I’m Maria, a communication/graphic designer and visual arts teacher, based in Porto, Portugal.
Since 2015, I’ve had the opportunity to work with several brands (corporative and institutional), nationally and internacionally, developing visual solutions.
Branding and Editorial have occupied the core of my work—digital and print. Also, working in a small team branding studio for the past four years, I developed competences as a project and team leader and I’m comfortable with dealing directly with clients and suppliers.
Education and Design are obviously the fields of greatest interest and reflection for me, however, my curiosity guides me in the search for knowledge in the Arts and Humanities in general.
I devote much of my time to the study of non-formal education, sustainability education and sustainable practices. Access to quality education is, for me, a primary good and I understand artistic education as fundamental in the continuous search for the creation of spaces for individual freedom in the educational curriculum. My main concerns as a human being are social causes, sustainability and human rights: they play a major role in my daily conduct and choices.
I always try to link all these fields because I believe that Education and Design can play an important role in progress of all these causes, if understood and practiced with civic and social responsibility.
Projects
Work history
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Lead Brand DesignerSaltPay
Porto, PortugalFull Time
SaltPay is a payment service and software provider, arming local businesses with the technology they need to automate and grow.
SaltPay was founded in 2019 with the goal to create affordable, fast and secure payment solutions that can help small and medium-sized businesses to manage and grow their operations better. Taken for granted by banks and traditional service providers, small businesses have especially struggled to get access to the financial services and software they need.
We’re a pan-European business, with a global presence. Home to over 1,000 employees in 14 offices across 12 countries, our footprint grows every day. Alongside our solution for local businesses, we also offer a range of other services and software such as issuer payment processing, cloud-native payments and business management Software-as-a-Service to global FinTechs, payment providers, banks, and MNOs.
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Communication DesignerFreelance
Porto, PortugalFreelance
Working as a freelancer since 2014 for several brands and organizations as a communication and graphic designer.
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Skills
- Project Management
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Indesign
- Adobe Premiere
- Basic Html
- Bootstrap Framework
- Art Direction
- Editorial Design