Ruben Oliveira, Designer in Castelo Branco, Portugal
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Ruben Oliveira

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Designer

Location
Castelo Branco, Portugal
Toptal Member Since
May 29, 2018

Ruben is a product designer with 18 years of experience. He is passionate about solving problems through design and seeing how those solutions influence the world we live in. With a collaborative and user-centered process, Ruben values attention to detail and has been involved in all design stages, working with popular brands throughout his career.

UI DesignUX DesignWireframingUser FlowsMind MappingInformation Architecture (IA)User Interface (UI)User Experience (UX)PrototypingProduct DesignResponsiveResponsive Web Design (RWD)Mobile App DesignWeb App DesignSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

Portfolio

Work Experience

UX/UI Designer

2005 - PRESENT
Freelance
  • Oversaw and handled the customer's whole experience, design, and brand direction.
  • Led customers' product direction on a design and strategic level, focusing on product innovation.
  • Discovered, conceptualized, designed, and validated new features for core products.
Technologies: Responsive Web Design (RWD), Information Architecture (IA), User Interface (UI), Product Design, User Experience (UX), Affinity Designer, Zeplin, Figma, InVision, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch

Product Designer

2018 - 2019
Chaser
  • Influenced product strategy and vision.
  • Defined the product design plan and workflow.
  • Set the creative direction.
  • Worked on discovery, sketching, wireframing, prototypes, visual definition, and user testing.
Technologies: Responsive Web Design (RWD), Information Architecture (IA), User Interface (UI), Product Design, User Experience (UX), Virtual Studio, User Research, Tools, Testing, InVision, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Confluence, Jira, Figma, Sketch

Senior Product Designer

2015 - 2019
Clevertech
  • Drove concepts and created innovative and interactive experiences.
  • Developed prototypes for concept validation, internal testing, user test groups, and focus groups.
  • Advocated for proper actionable user experience.
  • Collaborated closely with the engineering team.
  • Planned and conceived design solutions to achieve business objectives and user goals.
Technologies: Responsive Web Design (RWD), Axure, Adobe After Effects, Principle, Adobe Illustrator, InVision, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch

Digital Designer

2013 - 2015
Imagination Technologies
  • Set the creative direction for client and internal work.
  • Worked with multidisciplinary teams in large web, mobile, and wearable projects from concepts to guidelines and presentation.
  • Mentored the intermediate creative staff.
  • Collaborated closely with the UX and engineering teams.
Technologies: Responsive Web Design (RWD), User Interface (UI), Product Design, User Experience (UX), Adobe After Effects, Principle, Adobe Illustrator, Axure, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop

UX/UI Designer

2011 - 2013
Zood Labs
  • Managed and was responsible for the UX thinking, creative direction, and visual design execution.
  • Drove concepts and created innovative experiences.
Technologies: Responsive Web Design (RWD), User Interface (UI), Product Design, User Experience (UX), Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
2007 - 2011

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology and Multimedia

Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco - Castelo Branco, Portugal