Methods and leadership practices I apply to elevate products beyond visuals.

UI Guidelines and Design Systems

I lead a remote team of 3-4 designers across concurrent projects at ArtJoker, and have run full end-to-end design operations solo for 30–40 freelance clients. I can run a team or work as an independent solo designer.

Leadership Activities

I build scalable UI guidelines and design systems that keep products and teams consistent — reducing design debt and letting designers and developers move faster without re-deciding the same patterns twice.

User Testing

I plan and run user testing early to validate decisions before they reach production, rather than after launch.

Personas & Interviews

I build personas and run interviews to ground design decisions in real user needs rather than assumptions.

Usability & Accessibility

I treat usability and accessibility as design requirements, not final-pass checks — auditing against real user behavior and accessibility standards.

Design Tools

Figma, FigJam, Storybook, ZeroHeight, Claude Design, Claude Chat.

Soft Skills

Leadership, time management, empathy, openness to criticism, decision-making, teamwork, creativity

Hard Skills

Product Design, Design Systems, Prototyping, Mobile UX/UI, Complex UX Architecture

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  • B2 Portuguese

  • C2 Ukrainian

Languages

Let's connect!

adolphina13@gmail.com