Luis Vaz

Designer & Web Designer

Lisboa, Portugal
I’m a lot of things...
I love each and every one of them!

Work Experience

LuisVaz.com

Freelance Designer & Web Designer

Branding, Logo Design, Naming, Graphic Design, Art Direction, Packaging, Illustration, Kid Marketing, Hi-end Retouching, Food Photography Production, B2B Food Marketing, Project Management & Trend Watcher.

Clients:
24 Sun, 2MS Consulting, 3 House, AASPS, Adega D'Arte, Ader-al, Ah! Boca Santa, Be My Treasure, Beija-me Burro, Berliners, Bifanas de Vendas Novas, Brasaria, Bula, ByMatilda, Cão Nosso, Carver Skateboards, Castello Prime Suites, CC Talents, Cimple Care, CondiDent, Comida de Rua, Cosmetic Zone, D'Berlim, Digital Marketing, Elemenzo, Empregos IT, Enoterra, Escandaleira, Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo de Portalegre, Factos & Fatos, Flen, Following Projects, Formtivity, Ginsu, Give 4 Impact, Global Wine Portal, Golden Horse, Green Fit, Grow Food House, Highvision, Ice Cream Roll, Indústria Criativa, Inside BB, Jobster, Kami for Travel, Kidzoland, Kuiwee, Lactogal, La Paleta, Licor Beirão, Light Blue, Luxtoo, Marca Roscofe, Marine Inland Services, Megatours, Men's Emporium, Milano, Mimosa, Ministerium, Moiagest, Mood Optic, Multisaber, My Skull, Natural Stone Outlet, NMS Granites, NutriUno, Obesidata, On Plastik, Ora Bolas!, Ori Asian Food, Owono, Padaria Nacional de Guimarães, Perfinco, Petrus Fin Holding, Photizy, Piadina's Wine & Co, Pingo Doce, Pizza Hut, Polen, Portal do Jardim, Portugal Dream Coast, PortugAll Tours, Primor, Qi News, Quase Pecado, Rasatitude, Single Track, Smoking Kineto, Soma Partners, Spacio, Sulmephys, Terrius, The Hot Dog Lab, Traineira, Trinkaki Hamburgueria Premium, Vila Ricca, Village Natureza, Vitaminas, Waffelaria, We Dare To Event, We House, Yerarky, Zany Owl Toys.

Agencies:
67 Creative Studio, Bynet, Décimo, Designarte, Design Binário, DWSI, Ecrã Cúbico, Extensis, Garra Publicidade, Guzto, Hábitos, Konexis, Lusiads, Miscode, Paper Plane, Penguin Formula, Reflexo Virtual, RPM Ideias e Comunicação, Rex New Media, SG Marketing, Shiftleft, Sinapse Media, Sinemys, Udesign, UltraWise, Vazio Studio, Yeah Works, YouOn.
January 2001 -

Vazio Studio

Co-Founder, Partner and Art Director

Vazio Studio - Food Photography, Food Styling & Food Marketing.

Clients:
Continente Magazine, Sonae MC, Público, Bonduelle, Mimosa, Vitaminas, Primor, Pizza Hut, Licor Beirão, La Parrilla, Burger King, Ti'Piedade, Casa do Galo, Hellenikon, Miit, Tomatino, Mil-Homens, Clip Hotel, Pasta Caffé, Tomba Lobos, Beefs, AZ Gourmet, Pratu´s, Solplay, Casa de Sarmento, Mel Editores, Apetites, Porto Cálem, MadPizza, Paladar, Makro, Ó Kilo, Hotdog Lovers, Meta dos Leitões, Dona Massa, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Alentejo Pão Azeite e Alho, Ministerium, Hotel Rural Santo Antonio, Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo de Portalegre, My Bistro, Milano.
September 2010 - December 2014

Indústria Criativa

Co-Founder, Designer & Hunter

The first platform exclusively dedicated for the Portuguese Creative Market.
Publish, Search and Promote Online Portfolios and Communication Jobs.
Portugal has a legion of Wolves. Let's hunt them!
September 2014 - November 2015

U Design

Managing Partner, Art Director & Communication Designer

U Design - Communication Design & Art Direction.

Developing the Strategic Direction and the company Positioning in the Market, Client Management, Guidance and Supervision of Design Trainees, Ensure Process and Creative Direction, Implementation of Working Methodology, Production Profitability, Design and Project Management of several accounts developing Logotype, Branding, Campaigns, Graphic Design, Packaging, Illustration, 2D Motion, Web Design, Flash Design and Programming, HTML Programming, 3D, Art Direction, Marketing to Children, Hi-end Retouching and Final Art Production.

Clients:
512 Ideias, Ambifood, Ópticas Lince, Bebé Vida, BG Eventos, Camac, Carglass, Cartório Notarial, Delgado e Associados, DHL, Dromedaris, Edifício Transparente, ETAF Construções, Filipe Bela, Fim de Boca, Fraldinhas, Fred Perry, Helena Kendall, Horta Pronta, Importinox, Irmarfer, Kartódromo Baltar, LabMED, Maisis, Majora, Make it, Malaquias, Mapfre, Marques Soares, Medimar, Metro do Porto, Moara, Oobian, Praia Golfe Hotel, Prize, Quinta dos Moinhos, Quinta Progresso, Rasatitude, Rodrigues Guimarães, Rubicer, Sampedro, Seed, Segafredo, Sonae Distribuição, Sonae Indústria, Swedi, Tonilar, Tout a Toi, Trevi, Udifar, Vantagem, Vieira de Castro, Xico Escuro & Yammi.
February 2004 - August 2010

Garra Publicidade

Senior Communication Designer

Garra - Publicidade, SA. - Senior Communication Designer.

Design and Project Management of several accounts developing Logotype, Branding, Campaigns, Graphic Design, 2D Motion, Web Design, Flash Design and Programming, HTML Programming, 3D, Hi-end Retouching and Final Art Production.

Notes:
Although U Design were an independent Graphic Design Atelier, it was also responsible for Garra Publicidade's Creative Department and their Clients account. During this time, I had to answer to the hierarchy of the two companies.
February 2004 - April 2008

Escola Superior De Tecnologia E Gestão De Portalegre / IPP

Teacher / Trainer

Teacher of Animation in the 2nd year stage of the Communication Design Degree Program.
Trainer in the Course of Technology Specialization - Multimedia Product Development ministering training units of Animation and Image Editing.
December 2010 - September 2011

Education

Escola Superior De Tecnologia E Gestão De Portalegre / IPP

Bachelor - Communication Design & Graphic Technics

September 1998 - July 2001

Escola Superior De Tecnologia E Gestão De Portalegre / IPP

Graduation - Communication Design, Animation & Publicity

September 2001 - July 2003

FLAG

Cinema 4D

January 2009 - January 2009

Alquimia Da Cor

Pedagogical Training of Trainers

March 2007 - May 2007

Languages

Portuguese (Native),
French (Native),
English (Advanced),