# Christina Oliveira

> Senior Product Designer | Human-Centered Design, AI, and Gamification to Drive Engagement

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/christinaoliveira

Christina Oliveira is a Senior Product Designer at Paper, a digital platform that helps students and educators achieve their academic goals. With over 7 years of experience in Product, & UX/UI design, Christina applies her creativity and empathy to create user-friendly and engaging interfaces that enhance learning and collaboration.

Christina's portfolio showcases her expertise in generative AI integration, prototyping, style guides, high-fidelity design, wireframing, storyboarding, usability testing, and more. She is proficient in various tools, such as Figma, Sketch, InVision, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Blender. She also has a background in graphic design and web development, with skills in CSS and HTML. Christina is passionate about solving problems and communicating effectively through visual and verbal means. She is a collaborative and flexible designer who enjoys learning new things and traveling the world.

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer @ Paper
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Freelance Product Designer @ CLO Design LLC
Jan 2013 – Present
• Designed and developed user-friendly websites for small businesses using Framer, enhancing their online presence.  
• Specialized in UX redesigns and rebranding projects, ensuring a cohesive and engaging user experience.

### User Experience Designer @ Ontada
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States
User Experience and User Interface Designer for Ontoda Care (Patient Portal) & Total View 3 (Revenue Cycle Analytic Tool) for Oncology practices and patients, at Ontada, a McKesson company.

### UX Designer @ Yale University
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
•	Leading the redesign of the Yale School of Medicine front-facing website and CMS system in order to improve the user interface and experience.
•	Identifying and troubleshooting UX problems in a complex and content-heavy system.
•	Improving projects’ design, taking into account style standards on typography, color palette, consistent patterns, motion design and enhancing user flow.

### UX Designer @ San Francisco Department of Public Health
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Collaborated with a team of 3 UX Designers to redesign an outdated, content-heavy website to reduce high bounce rates & improve the entire user experience.
• Created user-centric designs using data, google analytics, usability testing and research on the San Francisco community.
• Reduced the average time on task by 3 minutes and greatly improved the user experience with simpler, more understandable language and information architecture.

### Freelance Interior Designer @ Sonder Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Created beautiful residential designs in a fast-paced, startup environment while maintaining control of the quality in design, scope, budget, and schedule.
• Helped develop new design systems in order to constantly improve our processes and ability to collaborate with collogues from different locations and markets around the world.
• Remained updated with constantly changing design applications while focusing on color, harmony, and balance.

### Design CX/UX @ Airbnb
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Communicated and empathized with our Italian and English speaking hosts in order to define their pain points with the system and create a better overall experience.
• Helped create a method of communicating an optimal experience for customers at all touchpoints at the brand-new sector of Airbnb, Airbnb Plus.
• Worked within a cross-functional team of Senior Directors, Account Managers, Interior Designers, Photographers, UI/UX designers, Engineers and the Marketing team to build a startup within Airbnb.

### Freelance Graphic Designer @ CloDesigns
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Sydney, Australia
• Collaborated with clients to discover the best design solution.
• Created custom logos, icons, illustrations and splash images for websites and applications.

### Property Manager & Designer @ Private Company
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Rome Area, Italy
• Increased home visibility of 8 homes by marketing each home on multiple vacation home websites (VRBO, Airbnb, Homeaway, booking.com) while upkeeping excellent reviews.
• Redecorated & designed each home; increased value of the home and rental revenue.

### English Language Teacher @ IDEAS Scuola di Lingue
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Rome Area, Italy
• Instructed English course to diverse individuals from a variety of age groups at the Vatican Museum.
• Helped create & market the companies Facebook, Instagram, flyers & website.

### Office Assistant @ Coddington Hicks & Danforth
Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 | Redwood shores, CA


## Education
### UX/ UI Design
General Assembly
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019

### Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA in Graphic Design
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jan 2009 – Jan 2014


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/christina-oliveira
- Portfolio: https://clodesign.space

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Last updated: 2026-03-25