About Ana

Who am I

I’m a portuguese UX Designer with 13 years of experience and a masters degree in Human Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

Most of my work has been done while working as part of the Experience Design team at Novabase a portuguese IT Company, I have taken different responsibilities in the design team: UX Research, Design Thinking, UX Design, Prototype, Test, Visual Design and Design Team Leading. I feel extremely comfortable dealing with teams with different backgrounds. I’ve also worked in projects not only in Portugal, but also abroad (UK and Angola).

At Novabase I have  been actively involved in coaching the new designers that join the team, and have more recently taken team management responsibilities.

In 2021 I had the chance to take a few UX leadership courses from NNgroup.

I have worked with companies from a wide range of industries: energy, transportation, education, government, banking, financial regulators, insurance, telecom providers, among others.

My life motto is "try to leave this world better than you found it" (Robert Baden-Powell). Once a scout, always a scout.

Skills

Tools

Proficency using these tools.

Adobe XD

85%

Sketch

85%

Photoshop

95%

Illustrator

80%

Axure

90%

Dreamweaver

60%

After Effects & Premiere

40%