Olá!
I'm Miguel

Portrait, by Francisco

About

I am a Product Designer based in Porto, Portugal.

I have 8 years of experience crafting simple solutions to complex problems.

Skills

Product Design

Design Systems

Motion Design

Prototyping

Leadership

Experience

Sabbatical

Past few months

I hiked São Miguel in the Azores, completed my first 100km bike ride, saw some of my favorite artists perform live (Aurora, Parcels, Julia Jacklin), and bought a cargo bike, teaching my dog to ride along with me.

Azores
Cargo Bike
Bike
Aurora Performance
Rows

Senior Product Designer, 2022 - 2025

As part of the productivity leadership team, brough new features to this moders spreadsheet powered by AI.

Rows

Senior Product Designer, 2022 - 2025

As part of the productivity leadership team, brough new features to this moders spreadsheet powered by AI.

Mindera

Product Designer, 2021 - 2022

Working for Waitrose I partnered with a Product Owner to create internal tools from scratch.

Mindera

Product Designer, 2021 - 2022

Working for Waitrose I partnered with a Product Owner to create internal tools from scratch.

Blip

Product Designer, 2019 - 2021

Rebuilt the whole Betfair App, bringing it to modern standards while including rich content features to maximize the user experience.

Blip

Product Designer, 2019 - 2021

Rebuilt the whole Betfair App, bringing it to modern standards while including rich content features to maximize the user experience.

Gen Design Studio

UI & Motion Designer, 2017 - 2019

Started as a motion designer supporting the product team and ended up creating and mantaining design sytems.

Gen Design Studio

UI & Motion Designer, 2017 - 2019

Started as a motion designer supporting the product team and ended up creating and mantaining design sytems.

Janela Digital

Graphic Designer, 2015 - 2016

Supporting the marketing team on both physical and digital supports.

Janela Digital

Graphic Designer, 2015 - 2016

Supporting the marketing team on both physical and digital supports.

Portfolio

See my work

Note: my work is password protected out of respect for past teams. Reach out to me at hello@miguelfreitas.fyi

Learning

Advanced Figma

Michael Riddering, 2024

Advanced Figma

Michael Riddering, 2024

Figma Academy 2.0

Michael Riddering, 2023

Figma Academy 2.0

Michael Riddering, 2023

Figma Academy 1.0

Michael Riddering, 2022

Figma Academy 1.0

Michael Riddering, 2022

Post Graduation in Design

University of Aveiro, 2013 - 2015

Post Graduation in Design

University of Aveiro, 2013 - 2015

Bachelor in Design

University of Aveiro, 2010 - 2013

Bachelor in Design

University of Aveiro, 2010 - 2013

Contacts

hello@miguelfreitas.fyi
linkedin
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