Where thinking becomes strategyand strategy becomes product

Experience
2 roles in parallel
Product Designer · AppXAug 2025 → present · Freelance · Lisbon

End-to-end product design on multi-profile, multi-tenant platforms — permissions and business rules, flows and states, AI features with human validation, and close collaboration with engineering.

UX/UI Designer · Plus972Jul 2025 → Sep 2026 · Full-time · New York

Conversion and subscription flows aligned with business objectives, with hypotheses and metrics tested through A/B and behavioural analysis — plus websites and e-commerce in Webflow, Shopify, Framer and WordPress.

Based in Lisbon · Available for remote work

Portuguese native · English fluent

Education
Master’s degree in Communication DesignFaculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon · 2023–2026
Bachelor’s degree in DrawingFaculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon · 2020–2023
UX/UI Design · Evening courseEDIT, Disruptive Digital Education · 2024–2025
Certifications
Front-End FoundationsEDIT · Bootcamp · 2025
CRO & A/B TestingEDIT · Workshop · 2025
My path

Three disciplines, one way of thinking

At Fine Arts I found the importance of the thinking behind a project — the ability to question, to explore, and to give intent to what you create. In Communication Design I learned to turn that thinking into strategy, weighing context, goals and people before reaching for a solution. Product Design is where the two meet: a discipline where strategic thinking and design come together to solve real problems and build products with purpose. That is where my path makes sense.

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Skills
Product & Strategy

Problem framing · Product definition · Business and user objectives · Prioritisation · Trade-offs · Permission models · Multi-profile and multi-tenant products

Discovery

Interviews and surveys · Domain analysis · Desk research · Competitive analysis · Research synthesis · Usability testing

Metrics

Hypothesis definition · A/B testing · CRO · Funnel analysis · Trial-to-paid conversion

Design & Delivery

Information architecture · State models · User flows · Functional prototyping · Design systems · Components and tokens · Handoff · Collaboration with engineering

Tools

Figma · FigJam · Claude · Webflow · Shopify · Framer · WordPress · Adobe Creative Suite

Let’s make ideas
make sense.

© 2026 Maria Beatriz Araújo · Lisbon