Maria Helena Cunha

Designer in Barcelona, Spain

Member since April 24, 2019

Maria is an accomplished designer with more than a decade of experience in digital user experience and human-centered design. She has worked in UX/UI teams for two of the largest news and entertainment portals in Latin America and is currently focused on helping early-stage startups with their design, defining and improving products.

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Digital Design

Qeeper
- Branding
- Logo Design
- Brand Design
- Brand Positioning
- Adobe Illustrator
- SaaS
- Legal Technology (Legaltech)
Premo
- Visual Design
- Interaction Design (IxD)
- Wireframing
- Sitemaps
- User Flows
- Responsive Design
- Icon Design
- Startups
- WordPress
- Entertainment & Leisure
- Videos
- Movies
- TV
- DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion)
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Design Systems
- Style Guides
- UI Style Guides
- UIKit
Bando de Palhaços
- Web Design
- Squarespace
- Logo Design
- Adobe Illustrator
- Branding
- Brand Positioning
- Wireframing
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Redesign
- Visual Identity
- Entertainment & Leisure
- Theater & Performing Arts
- Brand Language
- Art Direction
Endless Web
- Interaction Design (IxD)
- Visual Design
- Design Systems
- Adobe CC
- Adobe Experience Design (XD)
- Startups
- Adobe Photoshop
- Web Design
- User Interface (UI)
- User Experience (UX)
- WordPress
- Lean Startups
- UIKit
- Responsive Design
- Web UX
- Style Guides
- UI Style Guides
Endless OS
- User Research
- Interaction Design (IxD)
- Visual Design
- Icon Design
- Linux
- Open Source
- Sketch
- Design Systems
- Human-centered Design (HCD)
- Wireframing
- Personas
- User Journeys
- Experience Maps
- Paper Prototyping
- Prototyping
- Lean Startups
- Startups
- OS Design
- Operating Systems
- User Interface (UI)
- User Experience (UX)
- Strategic Planning & Execution
Vale
- iPad
- iPhone
- User Interviews
- Stakeholder Interviews
- User Flows
- Sketching
- Wireframing
- Prototyping
- iOS
- Mobile Apps
- Interaction Design (IxD)
- Visual Design
- Corporate
- Communication Design
- Reading Interfaces
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Corporate Design
- Press Releases
- Public Relations (PR)
- Investor Relations
Chance
- Experience Strategy
- Concepting
- UX Modeling
- Interaction Design (IxD)
- Creative Direction
- Experimental Design
- User Experience (UX)
- Strategic Planning & Execution
- Startups
- Social Good Startups
- Coaching
- Psychology

Employment

Senior Product Designer
2013 - 2018
Endless Computers
- Provided visual and interaction design for OS and marketing initiatives like the website.
- Researched on the field and in user studies.
- Led and planned some of the design initiatives.
Technologies: CSS, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, InVision
Product Designer
2012 - 2013
Huge, Inc.
- Designed visual elements and interactions for websites and mobile applications.
- Conducted user and stakeholder research.
- Built prototypes.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Senior Visual Designer
2011 - 2012
Original Media
- Mentored and supported three junior designers.
- Created the principal experience and visual concepts and style guides for online stores.
Technologies: Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop, Axure
Product Designer
2011 - 2011
Internet Group
- Designed visual assets and interactions, focused on redesigns of existing web pages.
- Planned and scoped design projects.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop
Product Designer
2008 - 2011
Globo.com
- Designed QA and front-end tweaking.
- Planned and scoped projects with the team.
- Provided visual and interaction design, focused on redesigns of existing web pages and launching of new TV shows.
Technologies: Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop

Education

Master of Arts Degree in Design Management and Innovation
2018 - 2020
BAU, Centro Universitario de Diseño de Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications and Advertising
2006 - 2010
Universidade Federal Fluminense - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Certifications

Certified Scrum Master
MAY 2009 - PRESENT
Scrum Alliance

Experience

User Interface (UI)12 years
Web Design12 years
User Experience (UX)10 years
Human-centered Design (HCD)10 years
Wireframing8 years
Startups5 years
Branding3 years

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