marcelo sousa

marcelo sousa

Product Designer in Porto, Portugal, He/Him

About

🌻 Product Designer passionate about human-centered design and engaging experiences. UX, Design systems and accessibility.
⛈️ When I'm not tinkering with computers, i'm exploring the nuances of our sounding spaces, field recording, and thinking on how we can reconnect with soundscapes. Always learning, always enjoying life.

Work Experience

2022 — Now
Porto

Working on the next step in digital banking innovation ✌️.

I collaborate closely with development teams to create high-quality user interfaces, ensuring an exceptional user experience across both Internet and Mobile Banking platforms.

My responsibilities include managing a comprehensive design system and creating an extensive set of icons. Additionally, I am involved in producing detailed technical documentation and overseeing the end-to-end design process.

2020 — 2022
Campaign Manager at Blue Market Agency
Porto

I was responsible for overseeing paid traffic and lead generation efforts. My work encompassed managing PPC campaigns and performance marketing strategies in Google and Facebook Ads. Additionally, I crafted compelling copy and provided training for new interns.

2016 — 2020
Multimedia Designer at Freelancer
Portugal

I specialized in visual design and communication, as well as videography and timelapse production. I worked extensively with camera and sound for institutional films and documentaries, and I was also responsible for both sound recording and design in some of them.

My artwork has been exhibited in media festivals such as Porto Post Doc, Semibreve, and Espaço MIRA.

2014 — 2014
Porto

During my internship at Ergovisão, I built upon the company's established visual identity while laying the groundwork for an unreleased label of glasses and lens insurance.

Side Projects

2019

The ONBOARD project – Development of technical profiles and training curriculum for the ports and logistics sector aims to design an apprenticeship’s model for ports and logistics sector supporting new VET profiles and curricula, fostering an effective cooperation structure between VET and business of the maritime sector.

2018

A vague sense of presence is a symbiosis between individual sounds and its encompassing aural field.

2018

Camera work w/ Evoke Collective for portuguese rapper NTS.

2018

Developed in partnership with the municipality of Tondela, the "Floresta Segura" project aims to help identify forest area that needs maintenance.

2017

A short-film depicting the life of a clown who's taunted by his disease. Candidate for Prémio EM curtas 2017 - Esclerose Múltipla.

2017

Two erratic routes whose only relationship is that everything happens at the same time and within a limited radius. This is a film that refuses to judge, trying to tell two different stories while refusing to be the subject of analogies between them.

Education

2017 — 2019
Porto

Development of advanced work in the field of multimedia, music technologies and digital media.

Dissertation: “Interdependent Compositions Employed in Sonic Ecosystems: Integrating the Listener in the Evolving Soundscape." ー An interactive audio installation prototype, "Aural Wandering", that brings listeners closer to the sensorial fabric of Porto. A space of meditation through interaction by navigating across an aural cartography of the Historic Centre of Porto.