standardization process, documenting all the UI's foundations, elements, and components, to improve the whole team's (designers and devs) comprehension of the project.
- Participated in several UX meetings and discussions on how to improve flows and the product in general terms.
- Presented creative concepts for specific UI issues, such as how to introduce dashboards and specific steps inside the payment flow.
Technologies: Sketch, UI Design, UX Design, iOS, Mobile, Design Systems, Visual Design, Web Design, Mobile App Design, Web App Design, Product Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Wireframing, Branding, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Mockups, B2B
Education
2022 - 2023
Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design
British School of Creative Arts and Technology (EBAC) - Brazil
2018 - 2020
Master's Degree in Digital Design
IPCA - Portugal
2010 - 2014
Bachelor's Degree in Advertising and Publicity
Univesc - Brazil
Certifications
AUGUST 2019 - AUGUST 2019
UX Foundations
EDIT - Disruptive Digital Education
APRIL 2018 - JUNE 2018
Sketch | Layout, Grids, and Good Practices
ALURA
AUGUST 2017 - OCTOBER 2017
Digital Marketing and Strategy
EDIT - Disruptive Digital Education
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