About

The passion of finding a problem, understanding users, discussing solutions, testing them and finally seeing them working is what makes me moving.

My name is Bernardo Martins, a Digital Designer from Rio de Janeiro, but now based in Lisbon, Portugal. I have been studying and working with UX/UI Design for some years now and I love the fact that the digital world is in constant change. My areas of expertise are: User Experience and Human Centered Design, User Testing, Visual Design and UI, and Prototyping.

Background

Much of my background was built around UX: understanding users, mapping their needs, and turning that into digital experiences that actually work for the people using them. It's work that requires listening before designing, and that's where I developed most of my way of thinking about product.

Today, I feel drawn to expand that lens into UI, especially around building design systems, an area I've been going deeper into. I'm also exploring how AI can become part of the creative process, not as a replacement for design thinking, but as one more tool in service of better, faster decisions.

Experience

Jun 2022 – present

UX/UI Designer

Tangível · Lisbon, Portugal

Worked for years mainly as UX Designer for Amdocs, one of the world's largest telecommunications companies. Also worked directly on building component libraries and design systems for clients such as SIBS (Multibanco and MB WAY) and Smart Energy Lab.

Jan 2021 – Dec 2022

UX/UI Designer

Hyphen Digital Experience · Lisbon, Portugal

The company that opened the door to the Oney bank project, along with one-off projects for the Fullsix agency.

Apr 2021 – May 2022

UX/UI Designer

Oney · Lisbon, Portugal

Direct work on the credit account creation flow, for both the website and physical kiosks distributed across the country. The flow covered everything from personal data entry, biometrics, and document upload to the review stage, spanning more than 100 screens.

Oct 2017 – Aug 2020

Interaction Designer

AtelierLógico · Lisbon, Portugal

Created digital solutions based on user needs, through research, wireframing, testing, visual design, and prototyping, working closely with a team of designers and developers serving major Portuguese public and private entities.

Jul 2016 – Feb 2017

Web Designer

Blumar Turismo · Rio de Janeiro Area

Developed internal and external communications for the company, created email marketing, website layouts, and HTML content for clients such as Nike and Hortifruti.

Education

2017 – 2018

Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa

Postgraduate, Digital Experience Design

The designer who today works in digital media, developing websites, applications, or services for a multiplicity of available devices, inevitably ends up being…

2017

EDIT. — Disruptive Digital Education

Digital Interaction Design, UX/UI

The goal of this course is to give students the ability to understand the digital creative process and personal and professional context within the world of interaction design…

2010 – 2015

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Bachelor's in Design, Design and Visual Communications, General

2016

Miami Ad School

UX Design — Building User-Centered Products, User Experience

Miami Ad School/ESPM, in partnership with digital agency Huge (www.hugeinc.com), ran this course teaching how to build digital products with the user as the focus…

2016

Coti Informática

Front-end Design, Web Design

Course focused on HTML5 / CSS3 / Javascript and Mailchimp.

2016

UX Academy

User Experience for Web Designers, UX/UI

Online course focused on user experience for web designers.

Certificates

May 2026

Design Systems: from creation to distribution

Tangível

Skills: Figma (Software)

Apr 2022

UX-PM level 2

UXalliance

Credential ID: UX-PM-2917-PT22-0143

Sep 2017

Interaction Design

EDIT. — Disruptive Digital Education

Sep 2016

UX for Webdesigners

UX Academy

Jul 2016

Front-End Course (HTML5/CSS3/Javascript)

Coti Informática