Nuno Coelho Santos

Nuno Coelho Santos

Product Designer in Tokyo, Japan, he/him

About

Product designer with 16 years experience across big tech and startups. On a mission building products that enrich people's lives and solve everyday problems with clear, thoughtful, and delightful design.

Threads
Instagram
GitHub

Work Experience

2021 — 2024
London, UK & Berlin, Germany
  • Led work on labels & inbox management.

  • Led business discovery: a new way for people to more easily discover and contact business on WhatsApp.

2017 — 2020
London, UK

I joined DeepMind as a designer on the health team, applying artificial intelligence technology to the real-world hospital care setting. My team joined Google in late 2019 to form Google Health.

2016 — 2016
Tokyo, Japan

Working as a startup advisor, design sprint facilitator, and prototyping. Clients include: IDEO, Thread, Rival Schools, Bento Graphics, and more.

2014 — 2015
London, United Kingdom

As a product designer & front-end web developer at Thread I created a new design system and design language for the website, created a new product browsing and onboarding experience.

2012 — 2014
London, United Kingdom

Worked on projects for Sony, American Express & Google. Designing and prototyping interfaces for iOS.

2008 — 2012
London, UK

Working as a UI Designer and Front-end Web Developer. Clients include ustwo, Paul Cocksedge Studio, RoAnd Co, and more.

2005 — 2008
Professial Diploma in Graphic Design and Visual Communication at Escola Secundária Soares dos Reis
Porto, Portugal

Projects

2021

A collection of redesigned macOS icons.

2016

A minimal currency converter for travellers.

Side Projects

2016

Daily instant photos of my first year living in Japan.

2013

A photographic diary of my first trip in Japan.

Speaking

2022
Tales from My Side-Project Missteps at Design at Meta London Meetup
London, UK

Design at Meta London Meetup (Internal Event)

2020
Turning Abstract into Reality at Adobe MAX
Online
2018
Running Design System Sprints at Bristol Product Design Meetup
Bristol, UK
2018
Keynote Speaker at DIGICOM 2018
Porto, Portugal
2016
Design Sprints at UX Jam
Tokyo, Japan

With Roy Husada

Awards

2020
Google Award for Excellence from Google

In honor of critical contributions to Alphabet’s COVID-19 response.

Certifications

2019
Data Science from General Assembly
2018
MBA Essentials from London School of Economics
2017
HMX Fundamentals: Biochemistry, Genetics, Immunology, Pharmacology, Physiology from Harvard Medical School HMX