About
Brand & Visual Designer
I’m Maria, a brand and visual designer from Lisbon, now based in Berlin. I studied Global Design at IADE and spent an exchange semester at CODE University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, studying design, business and entrepreneurship.
I like work that ends up somewhere real: on a shopping bag, across a magazine spread, in a prototype you can carry — or on a swimsuit I sourced, produced and sold myself.
Approach
01
Start with the person on the other side
A shop owner’s taste, a commuter in a hurry, a young player learning through a game. The brief usually lives with them.
02
Make complex things easy to read
Hierarchy first, decoration later — whether it’s a station sign or a product dashboard.
03
Finish it
Sourcing, production, prototypes. Ideas get better once they have to exist.
Experience
Fiscova
UI/UX Designer
Dashboards, communication flows, task management and core product interfaces for an AI-powered communication and operations platform for tax advisory firms. Helped shape visual and interaction principles, working directly with the founder.
Berlin · Mar–Sep 2026 · Project-based
Rholland Productions
Social Media & Creative Intern
Creative content, social media and production coordination for the agency.
Lisbon · Mar–Apr 2026
MACAM Museum
Gallery Assistant
Lisbon · Sep 2025–Mar 2026
Education
IADE — Faculdade de Design, Tecnologia e Comunicação
BA Global Design
Lisbon · 2022–2025
CODE University of Applied Sciences
Exchange semester · Design, Business Management & Entrepreneurship
Berlin · Feb–Aug 2025
Tools
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- InDesign
- Figma
- Premiere Pro
- After Effects
- Blender
- SketchUp
Languages
- Portuguese — fluent
- English — fluent
- Spanish — proficient
- German — elementary
- French — elementary