About
Designer.
Builder.
Systems thinker.
I'm Thiago Rodrigues — a Product Designer with 10+ years of experience turning complex challenges into clear, purposeful digital products.
I've led end-to-end design for enterprise SaaS, fintech, and healthcare platforms — shipping products used by thousands. My approach blends systems thinking with hands-on prototyping and a deep understanding of front-end engineering.
Currently based in Portugal, working remotely across time zones.
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C1
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B1
PT
Native
Education
Academic Background
2026 — 2028
CENFIM
Technical in Robotics and Industrial Automation
Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2022 — 2023
IADE — Universidade Europeia
Advanced Programme in Design Thinking and Innovation
Lisbon, Portugal
2015 — 2018
College of Computing Technology
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
Dublin, Ireland
Skills
What I bring
Foundation · 10+ yrs
Design Core
- Product Design
- UX Research
- Interaction Design
- Visual Design
- Design Systems
- Information Architecture
- Accessibility (WCAG)
- Responsive & Adaptive Design
Process & Tools · 5+ yrs
Craft & Workflow
- Figma & FigJam
- Prototyping (Principle, Framer)
- User Testing & Analytics
- Design Tokens & Theming
- Storybook
- Agile / Scrum / Kanban
- Stakeholder Management
- Cross-functional Leadership
AI & Technical · Growing fast
Engineering & AI
- HTML / CSS / Tailwind
- JavaScript / TypeScript
- React / Next.js
- Laravel / PHP
- AI Prompt Engineering
- Claude / GPT Integration
- Python (data viz)
- Git & CI/CD
Experience
Timeline
2025 — Present
Product Builder
Thr33 Studio (Óbidos/Portugal)
Building digital products for the portguese market
2023 — 2025
User Experience Designer
McKesson (USA - Remote)
Enterprise healthcare platform — redesigning clinical workflows for 75,000+ users across North America.
2023 — 2023
UX/UI Designer
BladeInsight (Portugal - Hybrid)
Built and scaled design system from scratch for IoT wind-energy platform. Led cross-functional team of 8.
2021 — 2023
UX Generalist
MindTools (Edinburgh/UK - Remote)
Redesigned the core learning experience for 30M+ global users. Led research sprints and shipped 3 major features.
2019 — 2021
Service Designer
Montepascual (Ceará/Brazil)
Managing teams, projects, and events for the co-brands under SDG Actions, Customer Experience, Branding, Marketing, Sales Strategy, and Social Media.
2015 — 2019
UX/UI Designer
Progress Systems (Dublin/Ireland)
Fintech products — payment processing dashboards, merchant onboarding, compliance workflows.
2016 — 2017
Product Designer
Granber (Dublin/Ireland)
Full-stack web design for industrial textiles. E-commerce, B2B portal, product configurator.
2011 — 2015
Web Designer
Freelancer
Consultant, product developer, and UX/UI designer delivering digital products across Ireland, Chile, and Brazil.
2008 — 2011
Web Designer
Edson Queiroz Group (Ceará/Brazil)
Visual design and marketing materials for one of Brazil's largest conglomerates.
Recognition
Awards & Features
Google for Entrepreneurs
2ND Place of Startup Weekend Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Gameday - Product Designer - NOV 2017
Google for Entrepreneurs
Winner of Startup Weekend Limerick (Ireland)
Emojo Watch - Visual / User Experience Designer - NOV 2015