# Vítor Gonçalves

> UX Designer

Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/vtor

Experienced designer with a proven track record of delivering end-to-end projects with high user satisfaction rates. Having worked in multiple environments - startup, non-profit, freelancing, volunteering -  I excel in collaborative, data-driven approaches and organizational efficiency. 

BTW, I make a mean hot sauce!

" The users are not your problem. 
" You product is your problem. 
" The problem contains the solution.

## Work Experience
### UX Designer @ University of Chicago
Jan 2023 – Present | Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Revamped branding across multiple web platforms and documents to enhance brand consistency and modernize the Library’s image.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams in planning product roadmap and implementing new features.
- Led the research, design, implementation, and testing of a dedicated website for a digital collection, resulting in enhanced user experience and streamlined access to resources.

### Web Designer and Developer @ Unknown
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Braga, Portugal
• Provide web-related digital product services including graphical and web design, web development, project planning, and hosting. 
• Keeping abreast with industry standards and market trends in web design and low-code methodologies. 
• Design and wireframe prototypes from low to high fidelity.
• Transitioned an international scientific conference to a virtual venue by studying user mental models.
• The event spanned 3 days, 9+ timezones, 200+ presented papers, 85 virtual sessions, and over 3100 comments in online scientific discussion.

### UI/UX Designer @ WATGRID
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Aveiro Area, Portugal
• Established branding consistency by creating a design system for development and all marketing channels.
• Studied and deployed the UX by working closely with all stakeholders aligning business goals with user needs.
• Developed new features in an Agile environment using AngularJs and consuming data from an IoT API for a SaaS web platform.
• Conducted usability tests, interviews, and user research.

### Digital Media Specialist @ My Friends In Portugal
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Aveiro
• Website creation in WordPress, custom code in PHP and Javascript.
• Graphic Design in Adobe Suite.
• Close cooperation with CEO and COO to bootstrap an e-tourism start-up.

### Lead Photographer @ Foto Felicidade
Jan 2004 – Jan 2014 | Vila Verde, Portugal
• Studio and Outdoors photo sessions, weddings, and other private events.
• Digital photography editing and composition.
• Managing team for coordinated event rundown and dialogue with clients to manage quality control.
• Conducting extensive research to understand best practices in the industry.
• Developing buyer-centric displays and concepts for national trade shows.


## Education
### Master's degree in Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
Universidade de Aveiro

### Bachelor's Degree in New Technologies of Communication
Universidade de Aveiro


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vitorgo
- Portfolio: https://vitordesign.pt/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=linkedin&utm_campaign=unk_ux_designer

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Last updated: 2026-03-31