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UX Professor
TheStarter - Cursos Avançados de UX DesignUX Professor
Mar. 2024
Co-founder | CEO & CTO
LocallyHerCo-founder | CEO & CTO
Nov. 2023Portugal
Mentor
Startup LisboaMentor
Sep. 2023Lisbon, PortugalHelping startup founders gain clarity to build better products and experiences through a holistic strategic alignment, backed by research and seamless experience, to activate, retain, and grow. 2024 - Helped 05 startups.. and counting 2023 - Helped 10 startups
Startup Mentor
Casa do ImpactoStartup Mentor
May. 2022Helping startup founders gain clarity to build better products and experiences through a holistic strategic alignment, backed by research and seamless experience, to activate, retain, and grow. 2024 - Helped 09 startups.. and counting 2023 - Helped 50 startups 2022 - Helped 30 startups
Head of UX & CX
ClutchHead of UX & CX
Dec. 2020 - Sep. 2023Remote - Lisbon/ HoustonLow-code React base tool helping companies, startups, and entrepreneurs to build seamless web app products with top-notch technology and a powerful backend. WHAT I DO Focused on activation UX Strategy and UX Management UX Research and UX Ops UX Advisor and Mentorship for the Business, Product, Development, Content, and Marketing teams Leading user onboarding strategy based on Product-led Growth Leading learning resources and documentation Leading CX, Customer Success department, and community MY BASE OF WORK Product Development & UX Lean Startup Lean UX Product-led Growth Data Analysis and Metrics React
Sr. Product & UX
LegartisSr. Product & UX
Sep. 2019 - Dec. 2020Lisbon - Zurich - RemoteSaaS | LegalTech company that automates contract review with artificial intelligence. Helping Legal Departments to scale, and improve performance. WHAT I DO Focused on acquisition and activation UX Research and Market Research UX Strategy and UX Protocols UX Audit and UX Design UX enhancement alongside the AI and Machine learning Department Deep focused on user onboarding Assistance with the product roadmap and product development Facilitating workshops and training
Product Development & UX Consultant and Advisor for Startups
desireemelusine.comProduct Development & UX Consultant and Advisor for Startups
Jun. 2019remoteCollaborate closely with startups and founders to elevate their products and experience by building a solid foundation and driving substantial growth. My expertise lies in seamlessly aligning business, and product development with strategic UX, resulting in optimized, and efficient solutions that will increase product value proposition, user activation, retention, and loyalty. My approach is both data-driven and user-centric, ensuring that every decision is rooted in valuable insights and strategic implementation. ACHIEVEMENTS - Orchestrated a remarkable 33% increase in new customer activation and a substantial 26% improvement in customer retention, leveraging research and data insights. - Successfully converted 70% of initial pilot B2B company testers into paying clients through strategic alignment tactics. - Facilitated the growth of over 9 companies, boosting their MVP evaluations by an impressive 18% to 32%, enabling them to secure significant capital for Series rounds ranging from $100k to $9M. - Implemented Product-Led Growth (PLG) strategies and worked with cross-team to spearhead CRM reactivation efforts, driving user adoption and engagement through feature prioritization and streamlined onboarding processes. - Collaborated and helped to build more than 114 products internationally based on consultancy (DFY, DWY), advisory and working directly with incubators and accelerators
Lead UX - Product Designer
OkwanLead UX - Product Designer
Jan. 2016 - Dec. 2018RemoteSaaS | Marketing performance tool company focused on helping businesses create automated funnels and email marketing based on data analysis. Some achievements - Acting as a Product Manager, reporting to the CEO. Responsible for the product life cycle, working in close collaboration with the CTO to evaluate product prioritization, roadmap and assisting the dev team in building and testing new features, and user flows based on Agile. - Led and mentored the Design team in building and optimizing the product while being responsible for the UX research and design. - Helping to increase acquisition by 22.5%, generating an activation between 21% - 28% and loyalty customers by 17%.
Senior Product Designer
Piacery | Food TechSenior Product Designer
Jan. 2013 - Dec. 2015RemoteStartup focused to disrupt the food industry by allowing entrepreneurs, and small businesses to build their branded product line based on a white-label e-commerce platform. WHAT I DO Focused on optimizing the UX of the E-commerce platform while assisting product development Website enhancement to increase acquisition E-commerce MVP focused on optimization Internal tool MVP focused on sales and stock management Leading Onboarding and customer success journey Helping to define product roadmap and prioritizations UX Research and UX Design Defining target segmentation and personas Wireframes, prototypes, information architecture, and user journey optimization Market Research and Product Research Facilitating Design Thinking, and Discoverability workshops
Product Designer
Stow | Fashion IndustryProduct Designer
Jan. 2009 - Aug. 2012RemoteB2B e-commerce | Fashion Clothes and Accessories focused on the wholesale market for USA and Mexico WHAT I DO Focused on transitioning the product to their first-time B2B e-commerce platform UX & UI Market Research and UX Research Target segmentation and personas Product roadmap associated with the factory logistics User journey and third-party tools alignment Testing, wireframes, and prototypes
Internship - Product Quality Control and ISO Certification
Departamento de Controle de Qualidade - USPInternship - Product Quality Control and ISO Certification
Jan. 2006 - Dec. 2007São Paulo Area, BrazilHelping to test products such as cars, construction materials, hygiene products, and medical supplies to guarantee the quality and safety of the product WHAT I DO Test products to be approved for the international market and ISO certification based on strict regulations Product Audit Product and UX Research Product lifecycle testing Product Description and labeling Packaging test Transport test and product validity
Teacher's Assistant - Prototyping and Product Development Classroom
BELAS ARTESTeacher's Assistant - Prototyping and Product Development Classroom
Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2006São Paulo Area, BrazilAssistant of the Prototyping and Product Development Classroom, for the Product Design and Architecture Degrees WHAT I DO Build products based on carpentry, metal, plastic, and textile Helping to build prototypes Helping to build real products Assisting students on how to use industrial and semi-industrial machinery Mentoring students on: - how to create molds - pick materials - structure the logistic of building a product - testing prototypes
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