United States

Graphic Design

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Motion Design

Branding and Identity Design

Product Design

Digital Marketing

Master's degree

Certificate

Bachelor

Jean Menezes

Lead UI UX Designer

Usability Testing

Typography

Communication

Problem-solving

Presentation skills

2D Animation

Brand strategy

Design systems

Human computer interaction

Illustration

Zeplin

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe XD

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe After Effects

Sketch

Asana

Balsamiq

ChatGPT

GitHub

Swift

TensorFlow

Trello

HTML

JavaScript

Typeform

WordPress

Miro

Mural

Collaboration

Time management

Organisation skills

Critical-thinking

Brand positioning

Branding

Game programming

Information architecture

Market research

Marketing strategy

Video editing

User research

Tone consistency

Prototyping

Product roadmap

Product strategy

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

Learn the best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

Acing technical interview questions

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Managing a remote team

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Conducting good user research

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

How to create personas, and leverage them in design.

Creating and leveraging user personas

How to define an ambitious product vision and how to best communicate it to stakeholders?

Creating a product vision

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Working with engineers

What is a successful user onboarding flow and how to achieve it?

Onboarding new users

How to conduct interviews, what to ask, and how to analyze your results? (eg. user interview)

Conducting effective customer interviews

Designed outreach programs for the tog design team. Orchestrated an overhaul of Moviinn's architecture and strategy, informed by iterative user testing, resulting in Moviinn 2.0. Improved the user experience for Independa's Health Hub TV app,. 3. Executed 2-year plan using Design Sprint methodologies and executed the MVP for Media Disco.

Worked closely with Swissnex's Communications Director to shape the visual identity for Startup Bootcamp and other events. Developed marketing strategies and produced multimedia assets, including motion graphics, designs, and promotional posters for ongoing partnerships.

Assisted in developing CITRIS Drone Academy and Tech for Social Good programs, elevating student engagement. Produced promotional videos for CITRIS projects, aiding in securing consistent funding. Revamped CITRIS UC Davis website from initial copy to final coded website using WordPress.

Managed 14 cohorts, instructing UI/UX Research, Graphic Design Principles, and HTML & CSS classes for 300 students. Conducted a thesis on the interplay of Design, Technology, and Death from a philosophical perspective, along with a published paper in the Cambridge University Journal on the origins of Silicon Valley Design, contributing to design research.

Working alongside Thomas Maiorana in the capstone class of Human-Centered Design, fostering a growth mindset and tools to come up with meaningful insights from qualitative interviews.

Conceptualized and executed brand strategies for Non-Profit, Startups and established companies in San Francisco.
o	Collaborated with the marketing team at Gametime to develop Video and Static assets for Social Media campaign using Adobe Illustrator and After Effects, ensuring higher conversion rates through A/B testing and content-driven strategies.
o	Designed a concise brand strategy for Vestasure by addressing concepts of voice and tone that supported the creation of a versatile brand identity, providing uniqueness to the startup in a competitive market.
o	Developed a User Interface redesign for Firecast, starting with a brand redesign, and following through with a complete restructure of the user flow, assuring a unified identity and improved experience for their customer database.

o	Worked directly with HDI executives to create their mobile experience, as well as in collateral material for their deck of lectures.
o	Initiated the process of redesign for “The Grove” restaurants, identifying their main user flow, entry/exit doors of their previous website and strategizing wireframes for their “order to-go” section.
o	Streamlined series of design collaterals for internal projects. Acting on the architectural and on the design axis of the Office.

o	Illustrated educational oriented minigames, using digital painting to instigate first, second and third grade children in a multiplatform game experience.
o	Worked directly with game developers representing and funneling eleven illustrators assets, assuring their quality, their design standards and ease of implementation.
o	Created in-game animations for clickable Easter Eggs and screen transitions.

o	Developed brand collaterals, editorials and marketing assets for several Industrial Design projects.
o	Aided animator and videographer on How-To tutorials and animations.

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