laurence alves interaction design www . laurencealves . design laurence . alvesp @ gmail . com
+55 (21) 99505-0605
skills
education
Adobe Creative Suite
2017.2 Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Sketch
B.A. in Graphic Design
Invision Proto.io
2015-2016
Java
California College of the Arts – São Francisco, CA
HTML 5
Visiting exchange student as Interaction Designer
CSS PHP Processing
experience
2018 Uber Hack SP – São Paulo, Brazil - won
Max
UI/ UX Designer
Arduino
Conceptualized and developed an application for bike users. Created user interface layout and responsible for all user experience research and development .
Prototyping User test
Hackathon Globo – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
User research
UI/ UX Designer
Autodesk Fusion 360
Developed a digital tool alongside software engineers. Elaborated the user’s flow and user journey in the tool. Created wireframes and user interface layout.
Autodesk 3Ds Max Meshmixer Microsot Office Suite
2017 Reino Studio – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Keynote
UI/ UX Design intern
Photography languages
English
Collaborated in the creation of apps and websites. Participated in user interface development, flows, architecture of information and user research. 2016
Spanish Portuguese (native)
iris Worldwide – New York, NY UI/ UX Design intern
irisZoo intern 2016 – Worked in an advertising agency alongside 5 other interns with different roles under strategy and creative for several brands such as RB, Phillips and Miller.
selected projects
2018
2017
BeCool – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil An environmental conscious app for bikers driven by a cryptocurrency based on your CO2 release saving per distance. Provides features such as shared bike location prediction, fitness tracking, and CO2 release tracking per cities.
Analogicodigital – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil An exhibition of interactive posters about the visual language of Design. Developed own conductive paint for physical interactions. The project explores digital interactivity, electronic prototyping, creative coding and visual assets.
ApureNews – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil An optimized digital search tool for journalists from Globo, Brazil’s largest media channel, to use while verifying information for newspapers
Roomie App – São Francisco, CA An IOT app designed to understand the flow of smart objects inside a house. The app act as a hub, allowing a more organic and centralized control of the objects in specific behaviors.
2015