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Hello, I am a UX and Visual
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Designer who loves coding
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and sailing.
EXPERIENCE UX & Visual Designer Switch United switchunited.com Feb ‘13 - Present Ux & Visual Designer Freelance Jan ‘13 - Present
Multimedia Designer Grupo Leya
Ideation and strategy design concept; research and strategy. User Experience Design, Information Architecture, User Interface Design, Motion design and Coding (HTML5, CSS3, basic PHP and JS) for a diverse range of clients including TV producers, networks and professional conferences. Ideation, strategy, concept and branding for transmedia campaigns. User Experience Design and Information Architecture for fluid/responsive/adaptive websites, mobile and web apps, and campaigns. Wordpress websites, HTML5 CSS#, basic PHP and JS.
Ideation and strategy for interactive educational children’s games. Vector Art and Game Interface Design using Adobe Flash and AS 3.0.
www.leya.com Dec ‘13 - Dec ‘11 EDUCATION Vancouver Film School Digital Design
UX, UI, IA, Branding, Game Design Theory, Communication Design, System Thinking, Motion Design, C4d, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, JS.
Jan ‘11 - Dec ‘ 12 Universidade Nova de Lisboa
New Media Studies, Social Media Studies, HTML, CSS, PHP, jQuery, mySql.
MA New Media Sep ‘09 - Sep ‘11 Universoty of East London Lifelong Learning Program
Graphic Design: Web and print, Motion design, Final Cut Pro, Classical Animation, Stop Motion.
Digital Design Sep ‘08 - Fev ‘09 Fine Arts College - University of Lisbon
Graphic Design, Typography, Web Design, Editorial Design, Illustration, Classical Drawing, Ethics, Art History, Aesthetic, Photography, Symbology/Symbolism, Sociology, Marketing.
BA Communication Design Sep ‘06 - Sep ‘09 SKILLS
User Experience Design Strategy and Concept User Interface Design Coding (AS3.0, HTML5, CSS#, PHP, JS)
LANGUAGES PASSIONS
Portuguese, English, Spanish Dancing, sailing, art, coding, playing cello
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