2011 – 2018
Architecture
An Integrated Masters in Architecture at the University of Minho. Years of thinking in systems, constraints and human scale, how people move through a space, and where a plan meets reality.
About
UX/UI Designer with hands-on experience in e-commerce and cross-functional product work, from journey mapping and user research to high-fidelity prototyping. A background in Architecture sharpened how I think about systems, usability, and quality from the ground up.
What draws me to UX is the detective work: working through layers of research data to find the pattern that explains what could be improved. Working across teams with different priorities has taught me that good UX is as much about listening and aligning as it is about design.
Five years of that was spent inside e-commerce product operations at Farfetch and Esprit, owning image quality and product content at scale, and then owning a cross-functional returns optimization project end to end.
Career break
February 2025 to May 2026, parental leave, alongside a UX research mentorship and the case studies published here.

The path
2011 – 2018
An Integrated Masters in Architecture at the University of Minho. Years of thinking in systems, constraints and human scale, how people move through a space, and where a plan meets reality.
2019 – 2022
Junior Retoucher, then Retoucher for Browns Fashion in Porto. Inside a luxury e-commerce operation I started an informal mentorship with the UK Product Design Team Lead, my first structured exposure to UX and UI principles in a commercial context.
2022 – 2025
Retoucher & Image Quality Control in Ratingen. I took ownership of a cross-functional returns optimization project, mapped the end-to-end product journey, and facilitated ideation sessions that fed into size charts, product descriptions and the fit assistant. I also redesigned the corrections workflow into a shared tracking system that other teams adopted.
2023 – now
A UX & UI Design bootcamp at AllWomen Tech, a four-week UX research mentorship with Susana Passinhas, and freelance product design work, research, prototyping and usability testing with real users.
Experience
Product Designer
Freelance · Oct 23 – Present
Parental Leave & Professional Development
Career Break · Feb 25 – May 26
Retoucher & Image Quality Control
ESPRIT · Ratingen, DE · May 22 – Jan 25
Retoucher, Browns Fashion
FARFETCH · Porto, PT · Jan 20 – Apr 22
Junior Retoucher
FARFETCH · Guimarães, PT · Aug 19 – Dec 19
Education & training
UX Research Mentorship
Susana Passinhas · 2024
UX & UI Design Bootcamp
AllWomen Tech · Oct 23 – Dec 23
Integrated Masters in Architecture
University of Minho, PT · 2011 – 2018