Introduction
Work Experience
Education
Further Courses
Skills
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Multidisciplinary designer with international roots and work experience, specialising in brand identity, visual systems, and motion design.
               I bring hands-on expertise from working with global luxury houses, tech ventures, innovation-led scale-ups, and international legacy brands from Fjord, Part of Accenture Song (CH) Bold Scandinavia (SE), EY Doberman (SE) and Hamilton Watches (CH). I've worked with clients from diversified industries and sectors such Swatch Group, Scandinavian Airlines, UBS Global, Accenture Industry X, Zimpler Payments, Bambuser, among others.

Work Experience
2025
Visual Designer
Independent
CH
Zürich,
Switzerland
Description
Lead the Flip Lingoes brand identity, in collaboration with Ozon Studio

Creative Director for a digital project with Swiss Pharma Lab with Made by Rela (Zürich and Shanghai)

Collaborated with MetaDesign (Zürich) on corporate branding


Relevant projects include
UBS Group
Design Corporate Branding
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Swiss Pharma Lab
Website Design
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Flip Lingoes
Brand Creative Direction
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Aug 2023 — Jan 2025
Graphic Designer & Art Director
Hamilton Watch Company, Swatch Group
CH
Bienne,
Switzerland

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Description
Lead global advertising campaign guidelines across all touchpoints – delivered to 26 international markets

Developed omnichannel campaign rollouts from printed materials, web development, packaging, templates, animations, video editing, product & lifestyle content creation, POS and OOH

Key role in 2023–2024 most successful paid ads sales campaigns (ROAS 5.9), delivering 300% sales volume with optimised content

Created best-performing organic ad (most likes and views)

Contributed to a 40% increase in ROAS on Meta Ads (2023-2024) by optimising content
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Relevant projects included
Khaki Aviation Pilot Landing Page
Design and web development
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Khaki Field Mechanical – Original Field Watch
Archival research, AI voice, editing; position Hamilton as the true field watch brand
Jan – Jul 2023
Visual Designer
EY Doberman
Stockholm,
Sweden
SE

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Description
Responsible for ensuring quality, precision, and distinctiveness in every aspect of visual design

Delivered brand identities with a digital focus; from understanding user needs into a purposeful and brand-centric experience
Relevant projects included
Bambuser - Video Commerce
Core value proposition | Brand revamp | Interface design

Astra International
Interface Design | Design library

SALLY, Future Manifestation Lab
Visual identity | Interface design | AR experience
Jan — Jul 2022
Digital Designer,
Bold Scandinavia
SE
Stockholm,
Sweden

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Description
Developed scalable brand systems and visual identities to campaign rollouts

Created design approaches for clients to improve client ROAS and build a seamless digital brand identity

Contributed to SAS rebrand (2022–2023): driving +42% revenue growth and a +61% increase in brand preference
Relevant projects included
Zimpler Payments
Brand identity | Art direction | Bespoke type
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Scandinavian Airlines (“Journey Matters” campaign)
Rebrand | Key Visual | Design system | Campaign Guidelines

Swedish Financial Company
Concept identity
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Vana Living
Logo | Typography | Packaging
Mar — Nov 2021
Associate Visual Designer,
Fjord, Part of Accenture Song
CH
Zürich,
Switzerland

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Role
Responsible for solving visual design challenges, from co-creating new design systems and collaborating with IT developers, data scientists and designers from service and business teams and bringing holistic value and user experience to the clients
Highlights
Foundation in life-centered design through digital projects (UX/UI)

Delivered scalable commercial solutions with global impact in large cross-functional teams
Relevant projects included
Accenture Industry X, Sustainability Accelerator
User research and testing | Interface design | UI design library
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Global Pharma
User research and testing | Interface design | UI design library

NGO | Educational Sector
User research and testing | Interface design | UI design library
Expertise
Jun — Aug 2017
Graphic Designer Intern
Studio Nuts
PT
Lisbon,
Portugal

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Education
2018 — 2020
MA Visual Communication and Iconic Research
Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW | HGK
CH
Basel,
Switzerland
2018 — 2019
Further Education, Type Design
Schule für Gestaltung Basel
CH
Basel,
Switzerland

Semester course: Type Design and Lettering at SfG
Course led by Matthew Pauwels

2015 — 2018
BA Visual Arts [First-Class Honours]
University of Kent
UK
Canterbury,
England
Attended Courses
2020
Motion Graphics
Led by Dirk Koy
CH
Basel,
Switzerland
2020
Type Design
Led by Philipp Stamm
CH
Basel,
Switzerland
2020
Time + Media
Led by Ted Davis and Gregory Vines
CH
Basel,
Switzerland
2020
Poster Design
Led by Leander Eisenmann
CH
Basel,
Switzerland
Skills
Technical Skills
Figma, Principle, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Premiere, After Effects), Cinema 4D, Webflow, Glyphs, P5 (javascript library)
Expertise
Visual Identity, Brand Experience, Design systems, User Experience (UX), User Interface design (UI), Digital Innovation, Campaigns, Editorial, Packaging, Typography, Type Design
Client Industries
End-consumer & Luxury Brands, Fintech, Financial & Payment Services, Airline Industry, Sports  & Lifestyle, Global Pharma & Healthcare, Sustainability, Gastronomy
Language
Portuguese (native), English (bilingual)
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