José Meireles-Senior UI/UX Designer & Infographics Programmer
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Experience
Senior UI/UX Designer & Infographics Programmer
SIC & SIC Notícias
Real-time decision-support interfaces
Complex data translated into clear, actionable UI
Designed for cognitive load, speed, error prevention
Continuous hands-on usability testing
Owned design end-to-end with engineering teams
Impact: reduced operator errors; established UX practices; maintained full Avid Maestro-based systems.
UI/UX Designer (Web & Interactive)
SIC Online & SIC Notícias Online
Early-stage product design with evolving requirements
High-accuracy information systems
Tight collaboration with editorial and technical teams
Usability, speed, and reliability at scale
Projects: National & European elections, Olympic Games, major international sports events, political analysis platforms (Parlamento Global).
Web / Interactive Designer
Earlier Career
- Hands-on background building interactive products across agencies and studios (WeDo consulting, DigitalK, Mediafoundry, Big Fish Design, Vividlime).
Industry Experience
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Experienced in Media and Entertainment and Information Technology.
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Experienced in Information Technology and Product Development.
Summary
Senior Product / UI/UX Designer with 20+ years of experience designing complex, high-stakes digital systems across broadcast, real-time data, and interactive environments. Proven ability to translate abstract, operationally critical problems into clear, trustworthy tools for users operating under pressure.
Hands-on builder with strong interest in human decision-making, cognitive load, ethics, and reliability in mission-critical software. Experienced collaborating closely with engineers, product managers, and domain experts to ship real products efficiently.
Skills
Core Value
- Designing For Complexity, Speed, And Pressure
- Generalist Product Design From Research To Delivery
- Trust, Usability, And Cognitive Load Reduction
- Hands-on Execution And Rapid Iteration
- End-to-end Ownership And Autonomy
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Ethical, Human-centred Design Mindset
Ux / Product Design
- User Research
- Usability Testing
- Interaction Design
- Information Architecture
- User Flows
- Prototyping
- Accessibility (Wcag)
Process
- Early-stage Product Design
- Problem Framing
- Discovery Workshops
- Rapid Iteration
- Build–measure–learn
Tools
- Figma
- Figjam
- Adobe Xd
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Avid Maestro
- Html
- Css
- Javascript
Ways Of Working
- Agile
- Close Engineer Collaboration
- Iterative Delivery
- Low-bureaucracy Environments
Languages
Education
Universidade de Lisboa
Cognitive Science · Lisbon, Portugal
Middlesex University
Electronic Arts · London, United Kingdom
Universidade Lusófona
Design · Lisbon, Portugal
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