Leo Makes

About

I'm a digital product design director with 15+ years of experience crafting interactive experiences for over 100 companies, some international awards, and a successful exit. I work closely with early-stage founders understanding their business and providing holistic end-to-end design solutions on long-term engagements with a team of remote specialists who under my leadership consistently deliver all the required design efforts for a startup to launch, iterate, move fast, and scale.

Experience

• Founder & Design Director · Leo Makes Design04-01-2018

  Worked for various startups and enterprises, including Permiso, PAQT, Quite Often, Planswell, Alternative Finance Corp, ServiceNow, Salesforce, Forrester Research, Manulife, Marriott International, Inc, Kraft Heinz, SS&C, Context 365, Narrative Science, Hatch.

• Co-Founder ( Exited ) · Clube FII01-01-2015 – 04-01-2022

  Clube FII is a SaaS platform for Real Estate Investment Trust ( REITs ) in Brazil. My role as a design co-founder consisted of leading the entire creative and design efforts in the disciplines of design systems, UX, marketing, branding, advertising, motion and social media. Successfully exited in 2022 after growing the product to +300k users.

• Founder & Artist · Quotes on Posters01-01-2020 – 01-01-2021

  Quotes on posters is a project where I curate the world's most inspiring quotes and create posters with them. It's an ongoing practice of developing my artistical skills to become a better designer and human being.

• Associate Design Director · Fjord07-01-2016 – 03-01-2018

  Was responsible for all the visual design delivery of all the digital projects and products of Etisalat, the biggest telecom in the middle east. Led a team of 8 visual designers at times and worked along with other 16 designers specialized in UX and service design. Created a design system for the company, impacting all the digital products and being used by millions of people through the emirates and middle east.

• Head Of Design · BBDO Worldwide04-01-2015 – 04-01-2016

  Integrated BBDO Dubai's digital arm called Impact Proximity creating and designing digital projects for top companies and brands in the Middle East. Led a team of 4 multidisciplinary designers and worked alongside creatives and developers, dealing with a diverse range of freelancers, vendors, and production companies to bring value to the projects.

Education

• Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de JaneiroBachelor of Arts - BA, Design and Visual Communications

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