miacarvalhao@gmail.com

miacarvalhao@gmail.com

Resume

Resume

I’m a Visual Designer and illustrator focused on building and shaping meaningful visual systems across digital products.


I work across UI design, illustration, icon design, and brand expression, often contributing beyond individual deliverables. I’m drawn to projects where structure and storytelling work together, and where visual craft is designed to last and evolve.

I’m a Visual Designer and illustrator focused on building and shaping meaningful visual systems across digital products.


I work across UI design, illustration, icon design, and brand expression, often contributing beyond individual deliverables.


I’m drawn to projects where structure and storytelling work together, and where visual craft is designed to last and evolve.

Selected work

I was responsible for creating the new illustration style for the portuguese brand Pingo Doce. Overcoming the biggest challenge: creating a style that would be possible to recreate by any designer.

I was responsible for creating the new illustration style for the portuguese brand Pingo Doce. Overcoming the biggest challenge: creating a style that would be possible to recreate by any designer.

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A campaign system for UZO’s mobile app that turns promotions into a bold, dynamic part of the user experience, balancing brand expression with usability and scalability.

A campaign system for UZO’s mobile app that turns promotions into a bold, dynamic part of the user experience, balancing brand expression with usability and scalability.

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A set of sustainability-driven illustrations for Mixmove’s onboarding flow, designed to integrate seamlessly with a minimal UI and existing iconography, reinforcing the brand’s values while guiding users through their first experience.

A set of sustainability-driven illustrations for Mixmove’s onboarding flow, designed to integrate seamlessly with a minimal UI and existing iconography, reinforcing the brand’s values while guiding users through their first experience.

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UI concept for the new SAPO Notícias app, exploring personalization, short-form content, and audio-first moments to adapt news consumption to on-the-go behaviors.

UI concept for the new SAPO Notícias app, exploring personalization, short-form content, and audio-first moments to adapt news consumption to on-the-go behaviors.

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About me

About me

My background is in product design, where I built a strong foundation in structure, systems, and problem-solving. Early on, I became particularly interested in the visual layer of products, how visual decisions scale, stay consistent, and communicate meaning over time.


I’ve since worked across digital products and evolving brand systems, contributing to interfaces, illustration systems, iconography, and communication design. Much of my work sits between craft and direction, often involved in shaping visual intent, ensuring consistency, and elevating quality across outputs.


I’m especially drawn to projects where UI, storytelling, and experience are treated as part of the same system.

Where I’ve been

Where I’ve been

Resume

Resume

Active

Bliss Applications

Visual Designer working across UI, visual systems, and product communication, with a strong focus on illustration and iconography.

2023 - Present

4itfuture

UX/UI Designer working on digital interfaces and visual assets, including UX, UI, illustration, iconography and branding.

2020 - 2023

Lisbon School of Design

UX/UI Design specialization course, focused on digital product fundamentals.

2020

Belas-Artes Faculty of the Lisbon University

Bachelor’s degree in Design.

2016 - 2020

Atelier Joana Vasconcelos

Artisan, working with traditional materials and fabrication processes.

2015 - 2016

Let’s talk

miacarvalhao@gmail.com

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