Bruno Ferreira da Silva

Senior Product Designer | Design System evangelist | UX Mentor

Salary / Daily rate

Porto, Portugal

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

UX Product DesignUX/UI DesignerProduct DesignerLead DesignerUI Product DesignUser ResearchProduct StrategyUX ResearcherPrint DesignAdobe IllustratorCanvaMobile DesignerNotionJiraAffinity DesignerA/B TestingUser ResearcherFramerGraphic DesignBrand DesignerE-commerce WebsitesWebsitesMakeAdobe Creative SuiteWeb DesignerHead of DesignWordPressGame DesignDesign ThinkingWeb DesignFigmaAdobe PhotoshopUI DesignerUX DesignerWebflowDesign SystemSketchUpVisual DesignerShopifyVisual IdentityMobile DesignCorelDrawAdobe InDesignSketchGraphic DesignerConsulting ITCompetitive AnalysisStrategy & ConsultingMarket Research

Languages

English (Fluent)

About me

Intro

Hello, my name is Bruno Silva, and I am a Product Designer based in Porto, Portugal, with over 15 years of experience mainly in digital design. My focus has been on creating intuitive digital products that help cross-disciplinary teams develop and become more effective. I have also assisted companies in defining and enhancing their strategies. Throughout my career, I have collaborated with a range of companies such as eBay, Visa, The Walt Disney Company, Heineken, and Domino's, among others. In each of these experiences, I have worked to build bridges between people, business, and technology. I have led the end-to-end design process, played key roles in building and growing design teams, and developed expertise in defining and maintaining design guidelines and design systems. This has ensured product coherence and optimization across organizations. I approach every project with curiosity, commitment, and a demanding attitude. I strive to learn and apply my knowledge to every task in which I am involved.

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Work experience

Senior Product Designer

Uphold

Aug 2024 - Present

2 years 3 months

Portugalete, Biscay, Spain

UX Mentor

Springboard

Sep 2022 - Present

4 years 2 months

Remote

– Mentoring entry-level designers: – Conducting 1:1 weekly calls; – Giving UX career advice; – Reviewing mentee project submissions; – Providing students with constructive feedback; – Helping students achieve their goals;

Teacher

TheStarter - Cursos Avançados de UX Design

Sep 2022 - Present

4 years 2 months

Porto, Portugal

Senior Product Designer

ECI Software Solutions

Mar 2024 - Aug 2024

6 months

United States

Senior Product Designer

FARFETCH

Sep 2023 - Mar 2024

7 months

Porto, Portugal

Senior Product Designer

Kuehne+Nagel

Nov 2022 - Sep 2023

11 months

Portugalete, Biscay, Spain

– Designed and led the development of logistics products, collaborating with cross-functional teams including engineering, sales, and operations. – Conducted user research and analysis to identify customer pain points and opportunities, and used insights to inform product design decisions and iterate on prototypes. – Led design reviews and presented concepts to stakeholders at various levels of the organization, from product managers to executives, to gather feedback and ensure alignment on product vision and strategy. – Developed and maintained design systems and guidelines, ensuring consistency and coherence across all products and services, and worked to continuously improve the design process and tools used by the team.

Senior Product Designer

Tridonic

Sep 2019 - Nov 2022

3 years 3 months

Porto Area, Portugal

– Promoting the User-Centered Design mindset and UX culture inside the company; – Creating the Tridonic Design System enabling and supporting a unified user experience across Tridonic portfolio; – Actively be involved throughout the full product life cycle: from ideation, development, to maintenance (user validation); – Working and ensuring consistency of User Experience across products (both physical and digital); – Guarantee alignment between user expectations and business objectives;

Digital Product Designer

FOURSOURCE

Jul 2019 - Oct 2019

4 months

Porto Area, Portugal

Hitachi Vantara

Oct 2017 - Jul 2019

1 year 10 months

Porto Area, Portugal

Senior UX/UI Designer

Mar 2018 - Jul 2019

1 year 5 months

Porto Area, Portugal

– Ensure collaboration with different team roles (designers, developers, researchers, product managers, and content producers) – Defining design guidelines, methodologies, and best practices; – Create and maintain design style guides and pattern libraries; – Support and collaborate with other design teams across the entire company. – Ensure a common language and experience in every HV product.

UX/UI Designer

Oct 2017 - Mar 2018

6 months

Porto, Portugal

UX/UI Designer

Pentaho from Hitachi Vantara

Jul 2017 - Oct 2017

4 months

Porto, Portugal

– Work closely with product owners, developers and other designers to define the UX and UI for new features and design issues on the Pentaho toll; – Designing new features and improving usability based on users' feedback. On the Services Team, I designed custom dashboards and visualizations. Main roles: – Work closely with customers gathering and defining requirements; – Delivering products aligned with each customer brand and web guidelines; – Articulate and support design choices; – Walkthrough design reviews to ensure the alignment between design improvements and implemented products.

Digital Designer

Areal Editores

Jul 2011 - Jul 2017

6 years 1 month

Porto, Portugal

– participating in the design and illustration process for the schoolbooks (both print and digital versions) and the whole visual communications surrounding them and all of their components.

Freelance Graphic Designer

Hard Club

Aug 2011 - Apr 2014

2 years 9 months

Porto, Portugal

– In partnership with the artistic production of Hard Club, I redesigned and implemented a visual communication strategy on and offline, mostly oriented to the digital world. This redesign improved Hard Club's image on the society and most importantly on their targeted community. It increased the interaction with the institution and the number of people in their concerts and events.

Designer

Etiqembal - Artes gráficas

Jan 2006 - Jan 2011

5 years 1 month

Porto, Portugal

– I was part of the design and prepress team at Etiqembal, a large scale company in the print industry. This path gave me the knowledge to uplift my technical skills, improve my process and implement new working methodologies which were recognized by the company.


Education

Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave

Master's degree, Illustration and animation

2012 - 2014

2 years 1 month

Escola Superior de Artes e Design

Bachelor's degree, Communication design

2007 - 2010

3 years 1 month


Licenses & certifications

1 Mentorship Sessions

Issued: –

Certificate of Membership

Issued: –

Workshop Design Thinking Foundations

Issued: –

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