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Leticia Rezende

Senior UX Designer

Profile

Senior UX Designer with 12+ years in digital product design. I lead end-to-end UX for connected vehicle features at Volvo Cars, after six years of client work at The Techno Creatives that included two Red Dot Award-winning projects.

Core skills

End-to-end UX Interaction design User research Usability testing Prototyping Design systems Workshop facilitation Accessibility Stakeholder alignment

Experience

Senior UX Designer, Volvo Cars

Mar 2024 to now

Mobile Experience, Göteborg

  • Lead end-to-end UX for connected vehicle features in the Volvo Cars app, from discovery and concepts to interaction design and developer handoff.
  • Define interaction patterns and UX principles for safety-critical features, balancing usability, regulation and technical constraints.
  • Facilitate workshops that set product direction and align Product, Engineering, Research, Content Design and Vehicle UX teams.
  • Deliver flows, prototypes and high-fidelity UI in Figma, consistent with Volvo's design system and accessibility standards.

Senior Digital Product Designer, The Techno Creatives

Dec 2019 to Dec 2023

Design and technology studio, Göteborg

  • Design lead on Plint's freelancer platform: 13 months, 20 user interviews, 485 survey answers, a new design system and handover to the client's team.
  • Owned client projects end to end, handling stakeholders directly within technical, budget and time constraints.
  • Built and maintained design systems and style guides; led and mentored designers.
  • Planned and ran user research and usability testing to steer design decisions.

Digital Product Designer, The Techno Creatives

Jan 2018 to Dec 2019

Design and technology studio, Göteborg

  • Designed a boat management and telematics app that lets owners track their boat's status.
  • Created automotive HMI for research and demonstrations with carmakers and suppliers, shown at international fairs.
  • Designed exhibition installations with holograms and games in Unity and Unreal; redesigned Engrospartner's ordering tool and design system.
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Experience, continued

Lead UI/UX Designer, Instituto iTriad for KaiOS

Mar 2017 to Jan 2018

Smart feature phone operating system, Brazil

  • Led a small design team in Brazil, working weekly with the main design team in Taiwan.
  • Designed and documented interfaces, apps and features for keypad phones and set-top boxes.
  • Acted as Scrum Master for the projects running in parallel.

Designer and Web Developer

May 2012 to Mar 2017

Academia Levier, Argo Internet, New Media and Amazon Sat, Manaus

Designed and built WordPress themes for company websites and online shops, from wireframes to HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP.

Recognition

Red Dot Award

Vitrolife G-Series interactive hologram, ESHRE 2019

Red Dot Award

Veoneer collaborative driving data visualisation

Education

Graphic Design

FAMETRO, Manaus, 2014 to 2016

Industrial Design

UFAM, Manaus, 2010 to 2014

Certificates

Exercising Leadership

HarvardX, 2023

PMP Exam Prep, 30 hours

Joseph Phillips, 2021

Certified ScrumMaster

Scrum Alliance, 2017

Tools and details

Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut Pro

HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Swedish citizen, driving licence B

Selected work online

Case studies for Plint, Engrospartner and earlier projects at leticia.pro