Ulisses Guimaraes
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Toptal member since May 29, 2020
During his four years at Scorpion, Ulisses led the design of Scorpion's AI-powered communication suite, revolutionizing how businesses engage with customers. Integrating platforms like Facebook Messenger and Angi, the suit showcases the company's focus on seamless user experiences. Ulisses played a key role in establishing the official UX process, ensuring consistency and engagement across all product offerings.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Senior Product Visual Designer
The Walt Disney Company
- Designed and launched new features, including the “Tokens Program,” for DisneyNOW apps on mobile, web, and TV for both iOS and Android.
- Catered to the evolving needs of both child and adult users, the products' experiences followed user-centric design (UCD) principles and included illustrations, motion graphics, and sound.
- Ran quick prototypes, conducted usability tests, and collaborated closely with product managers, engineers, and marketing teams to develop and implement design assets.
- Updated and maintained design libraries using Sketch and Abstract.
- Produced new and simplified master directories, symbols, and components for DisneyNOW’s design system.
Senior UX/UI Designer
ChezMana, Inc.
- Led the visual design of web and mobile applications for ChezMana’s MVP, instituting a user-centric design approach.
- Drove brand identity and UX vision.
- Created UX workflows, personas, and visual language.
- Set up pattern libraries and a flexible design system to accommodate future technological demands.
- Collaborated with product managers and developers following Agile methodology.
Art Director, Digital Marketing Creative
NBCUniversal
- Created the design interface for the NBC digital web experience applying structured and methodical design principles.
- Led the brand and visual design team of up to 12 designers dedicated to creating and producing well-crafted branded digital assets for 40+ shows for NBC.com, NBC mobile apps (NBC, SNL, The Voice), OTT devices, and social.
- Established the NBC digital brand with digital marketing campaigns—CRM email newsletters and digital ads—to drive consumer awareness to SNL 40 app, resulting in 1.4 million downloads in the first three months after launch.
- Led the app campaign for top-tier shows from the NBC portfolio—This Is Us, Hairspray Live!, and The Good Place—to conduct asset A/B testing on digital and social platforms.
- Established and developed bi-coastal team structure, strategies, and processes to facilitate communication and workflow within multiple NBC Entertainment digital design teams.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Interactive Digital Media
Academy of Art University - San Francisco, California
Skills
Tools
Sketch, Photoshop CC, InDesign CC, Zeplin, Jira, Adobe Photoshop, InVision, Confluence, Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Office, Sketch Plugins, UI Grid, Figma, Figma Plugins, Miro, Adobe
Languages
Visual Design Language, HTML
Platforms
MacOS, Android, Android TV, Mobile, Web, Lyssna
Industry Expertise
Marketing, Games
Other
Web UX, App UX, Apple TV UI, Web UI, Mobile UI, Design Systems, UI Pattern Library, Pattern Libraries, User Flows, tvOS UI, User Testing, Abstracts, Token Design, Motion Graphics, UI Motion, Rewards Programs, UI Branding, App UI, Mobile App UI, Mobile UX, User Experience (UX), Visual Design, Design Language, Component Libraries, UI Components, Symbols, UI Design, Libraries, UI Libraries, UI Style Guides, UX Documentation, Search, Search Engines, User Interface (UI), Branding, UX Branding, Style Guides, Interaction Design (IxD), Video Streaming, Video on Demand (VOD), Interactive Design, Wireframing, Prototyping, Animated GIFs, User Engagement, User Onboarding, Onboarding, Trivia, Videos, Voice Over, Interactive UI, Interactive Tools, Motion Design, Illustration, Great Question, AI Communication, AR Interfaces
Experience
Tools
How to Work with Toptal
Toptal matches you directly with global industry experts from our network in hours—not weeks or months.
Share your needs
Choose your talent
Start your risk-free talent trial
Top talent is in high demand.
Start hiring