laurence alves interaction design laurencealves . com laurence . alvesp @ gmail . com
+55 (21) 99505-0605
skills
education
Adobe Creative Suite
exp. 2017 Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Sketch
B.A. in Graphic Design
Invision Proto.io
2015-2016
Java
California College of the Arts – San Francisco, CA
HTML 5
Visiting exchange student as Interaction Designer
CSS
experience
PHP
2016
Processing
iris Worldwide – Summer, New York, NY
Max
UI/ UX Design intern
Arduino
Worked in an advertising agency alongside 5 other interns with different roles under strategy and creative. Colaborated in projects for several brands such as RB, Phillips, Miller and Samsung as main client
Prototyping User test User research
2014 Design na Praça event – Spring, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Autodesk Fusion 360
Staff assistant
Autodesk 3Ds Max Meshmixer
Coordinated the organization on the day of the event and supervised the activities during it
Microsot Office Suite
Design Week at PUC-Rio – Spring, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Keynote
Monitor
Photography
Supervised the event as volunteer, helped the organization and assembling of the space
languages
selected projects
English
2015 GPS Wearable – Fall, San Francisco, CA Designed a GPS tracking wearable. Modeled and prototyped the 3D printed case, assembled the electronics part and coded the system for the GPS
Spanish Portuguese (native) interests
technology
Roomie App – Fall, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Conceptualized and designed an IOT app that controls the behavior of smart objects in a house. Prototyped it in analog and digital versions travel
wine tasting
WKLY App – Fall, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Researched and interviewed users to better understand college students behaviors, designed later an an organizational app. Prototyped and user tested it