Raphael Sousa
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
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.
Experience
- Mobile Apps - 15 years
- User Interface (UI) - 15 years
- User Experience (UX) - 15 years
- Websites - 15 years
- Desktop App Design - 15 years
- Digital Product Design - 15 years
- Figma - 10 years
- Prototyping - 10 years
Portfolio
Chalet Locatif | Product Design
Work Experience
UI/UX Designer
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.
UI/UX Designer
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.
Web Designer
Brett Froomer
- Designed the user interface of the website of French Butter.
- Conceived the full website's experience based on a wireframe structure with the component's structure and copy suggestions.
- Conceived an immersive prototype for the website, allowing the client to envision the final look and feel for his website.
UI/UX Designer
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.
UI/UX Designer
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.
UI/UX Designer
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.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design
British School of Creative Arts and Technology (EBAC) - Brazil
Master's Degree in Digital Design
IPCA - Portugal
Bachelor's Degree in Advertising and Publicity
Univesc - Brazil
Certifications
UX Foundations
EDIT - Disruptive Digital Education
Sketch | Layout, Grids, and Good Practices
ALURA
Digital Marketing and Strategy
EDIT - Disruptive Digital Education
Skills
Tools
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Trello, AI Tools, Framer Prototyping, Adobe CC, Sketch, Adobe Experience Design (XD), InVision, Zeplin
Platforms
Mobile, Figma, Windows, iOS, Android, WordPress, Webflow, Web, Desktop
Industry Expertise
Insurance, Healthcare & Insurance, Insurance Technology (Insurtech), Professional Services, Health, Advertising, Healthcare, Logistics
Other
User Interface (UI), Mobile Apps, Desktop App Design, Websites, Digital Product Design, Visual Design, Web Design, UI Design, UX Design, Logo Design, Graphic Design, Mobile Design, Mobile App UI, Mobile App Design, Web App UX, Web App UI, Web App Design, Product Design, Branding, Design, App UI, App UX, Web UI, Landing Page Design, Mobile UI, Mobile App Development, Responsive Web Apps, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Wireframing, Mockups, B2B, Agile, User Experience Design, Artificial Intelligence (AI), User Experience (UX), Mobile Prototypes, Prototyping, Presentation Design, Typography, Marketplace Design, UX Review, Landing Pages, Brand Design, Design Systems, A/B Testing, User Testing, Dashboard Design, Framer, Vehicle Design, Dynamic Websites, Interactive UX, Interactive UI, Interactive Design, Sitemaps, Mind Maps, Interface Design, Cars, Electric Cars, Electric Vehicles, Connected Cars, Motion Capture, Mobile UX, Mobile Applications, Mobile Architecture, Financials, Forms, Insurance Processing, Marketplaces, Shopping, Responsive Design, Responsive UI, Responsive Layout, Resumes & CVs, Resumes, Curriculum Development, Business, University, Jobs, Responsive, Smart City Technology, Smart Cities, Internet of Things (IoT), Digital Product Styling, Digital Solutions, Custom Solutions, Responsive UX Design, Engineering, UI Engineering, Lab, Apps, Medical Software, Display Advertising, Product Imports, Commerce, Layout Design, Transitions, Social Media, Startups, Entrepreneurship, CreativeJS, Interior Design, UX Architecture, Shipping Management, Travel, Agency, Digital Design, Advertising Design, Animals, Farms, Industry, Navigation, Animation, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)
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