Renan de Souza Gonçalves
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil
Toptal member since May 6, 2020
Renan has over 10 years of professional experience as a product designer focused on UX/UI. He has worked for unicorn startups and global design consultancies with clients such as Santander, Avianca, O2 Ireland, and Vodafone. He applies user-centered methodologies to shape and help companies achieve their business goals. Renan is a hardworking designer who tries to push every project to the edge in order to deliver the best possible product.
Portfolio
Avianca Airlines
BankFacil Website
Work Experience
Principal Designer
Voicemod
- Led the team for Voicemod's flagship consumer product, delivering it from zero to one.
- Communicated with and reported directly to the C-level while supporting Voicemod's design future vision.
- Facilitated product discovery, developed experience concepts, and performed rapid prototyping to validate design solutions and high-fidelity prototyping for usability and user testing.
UX Designer
Google Cloud
- Helped Google design and promote Google Cloud solutions for companies in different segments while collaborating with sales, engineering, and marketing teams.
- Led sessions and co-created workshops using Google's 10X transformation methodology.
- Designed assets such as user journeys, storyboards, wireframes, and prototypes.
Senior Product Designer
Loft
- Participated in shaping and designing a B2B marketplace and management system for real estate agents.
- Led brainstorming sessions and co-created workshops for stakeholders and users.
- Contributed to UX, UI, interaction design, and prototyping.
- Collaborated with product owners, programmers, and data scientists.
Senior Product Designer
XP Investimentos
- Built the first Android and Google Play app in Latin America for investment advisors.
- Managed stakeholder expectations and provided a holistic vision of services to create a new platform for XP Investimentos' financial advisors and investors.
- Conducted user testing to validate and create new features based on user needs.
- Created and presented design deliverables to stakeholders, including presentations, prototypes, and design specifications.
Senior Product Designer
Huge
- Designed digital products and services, including websites and apps for clients served by the agency.
- Created a new consumer website for CVC Corp, the largest travel and tourism group in the Americas.
- Provided the architecture, wireframes, prototypes, illustrations, product design, and UI to support a new website for Logosofica.
- Redesigned an app for the largest cosmetics company in Colombia.
Visual Designer
Fjord (acquired by Accenture)
- Applied conceptual and strategic thinking to create world-class digital services across multiple platforms.
- Collaborated with clients and third parties, assisted team leads with managing those relationships, and played an active role in meetings.
- Planned and participated in research activities, such as user and stakeholder interviews and usability tests, and helped communicate our findings.
Product Designer
Creditas
- Created UI and UX designs for mobile and web applications.
- Designed all main pages and provided a template to scale the design system for new sectors.
- Collaborated with product owners to complete the designs.
Art Director
Freelance Clients in Brazil
- Created ideas for digital campaigns, visual designs, art directions, and product designs.
- Managed creative projects and relationships with third-party companies.
- Contributed to the development of product strategy and vision.
Art Director
Freelance Clients in Europe
- Designed websites and digital campaigns for Vodafone Ireland.
- Created digital strategies and ads for several O2 Ireland campaigns.
- Redesigned a B2B platform for Eurobank in Ireland by defining a new visual language and experience.
Education
Executive Education Course in Leading Teams in the Digital Age
Hyper Island - Stockholm, Sweden
Master's Degree in Design Thinking
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, MA, USA
Skills
Tools
Sketch, InVision, Principle, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Zeplin, Miro
Platforms
Figma, iOS, Mobile, Android
Industry Expertise
Aircraft & Airlines, Banking & Finance
Other
Visual Design, User Interviews, User Flows, Fintech, Interaction Design (IxD), Design Systems, UI Design, UX Design, Wireframing, Prototyping, Web Design, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Web App Design, Product Design, Data Visualization, Marketplaces, Dashboards, UX Audits, B2B, SaaS Design, Interactive Prototypes, SaaS, Web App UI, UI Components, Mobile App Design, Mobile Apps, Mobile Design, Startups, Mockups, App Design, Feature Prioritization, UX Wireframes, MVP Design, Mobile UI, Responsive Web Apps, High-fidelity Mockups, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web Dashboards, Dashboard Design, Interactive UI, Layout Design, Usability Testing, Layout, iOS Animations, Mobile First, App UI, Design, DevOps, Design Thinking, Native Mobile Apps, E-learning, Edtech Design, Enterprise Design, Complex Application User Interfaces (UI), User Testing, UX Research, Best Practices in Design, Accessibility, User Journeys, User Stories, Design Leadership, Apps, Mobile Prototypes, Mobile UI Design, Mobile UX Design, Web UX Design, Finance, Software as a Service (SaaS), Gamification, Abstracts, UI Style Guides, Travel, Booking UX, Interactive Design, iOS App Design, Android App Design, Style Guides, User Needs, System Design, UI Pattern Library, Digital Design, iOS UI Design, Service Design, User Research, Remote User Testing, Information Architecture (IA), Branding, Social Networks
Experience
- Wireframing - 10 years
- Web Design - 10 years
- User Interface (UI) - 10 years
- User Experience (UX) - 5 years
- iOS UI Design - 5 years
- User Research - 4 years
- Banking & Finance - 2 years
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