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Hire VanessaVanessa Veiga Vilela
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Location
Seville, Spain
Toptal Member Since
March 17, 2017
Vanessa has been a product designer for almost five years, contributing to companies such as Rydoo, Pipedrive, and Brixel. She coordinates with research, data, PM, and engineering to deliver the best solutions in an agile environment. From rapid prototyping to interviewing customers and entering pixel-perfect mode, Vanessa provides an end-to-end solution that embeds user needs and business requirements.
Work Experience
Senior Product Designer
2023 - 2023
Tilig
- Worked on redesigning the extension for the browser.
- Designed the desktop onboarding flows, allowing for a higher conversion rate.
- Worked on the mobile apps (iOS and Android) onboarding according to each system's specificities.
Technologies: App Design, Web Extensions, Desktop App Design, Desktop Web Design, Mobile, Research, UX Research, Roadmaps, Feature Planning
Senior Product Designer
2021 - 2023
Hopin
- Worked on Hopin's mobile app reception to reduce people's time from downloading the app to the 1st interaction.
- Improved the app's navigation to increase the discovery of key pieces of information and engagement mechanisms for all mobile app users.
- Established processes for the mobile design team to increase transparency and trust between its members, resulting in more consistent design practices and a higher-quality end product.
Technologies: App Design, Mobile UI, Mobile UX, Mobile, Web, Figma, Dovetail, Usertesting.com, User Interviews, Jobs to be Done (JTBD), Customer Insights, Business Strategy, Design Strategy
Senior Product Designer
2020 - 2021
Nagarro
- Worked on an eCommerce flow for purchasing personal safety devices for ADT.
- Involved in a design exploration for an internal due diligence and knowledge-sharing solution for Bain Company.
- Worked on an app for first responders to use their personal devices to communicate and stay connected while on a Verizon project.
Technologies: App Design, Mobile UI, Mobile UX, Web, Product Design, Visual Exploration, UX Research, Research
Product Designer
2020 - 2020
Rydoo
- Created components for the design system and contributed to design system guidelines.
- Helped define feature requirements through user research and interviews to map potential user flows and validate them through internal and external testing later.
- Interviewed external users to validate user flows and usability issues before implementation. Documented all the processes so everyone would know the reasons for decision-making.
- Created prototypes, from sketched low-fi to pixel-perfect high-fidelity solutions, ready to be implemented.
Technologies: Notion, Miro, Figma
Product Designer
2018 - 2020
Pipedrive
- Sketched solutions in their early stages and built them to the high-fidelity clickable prototypes handed to developers.
- Created illustrations and contributed to the design system by proposing new components and usability guidelines.
- Performed usability tests with internal and external users, interviewing and documenting sessions that later informed and supported our design and product decisions.
- Facilitated and participated in design sprints to develop early feature concepts, with the participation of a multidisciplinary team, ranging from designers, research, data, project management, and engineering.
Technologies: Balsamiq, Miro, Confluence, Maze, Sketch, Marvel App
User Experience Designer
2016 - 2018
Brixel
- Evaluated the UI/UX product flow through heuristic evaluation principles to better understand where improvements could be achieved.
- Designed the product's UI/UX through prototyping and testing with users—giving feedback from sessions and iterating other solutions based on that.
- Wireframed and created high-fidelity prototypes to test solutions produced in design sprints.
- Sketched site maps and flows to support product management strategic decisions.
- Researched and benchmarked to support decisions and trigger targeted solutions.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch, InVision
Freelance Designer
2013 - 2013
Uniplaces
- Crafted the original design of a template brochure for Lisbon Housing.
- Created the designs for online advertising banners.
- Developed the content for web banners and PDF brochures.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite
Designer
2013 - 2013
The Startup Scholarship
- Worked on the art direction and styling for a welcome guide for students coming to work in Lisbon.
- Defined the brand guidelines for the organization's brand book.
- Worked on the art direction of the Startup Scholarship Program Info for students coming to Lisbon.
- Created the content for the informative materials.
- Photographed and worked on the photography styling for the company's closing event.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite
Education
2016 - 2017
Specialization in Interaction Design
University of California, San Diego via Coursera - Remote
2015 - 2016
Specialization in UX/UI Design
EDIT — Digital Disruptive Education - Lisbon, Portugal
2011 - 2012
Specialization in Graphic Design
Lisbon School of Design - Lisbon, Portugal
2010 - 2011
Post-graduate Certificate in Development and International Cooperation
University of Lisbon - Lisbon, Portugal
2006 - 2009
Bachelor's Degree in European Studies
University of Lisbon - Lisbon, Portugal
Experience
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