About Paulo Marques Freelance UI/UX Designer

A strategic who relishes creative challenges, I translate business requirements into functional, attractive and above all, suitable design concepts for launch across a variety of media including print, online and illustration.

To the client’s brief, on-time and on budget, always !

Having sourced, hired and managed large design teams, both on-site and remotely, I lead and motivate staff ensuring the delivery of quality work.

I have been involved in UI/UX design projects for clients across the globe and coupled with my educational background, I have a thorough command of the relevant art and design software and packages.

Skill Set

Fresh ideas & concepts

Creative production and communication of a consistent stream of fresh visual ideas and concepts

Leading from the front

Works constructively and effectively as an interim Strategic Creative Director by leading from the front

Client Engagement

Delivers to budget and on time by prioritising and working effectively and efficiently for every client engagement

UI/UX Design Experience

Extensive experience in UX and UI Design, specific to product development

Design tools knowledge

Advanced knowledge of all Adobe CS tools, Sketch & Invision

Highly motivated

A passion for the creative process and the confidence and skills to deliver

Performance-driven

Performance-driven self-starter not afraid to show initiative and help drive the business process through design

User-centric

Expert in graphic and web design standards and best practices, usability ‘built-in’

Well-versed in Design

Well-versed in current design trends, technologies and best working practices across all media

Agile Methodologies

Certified Scrum Manager - Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) certification

Client focused

Acute observation and detail orientated focus

Languages

Portuguese (mother tongue), fluent English and Spanish.

What people say

"Paulo is a 5-star designer. Not only he has great webdesign, mobile and direct marketing expertise, he is also an real artist who can create from scratch extremely professional brand or product design guidelines. High attention to details, great mobile expertise, awesome video skills..."

Guillaum Lafond

co-Founder and CEO at Powerspace - Native Ads

"I had the honor to work with Paulo for more than 3 years at the Aedgency company. (I think Paulo started about one week later than me and we left at the same time). Paulo is a great professional and a very inspiring person. He knows how to motivate a team of people also during difficult times. He produces high quality designs for allround themes. And as a colleague he likes to pull a joke every now and then. Great to have around, good to work with. I admire his work and himself as a person. Good luck Paulo!"

Wim Jellema

Mobile App Project Manager/ Certified Scrum Master

"Paulo is a reference among peers when it comes to his art ! He is a gifted graphical designer and a very communicator, engaging everyone in its view. He also is an out-of-the-box thinker, always spewing creativity !"

José Salvador

Senior IT Director/Startup CEO

"Paulo is a pleasure to work with. Highly creative, Original and always professional. I would highly recommend him to anyone that needs somebody to transform an idea in a perfect design."

Adil Adab

Agency Director & Founder chez Digital Circle 360

"Paulo has been helping us since the creation of our brand and created our logo and website. He was particularly attentive to our requests, even though they were sometimes confusing. Today, his availability and his professionalism to answer questions, to help us technically, or to realize for us punctual missions is infinitely precious."

François Reme

Co-gérant de Pulsar Digital

"Gracias a una visión global, Paulo sabe entender problemáticas estratégicas tal como la necesidad de optimizar la conversión del material publicitario, la experiencia usuario de las aplicaciones o de las webs o la identidad gráfica de una marca para posicionarla en el mercado. De carácter proactivo, Paulo siempre propone ideas creativas para responder a nuevas tendencias con sus diseños. Paulo demostra también una gran facultad de coordinación de proyectos, liderazgo y un muy buen espíritu de equipo como Director de Arte: Sabe motivar a su equipo para conseguir una gran calidad de trabajo. Cabe remarcar que su personalidad sociable y siempre positiva hace de él un compañero con quién aprecio mucho trabajar y que recomiendo."

Magali Quentel-Reme

Digital Advertising Specialist

"Paulo is a great professional and an even better colleague. He is always friendly and is open to new ideas. His work is full of quality and he takes good care to offer modern designs with great results. His ability to quickly understand creative briefs enables him to offer high quality designs in a quick manner. Tight deadlines are no obstacle to the results he provides, and all this while with a big smile and overall positive attitude. It is a true joy to see his work plastered in the end creatives he makes."

Denise Thijzen

Inbound Marketing Consultant at HubSpot

"I had the opportunity to work with Paulo as a colleague as well as a business partner. Pablo is one of the few web designers I met who has a complete understanding of digital marketing and its challenges. He has the talent and the skills to generate creative marketing assets addressing your digital marketing goals and he's a library of "how to convert" best practices His approach is innovative as it combines creativity and relevancy. Energetic and positive mind, he never takes himself seriously, I deeply think that Paulo is one of the best digital artist in the market, and definitely a great colleague/partner to work with."

Soufienne Fahdy

EMEA Head of Direct Response Marketing - Senior Digital Marketing Manager at Fossil Group, Inc.

"Paulo is a super creative and at the same time extremely flexible designer. You can feel that he strives to understand perfectly the purpose of the project, and that he is used to providing several solutions if needed. We work with him all the time and we reccommend him for any kind of project; it is a pleasure to work with him!"

Gemma Tarradell

Business Unit Director in Minerva