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Tiago Machado
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Lisbon, Portugal
Toptal member since February 20, 2018
Bio
Tiago is a designer, maker, and lecturer who designs and builds physical and digital artifacts used by thousands of people daily. He also teaches and researches in the digital experience design field, speaks at design and tech events, and travels whenever possible.
Portfolio
Fetch Events (Website)
WebEventsBrand IdentityResponsive Web Design (RWD)
DXD Postgraduate Course (Website)
EducationDigital Experience DesignWebsites
Instituto Superior Técnico (Website)
EducationWebsitesResponsive Web Design (RWD)Competitor Analysis & ProfilingContent Management Systems (CMS)Sitemaps+ 3 more
Athens Network (Website)
EducationMobilityNetworksWebsitesResponsive Web Design (RWD)
Instituto Superior Técnico (Microsites)
EducationWebsitesResponsive Web Design (RWD)MicrositesWordPressThemes
Experience
- Web - 12 years
- Adobe Photoshop - 12 years
- Adobe Illustrator - 12 years
- Sketch - 7 years
- iOS - 7 years
- Android - 7 years
- CodeKit - 4 years
- Git - 4 years
Tools
- Sketch
- Git
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
Work Experience
Course Head and Lecturer in the Postgraduate Course in Digital Experience Design
2015 - PRESENT
Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon
- Co-founded the course, structured the entire curricular plan, and head hunted the lecturers for each course unit.
- Served as course head, managing the day-to-day operations, scientific coordination, and everything in between.
- Lecturer of the course unit "Digital Experience Design Project". It's the main course unit and it focus primarily in the processes, methodologies, tools and techniques needed to design, build and launch cutting-edge digital projects. Students are expected to develop end-to-end projects, according to several briefings deployed throughout the year, where they apply the knowledge acquired in the several course units.
- Co-organized several events called "Digital Experience Design Talks". Each event had 2 presentations made by seasoned professionals from the industry. We curated the speakers by theme, trying to pair complementary subjects and presentation styles. Invited professionals work (or have made work) for companies like Microsoft, Gitlab, Faber Ventures or Impossible.
- Connected talent with recruiters and companies on a regular basis.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Adobe CC, MindNode, InVision, Sketch
Head of Design and Multimedia
2013 - PRESENT
Instituto Superior Técnico
- Managed a multidisciplinary team made up of designers, photographers, videographers, and technical content managers.
- Acted as a brand manager, creative director, and product manager inside the institution, overseeing every institutional communication material, either for physical or digital media.
Technologies: WordPress, Git, CSS, HTML, MindNode, Adobe CC, Sketch
Founder
2006 - PRESENT
Playout
- Founded and managed a small independent design consultancy.
- Developed self-initiated experimental projects and worked for a small set of hand-picked clients. Projects ranged from brand identity to digital product design and clients included organizations like Público Newspaper, Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, and FCT (the Portuguese national funding agency for science, research and technology).
Technologies: Git, CSS, HTML, Adobe CC, MindNode, InVision, Sketch
Designer
2010 - 2013
Instituto Superior Técnico
- Contributed to visual communication and digital product design including brand identity, editorial design, marketing campaigns and merchandising for the institutional projects, and user research, information architecture, content-strategy, user interface design, interaction design, prototyping, front-end development and usability testing for websites, web applications, and newsletters.
- Developed and managed several end-to-end projects at the same time, working directly with stakeholders ensuring that the established KPI's were achieved.
Technologies: Subversion (SVN), WordPress, Git, CSS, HTML, InVision, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Fireworks
Designer
2008 - 2009
Seara.com
- Developed digital product design for a broad range of clients.
- Contributed to hands-on brand identity, information architecture, user interface design, interaction design, prototyping, front-end development for websites, web applications, and newsletters for renowned national and international brands, both for horizontal and vertical markets.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Fireworks
Designer
2007 - 2008
Público
- Contributed to editorial design, both for the newspaper and its supplements, but also included illustration and web design.
- Prepared the layouts for each page in coordination with the several section editors, layout iteration, content editing with journalists and editors, and validating and shipping the pages for production.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign
Education
2016 - 2020
Student in the Doctoral Programme (PhD) in Fine Arts (Communication Design)
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon - Lisbon, Portugal
2010 - 2015
Master of Fine Arts Degree in Communication Design and New Media
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon - Lisbon, Portugal
2002 - 2006
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Graphic Design and Advertising
School of Management and Industrial Studies, Polytechnic Institute of Porto - Porto, Portugal
Skills
Tools
Sketch, MindNode, Adobe InDesign, InVision, Adobe CC, Adobe Fireworks, Subversion (SVN), Git, Adobe Photoshop, Sublime Text, Adobe Illustrator
Languages
CSS, HTML
Platforms
WordPress, iOS, MacOS, Web, Android
Industry Expertise
Events, Banking & Finance, Education
Other
Responsive Web Design (RWD), Creative Direction, Art Direction, Branding, Digital Product Design, UX Research, UI Design, UX Design, Brand Identity, Budgeting, Management, Websites, SaaS, Apps, Microsites, Themes, Mobility, Networks, Competitor Analysis & Profiling, Content Management Systems (CMS), Sitemaps, User Flows, Usability Testing, Mockups, Digital Experience Design, CodeKit
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