Paulo SantosLisbon

Designing, leading teams, and shipping, with a little help from the machines.

UX/UI Designer & Team Lead · 15+ years experience

Thirteen years working across telco operators in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Same craft, smarter tools.

Paulo Santos
Paulo SantosKept You Waiting, Huh?
15years

designing

8countries

worked across

+30projects

shipped

AIspeed

now

Companies I've worked with
ALDI Süd
ALDI Süd
DUXXI
Directivo Ultras XXI
Jawwy
Jawwy
Ooredoo
Ooredoo
República da Música
República da Música
STC
STC
Saal Fernandes Barbershop
Saal Fernandes Barbershop
Safaricom
Safaricom
Sky Germany
Sky Germany
Vodafone Germany
Vodafone Germany
Vodafone Ireland
Vodafone Ireland
Vodafone Portugal
Vodafone Portugal
du
du
ALDI Süd
ALDI Süd
DUXXI
Directivo Ultras XXI
Jawwy
Jawwy
Ooredoo
Ooredoo
República da Música
República da Música
STC
STC
Saal Fernandes Barbershop
Saal Fernandes Barbershop
Safaricom
Safaricom
Sky Germany
Sky Germany
Vodafone Germany
Vodafone Germany
Vodafone Ireland
Vodafone Ireland
Vodafone Portugal
Vodafone Portugal
du
du
The practiceFive crafts

A reminder

There are three responses to a piece of design: yes, no, and wow.

— Milton Glaser

01UX Strategy

Research-led design for complex products.

Closing the gap between ambiguity and shipped.

02Design Systems

Scalable component libraries built to last.

Less reinventing, more shipping.

03Research & Facilitation

Workshops, user interviews, onsite testing.

Turning client sessions into design decisions.

04AI & Tooling

Claude, Claude Code, Figma MCP and more to come.

Moving faster without thinking less.

05Leadership

Guiding design teams through complexity.

Clarity first, craft always.

Selected work

A curated trail of recent work.

Besides the work

There's a human here.

Each chip flips on click. Type the secret.