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Rui Almeida

UX/UI Designer

Ponta Delgada, Portugal
be.net/ruialmeida
I´m a Visual Designer from Azores (Portugal) and i´m passionate about "pretty and functional things".

Work Experience

Axis Worldwide

Design Director

I completely redesigned their feed platform and back-office resulting in 60% less clicks, increasing the volume data input for the analysis.
July 2021 - October 2021 New York, United States

ZUPER

Senior UX/UI Designer

- My main role at Zuper was to improve the UX/UI like for example the sign-up funnel leading to a 32% increase in conversion
- Designed the website (paired with Lead designer) and built it from 0 in WebFlow
- Introduced animation into the app, leading to users’ better understanding of loading times and reducing user churn in critical but slow processes
- Prepared videos for marketing channels and investor presentations, showing Zuper functionality in an engaging and interesting fashion for different stakeholders.
2015 - Present Germany

CustomProject

Senior UX/UI Designer

At Custom Project my role was to build websites and especially SaaS platforms from scratch for clients like DHL and Microsoft @ Web Summit 2017.  
2015 - 2017 Portugal

Globaleda

Senior Visual Designer

At Globaleda, my role was to build small and big websites for local businesses and especially for the local government. At this time I´ve started to acquire a second taste for Motion Design and Video Editing.
2004 - 2008 Ponta Delgada, Portugal

Novabase

Senior Visual Designer

Novabase acquired Globaleda and then I’ve entered a huge team with more than 20 designers. At Novebase I add the possibility to learn a lot about UX and I have worked with some of the biggest brands like Mercedes, BMW and EDP.
2008 - 2013 Portugal

Globaleda

Senior Visual Designer

Returning to Globaleda and being the only designer on the team, my role was to work directly with a big team of developers on building two very big projects for the local government. One was the official law deposit web app and the other one was the do it our self citizen services. 
2014 - 2015 Portugal

Jornal Diario

Senior Designer

2002 - 2003 Ponta Delgada, Portugal

VirtualAzores

Senior Visual Designer

2000 - 2002 Portugal

Transit

Designer

In 2003, I participated in an internship at a Barcelona company (Transit). My role was to develop several websites for non-profit organizations.
2003 - 2004 Spain

Education

Instituto De Ciências E Letras Do Porto

Porto, Portugal

Languages

English (Fluent),
Spanish (Fluent),
Portuguese (Native),

Skills

3D Studio Max, Adobe XD, After Effects, CSS, Figma, HTML, Photography, Photoshop, Sketch, Sony Vegas Video, UX/UI, Web-design, XD,