Ruben Oliveira
Designer
Location
Castelo Branco, Portugal
Toptal Member Since
May 29, 2018
Ruben is a product designer with 18 years of experience. He is passionate about solving problems through design and seeing how those solutions influence the world we live in. With a collaborative and user-centered process, Ruben values attention to detail and has been involved in all design stages, working with popular brands throughout his career.
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Work Experience
2005 - PRESENT
UX/UI Designer
Freelance
- Oversaw and handled the customer's whole experience, design, and brand direction.
- Led customers' product direction on a design and strategic level, focusing on product innovation.
- Discovered, conceptualized, designed, and validated new features for core products.
Technologies: Responsive Web Design (RWD), Information Architecture (IA), User Interface (UI), Product Design, User Experience (UX), Affinity Designer, Zeplin, Figma, InVision, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch
2018 - 2019
Product Designer
Chaser
- Influenced product strategy and vision.
- Defined the product design plan and workflow.
- Set the creative direction.
- Worked on discovery, sketching, wireframing, prototypes, visual definition, and user testing.
Technologies: Responsive Web Design (RWD), Information Architecture (IA), User Interface (UI), Product Design, User Experience (UX), Virtual Studio, User Research, Tools, Testing, InVision, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Confluence, Jira, Figma, Sketch
2015 - 2019
Senior Product Designer
Clevertech
- Drove concepts and created innovative and interactive experiences.
- Developed prototypes for concept validation, internal testing, user test groups, and focus groups.
- Advocated for proper actionable user experience.
- Collaborated closely with the engineering team.
- Planned and conceived design solutions to achieve business objectives and user goals.
Technologies: Responsive Web Design (RWD), Axure, Adobe After Effects, Principle, Adobe Illustrator, InVision, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch
2013 - 2015
Digital Designer
Imagination Technologies
- Set the creative direction for client and internal work.
- Worked with multidisciplinary teams in large web, mobile, and wearable projects from concepts to guidelines and presentation.
- Mentored the intermediate creative staff.
- Collaborated closely with the UX and engineering teams.
Technologies: Responsive Web Design (RWD), User Interface (UI), Product Design, User Experience (UX), Adobe After Effects, Principle, Adobe Illustrator, Axure, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop
2011 - 2013
UX/UI Designer
Zood Labs
- Managed and was responsible for the UX thinking, creative direction, and visual design execution.
- Drove concepts and created innovative experiences.
Technologies: Responsive Web Design (RWD), User Interface (UI), Product Design, User Experience (UX), Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Education
2007 - 2011
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology and Multimedia
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco - Castelo Branco, Portugal
Experience
User Flows - 15 yearsUser Experience (UX) - 15 yearsProduct Design - 15 yearsInteraction Design (IxD) - 15 yearsUser Interface (UI) - 15 yearsPrototyping - 15 yearseCommerce - 10 yearsUser Research - 10 yearsLocation
