# Mariana Souto > Product Designer Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/marianasouto I'm a Digital Product Designer with over a decade of experience in crafting digital experiences. Currently working remotely with the Lucid Genomics team, guiding decisions and developing innovative solutions to empower geneticists in their quest to find solutions for diseases. ## Work Experience ### Product Designer @ Lucid Genomics Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Germany My job involves guiding decisions, developing innovative solutions, and assisting the team in implementing cutting-edge AI tools to streamline their work. ### Senior Product Designer @ Scratch Foundation Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 ### Product Designer @ Scratch Foundation Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 ### Product, UX/UI Designer @ DadosJusBr Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | Brazil • Improve responsive open-source website UX/UI on a team of 9 to facilitate open data visualization for millions of Reais (Brazilian currency) in government expenses. • Utilize Figma to develop a style guide and screens, icons, and branding for the Beta version and to create first prototypes for developers. • Use Zeplin to communicate with developers as well as create issues in GitHub. ### UI/UX, Visual Designer @ Brinqa Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Remote Followed brand guidelines to create a design system into a cyber risk management website experience Worked closely with front end developer to ensure consistent design across more then 50 responsive web pages ### User Experience Designer @ Whip Media Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York City Metropolitan Area ### Product Designer Intern @ San Francisco State University Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area • Participated in human-centered design research to develop a product that prevents common mistakes when giving medication to children. • Conducted user research and created personas to understand the challenge of dosing and to determine a solution to prevent common mistakes. • Use Figma to develop wireframes and a high-fidelity digital book prototype providing support to child caregivers who medicate children; utilized Adobe Illustrator to create a hardback version. • Develop an MVP to entertain children while dosing medication. ### Product Designer @ Laboratório de Sistemas Distribuídos Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Brazil • Collaborated as sole designer on a cross-functional team of 5 to develop an Android app, including branding, 30 screens, and more than 35 icons, for cities to track suspicious spending. The app was downloaded 5000+ times. • Developed a crowdsource research web platform. • Contributed to a responsive innovative sign language dictionary app using agile methodology. ### Industrial Designer @ Laboremus Industria e Comercio de Maquinas Agricolas LTDA Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | http://www.laboremus.com.br/ • Contributed to the automatization strategy of this 80+ years old factory, which lead to 100% increase in sales in the second year. • Mapped and cataloged the parts of the products made in the factory using digital 3D modeling program. • Improved and redesigned parts of the products to achieve simpler production processes and component reuse. • Created assembling guides to enhance the factory worker’s understanding and experience while building the products. ### Interior Designer Intern @ New Modular Furniture Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Brazil Created indoor personalized furniture projects in a digital 3D tool based on each user’s needs. ### Fashion Design Trainee @ Colorful cotton cooperative Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | http://www.naturalfashion.com.br Developed a collection using naturally colored cotton and artisanal lace made by the craftsmen association for this regional social cooperative business that provides more than 800 job positions in 25 cities. ### Ergonomics Designer intern @ Universidade Federal de Campina Grande Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 | Brazil Assisted professor’s activities, prepared class seminary, and wrote a guide about ergonomics and design. ## Education ### Major in Industrial Design Universidade Federal de Campina Grande ### Master of Arts in Design in Human-centered design San Francisco State University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/soutomariana - Portfolio: https://www.marianasouto.me --- Source: https://flows.cv/marianasouto JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/marianasouto/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29