Catarina Marques

Product Designer

Salary / Daily rate

74200 Thonon-les-Bains, France

Mobility: Geneva, Lausanne, ...

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

User ResearchAgile CoachingGraphic DesignScrumFigmaSketchAdobe Creative SuiteJira

Languages

Portuguese (Native)English (Fluent)Spanish (Fluent)French

About me

Intro

Product Designer with over four years of UX/UI design experience in digital platforms. Skilled in user research, accessibility (WCAG), and performance optimisation. Experienced in collaborating with cross-functional teams to align user needs with business goals. Proficient in design systems, ensuring consistency and scalability. Background in compliance and sustainability engineering, bringing rigour to regulated environments.

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Work experience

Product Designer

Mercedes-Benz.io

May 2022 - Present

4 years 6 months

– Co-led redesign of Mercedes-Benz content pages (sub-brand pages, campaign templates, product announcements), focusing on information architecture, scalability, and clarity. – Partnered with engineers and QA to adapt designs to technical constraints, validate implementation, and balance performance trade-offs with usability and accessibility. – Collaborated on the redesign of the online shop storefront (B2C and B2B), improving user journeys and conversion rates. – Enhanced B2B onboarding flows with tooltips and in-product guidance to simplify complex processes. – Conducted user interviews and usability testing, synthesising insights into evidence-based design decisions. – Designed responsive UI components in Figma, documented specs for clear handoffs, and iterated post-release. – Contributed to the design system, ensuring consistency across multiple product areas, multilingual and multi-regional product areas. – Worked in agile teams (Scrum, SAFe), collaborating with multicultural, cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

UX/UI Designer

C-MORE Sustainability

Feb 2022 - May 2022

4 months

– Redesigned ESG reporting SaaS platform, improving complex B2B data entry workflows through clearer structure and guidance. – Designed dashboards for ESG data visualisation, turning static datasets into actionable compliance insights. – Collaborated directly with founders and developers in a fast-paced remote environment. – Leveraged prior sustainability expertise to design regulated workflows for compliance-heavy environments.

Sustainability Engineer

Sonae Sierra

Mar 2015 - Jul 2021

6 years 5 months

– Implemented and monitored HSE Management System (ISO 45001, 14001) across 12 shopping centres in 4 countries. – Certified 4 shopping centres through BREEAM In-Use environmental certifications (Portugal, Spain, Italy). – Designed and delivered training, translating complex regulatory concepts into clear guidance for diverse stakeholders. – Conducted audits, assessed risks, and improved operational performance within international, cross-functional teams. – Experience in compliance, risk management, and stakeholder collaboration, transferable to regulated digital product environments.


Education

Universidade de Lisboa

Master's Degree, Environmental and Energy Engineering

2007 - 2014

6 years 8 months


Licenses & certifications

UX/UI Design Certification

Issued: Aug 2021

Certified by Ironhack

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