Gabriel Trindade Alves
Product Designer
Cupertino, CA, USA
+1 (646) 359 2886
thinkgabrielalves.com
Branding enthusiast, award winning designer, honored master’s graduate, strategic thinker, process-driven creative, devoted partner, aspiring writer, frustrated musician, collaborative leader, weekend illustrator, committed manager, history student, talent admirer; and always tirelessly striving to improve his own self and work.
Work Experience
Apple Inc.
Designer
Designer supporting company’s portfolio of consumer amp products.
July 2019
- Present
Cupertino, California, United States
Conde Nast
Senior Designer
As Designer I work to deliver world-class digital experiences that help over 200+ millions users per year engage with our brands and digital products in more meaningful and qualitative way. I work closely with multi-faceted teams across the organization in order to meet performance goals, consolidate the brands vision and empower new business opportunities. Main responsibilities include: tackling all stages of the product development lifecycle by applying a user-centered design processes; running ideation sessions with stakeholders; collaborating with engineering and product partners on technical feasibility design, methodology and implementation; prototyping; writing requirements and technical specimens; user-facing digital and visual design, overseeing the development process and quality-assurance.
April 2017
- February 2019
New York, New York, United States
ThoughtLab
Art Director
Lead position on both design and strategy fronts, working with designers, artists, developers, copywriters, sales teams and marketers in order to create a coherent/efficient strategic vision for products/companies with various business objectives. Responsibilities include: helping create comprehensive, multifaceted brand platforms and rebranding strategies; developing and holding presentation/meetings; art direction; planning and managing complex production schedules and providing creative direction to staff.
July 2015
- April 2017
New York, United States
Addison
Graphic Designer
As a Graphic Designer I’ve helped Fortune’s 100+ companies meet goals by identifying approaches that satisfy their strategic and operational requirements and by creating visual concepts to communicate ideas that inspire, inform or captive users/viewers. Projects simultaneously include print and digital medias in various forms, and require the involvement of a big, complex and an energetic team-based effort to be accomplished within the given time and the company’s high-stardards.
December 2013
- July 2015
New York, United States
Pratt Institute
Teaching Assistant
I’ve had the pleasure to work as a TA at Pratt’s Masters Program. During spring as Alisa Zamir’s Visual Communications 2 TA, and during Fall in Kevin Gatta’s Visual Communications 2 class. During this one year experience responsibilities included lecturing classes, grading students, art directing academic projects, and helping sustain an collaborative and productive class environment.
January 2013
- Present
New York, United States
StoneAge Tech
Digital Designer
Stone Age tech is a big data analytics company based in Rio de Janeiro. As the lead graphic designer in their brilliant team, I was responsible for: Developing engaging and human-centered UI and UX; Branding internal and external products; Designing promotional material and stationary system internally and for products; and art directing an outside vendor responsible for designing the company's new website and internal managing tools.
January 2008
- November 2010
Brazil
Module8
Graphic Design Intern
Modulo8 was an small but promising advertisement agency based in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Due to it's small size, I was able to be extremely hands-on and learn directly from Modulo8's experienced owners, Nilza Rezende and Lena Chave, while dealing with everyday graphic design problem-solving. Responsibilities included: Development all the identity for the social media project called "Dr. Murilo": web design, illustration and brand identity; Designing prints, advertisements, logos for various companies and marriage invitations.
January 2007
- December 2007
Brazil
Education
Pratt Institute
MS in Communications Design
Graduated with honors (GPA 3.85)
January 2006
- December 2010
New York, Brazil
Languages
English (Fluent),
Portuguese (Native),
Awards
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“Man is, above all things, what he creates” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry