Hi, I’m Pedro

I currently work as a Product Designer at UEFA ⚽️, where I create solutions that allow football fans to closely follow and engage with competitions, teams, and players.

I approach my work with a methodical mindset, trusting the design process to deliver user-friendly solutions that positively impact people's lives. I thrive in cross-functional teams and continuously seek to optimize processes and outcomes.

With 8 years of experience designing software for both mobile and web platforms, I've helped large organizations and early-stage startups improve their products by advocating for UX best practices.

At the moment I’m based in Lisbon, Barcelona, Stockholm, Sweden. 🇸🇪

I’m also an outdoor enthusiast, and I have a blog where I document my other passions: cycling and spending time in nature. Hope you can get some inspiration there and also find some useful information for your next adventure!

Experience

  • April 2023 - Present

    Part of the Design team responsible for the different competitions apps: Champions League , EURO 2024, Europa League and Nations League.

  • Dec 2021 - Dec 2022

    At Abacum I helped create a finance software that enables finance teams to become more strategic influencers within their organizations.

    Within my squad, we were focused on improving the collaboration challenges these professionals face when performing one of their most critical tasks - the monthly performance report.

    • Constantly collaborated with Project Manager and Devs to better estimate and prioritize the sprint initiatives;

    • Conducted various user interviews with both Abacum customers as also our financial experts.

    • Lead different initiatives to improve my team's ways of working and was an active advocate of processes and decisions documentation, to leverage autonomy and alignment between everyone.

    • Lead an experimental initiative within the Design team to push the implementation of our Design System. This allowed me to wear for a few days the hat of a Project Manager and define goals, tasks, deadlines, and owners that all together brought Abacum's Design System to the next level.

  • Sep 2020 - Dec 2021

    At UserActive I worked as a Product Design consultant for multiple SaaS companies both in the UK and US.

    • UX and UI Design;

    • Resolving usability problems and improving products both experientially and aesthetically;

    • Produce low and high fidelity prototypes to validate design concepts - from paper sketches to interactive mockups;

    • Implementing and improving design production processes that increase efficiency;

    • Design system creation;

    • Delivering client workshops, presenting designs and promoting design thinking principles and methodologies.

  • Jul 2019 - Jan 2021

    Led the entire Gravity Haus iOS app design (and others), partnering with their CTO to ensure implementation viability and advising on product decision.

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 202

    Worked on different mobile and web applications, including websites.

  • Jan 2015 - Nov 2016

    At Bliss Applications I designed mobile applications for startups and enterprises.

    Work closely with developers, designers, PMs to ensure the product direction and quality.

    Produce low/high fidelity concepts.

    Develop UX best practices to better support design decisions.

    During this time I was part of a team that was responsible for the development of multiple finance and banking applications. Some of these applications received international awards.

  • Jul 2013 - Oct 2014

    Designed digital experiences, from sketches to final designs for mobile, web and TV platforms.

Skills

User Experience, User Research, Design Thinking, User Journeys & Flows, Information Architecture, User Interface, Sketching & Wireframing, Design Systems, Icon Design, Micro Animations.

Tools

Figma, Sketch App, Invision, Principle, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Balsamiq, Zeppelin & InDesign.

Get in touch

If you want to work together, I can help you
with your product or idea.
Drop me a line here, or just say hi! 👋