Marcelo C.
Front-end UX Engineer

Skills

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe XD

Figma

Amazon Aws

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Bio

Experienced Designer with a 15-year background across various sectors, demonstrating a multifaceted approach to problem-solving. Solutions are crafted with a deep empathy for stakeholders, ensuring challenges are addressed by focusing on enhancing user actions and improving lives rather than simply creating aesthetically pleasing designs. Passionate about collaborative design approaches, recognizing the importance of team contributions to project success. Dedicated to continuous professional development, actively seeking new knowledge, engaging with diverse perspectives, and embracing new experiences to foster ongoing growth and innovation within the design field.

Senior Product Designer / Senior UX UI Designer
7/1/2022 - 2/1/2023

Focused on the Pagou Fácil product, a debt renegotiation platform, contributing to support and driving enhancements, implementing new features, optimizing user flows, and performing routine maintenance. Conducted in-depth discovery and analysis activities to refine and expand the platform's capabilities.
UI/UX Designer - Product Designer
3/1/2023 - 6/1/2023

Worked in an outsourcing company specializing in the financial segment. Supported the full product and project lifecycle, focusing on design team tasks. Conducted comprehensive discovery phases, detailed analyses, and identified areas for improvement. Executed user interviews, developed prototypes, and efficiently managed handoffs.
UI/UX Designer
1/1/2024 - 1/1/2024

Participated in the redesign of interfaces for a large jewelry chain, managing the entire end-to-end process including discovery, testing, and analysis. Crafted wireframes, layouts, and an integrated design system, contributing to a cohesive and user-centric interface design.
UI/UX / Product Designer
9/1/2023 - 1/1/2024

Led the redesign of the web interface for all affiliated companies within the Master Bank group, employing a new UI Kit (Design System) to standardize the entire company's ecosystem.
Senior Product Designer / Senior UX UI Designer
11/1/2021 - 6/1/2022

Developed expertise in research, metrics, discovery alongside the product manager, and validation and testing processes. Demonstrated proficiency in prototyping, implementing improvements, and creating proto personas. Contributed to new feature development, spearheading the release of a new app version and redesign which provided significant enhancements in navigation flow and streamlined self-service features. Enhanced UX Writing across the application to improve user experience.
Product Designer / UX UI Designer Pleno
9/1/2020 - 6/1/2021

Gained comprehensive understanding of client needs by suggesting improvements and processes in collaboration with the squad and stakeholders. Demonstrated proficiency in analyzing metrics and data to enhance user experience. Acquired skills in absorbing and applying guides and components on a CMS platform. Facilitated dynamics and improvements throughout various stages, from prototypes to process checkpoints, in close cooperation with product owners, stakeholders, and team members.
Senior Product Designer / Senior UX UI Designer
5/1/2020 - 9/1/2020

Specialized in the creation and analysis of platform improvements and user interfaces for various systems. Facilitated the creative process, delivering wireframes, prototypes, and navigability analyses in collaboration with stakeholders. Engaged in creative projects including naming and branding initiatives, contributing to the overall user experience and brand identity. Developed expertise in user experience (UX) design tools and frameworks, ensuring user-centric solutions and seamless interface interactions.
UX UI Designer / Branding Designer
1/1/2020 - 5/1/2020

Developed expertise in brand element retention and rebranding, enhancing customer communication and creating templates and landing pages. Improved e-commerce platforms by suggesting enhancements for user experience and navigability based on continuous improvement analysis.
UI UX Designer / Art Director
1/1/2019 - 12/1/2019

Cultivated advanced technical expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and Hibernate while developing scalable backend services for high-traffic applications. Mastered modern front-end technologies, including React, Angular, and JavaScript ES6, to deliver intuitive and dynamic user interfaces. Utilized MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, implementing complex queries and optimizing performance. Integrated RESTful and SOAP web services for seamless integrations with external systems.

Achieved proficiency in containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes, enhancing deployment consistency and scalability. Employed continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) methodologies using Jenkins and GitLab CI, streamlining development workflows and reducing time-to-market. Leveraged AWS services such as EC2, S3, and RDS to enable robust cloud solutions and infrastructure automation.

Demonstrated strong skills in agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, to drive efficient project management and team collaboration. Ensured code quality and maintainability through the application of unit testing (JUnit) and behavior-driven development (Cucumber). Contributed to the development of microservices architecture, improving system modularity and fault tolerance. Proved adept in using monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack for proactive system maintenance and troubleshooting.