Fábio C a s t r o Rafael Hello, my name is Fábio and I am passionate about design, brand development and typography. I specialize in logo design, branding, web design, digital content and i’m passionate about typography and calligraphy. I offer design services to businesses of all sizes around the world, and my skills allow me not only to design but also to plan, budget control, negotiation, monitoring the production close to typographies, etc. I hold a bachelor in Graphic Design and i’ve been a former on Mind Mapping and Design Thinking in different companies. Now i’m traveling and working remotly, looking for new challenges to embrace on my career and personal evolution.
mail: fabio.rafael.castro@gmail.com Please continue to my portfolio and get in touch especially if you’re phone: +351 914 264 335 in need of a distinctive brand identity. linkedin: link
Professional Experience 02/2019 - Present
04/2018 - 12/2018
Barner (Spain)
South America
Art Director - Creating visual cotent for different platforms, both printed and digital - Web design - Photography 10/2016 - Present
Brand Developer XDOM (Italy)
Gap Year / Freelance - Live fully immersed in different cultures; - Adapt and get solutions quickly in the face of challenges; - Planing everyday; - Budgeting control and negotiation; - Embrace different design challenges 03/2017 - 04/2018
Brand Developer Fabamaq (Portugal)
- Brand development and image development - Creating visual cotent for different platforms, both - Creating visual cotent for different platforms, both printed and digital printed and digital - App and website layout design - Internal and external communication - Contacts with midia, press, suppliers, etc 10/2016 - Present - Budget management and negotiation
Brand Developer Aeromechs (Italy)
07/2014 - 02/2017
- Brand development and image development - Image for brand products, such as XDOM
A Cascata Restaurantes (Portugal)
Graphic Designer
- Rebrand - Creating visual cotent for different platforms - Monitoring the production, design object placement and it’s functionality
Education
Hard and Soft Skills
Present
Adobe Photoshop
Udemy
Adobe Illustrator
2009 - 2012
Adobe InDesign
The Complete Digital Marketing Course Bachelor Degree in Graphic Design and Advertising ESEIG - IPP (Actual ESMAD) 2007 - 2008
Web Design
Institute UNICENTER
Adobe After Effects Graphic Design Marketing Social Media
Formations & Workshops
Web Design
2017
UX/UI
Alexandre Monteiro
Organization
2017
Public Speaking
EDIT
Decision making
2014
Multi tasking
We Came From Space
Team Work
2014
Adaptability
We Came From Space
Work under pressure
Acomplishments
Languages
“Decifrar Pessoas” - Ler, interpretar e ________________________________ influenciar (Body language) Social Media Marketing Strategy Calligraphy Workshop - Xesta Studio Letterpress Workshop
Former in the Beautiful Branding Agency’ s course of Portuguese (Native) People Creative Management English (Advanced written and spoken)
Spanish (Medium written and spoken)
Invictvs Game Jam - Event management and key visual French (Basic) and communication creation. Speaker in the event Plug In as FMQ’s Brand Developer
Personal Projects
Former in Design Thinking and Mind Mapping course
Volunteering
Doctors of the world Portugal
Exhibitor at “WANTED 2012”, related to the European Capital of Culture programme, at Guimarães, Journalist (finnished) Portugal, 2012 Whisper Magazine (cultural blog) Recognized in the art collective Calligraphy Masters with Gap the work “Inspiration” 2018
Year South America