Hi! I’m Lucia
A UX/UI designer and published writer
I work with startups to design solutions for complex problems, especially in the FinTech space. I have been an art journalist and marketer in my past life.
Here is a fun fact as an icebreaker: In the past 5 years, I have lived and worked in 17 countries. I’m now based in Lisbon where the sun shines 2,799 hours a year.
Featured Projects
An Easier Way For Football Enthusiasts to Organize Games
Mobile App Design
FIELD app already succeeds in making football venues more accessible to football enthusiasts. I was tasked to design a new feature that encourages new users to recruite and organize more games.
Redesigned Property Platform For a Unified Experience
Responsive Web Design
spaceSense is a property search and service provider platform. The redesigned website gives the brand a new visual identity, as well as a more clear value proposition for first-time visitors.
Micro-Invest in Digital Assets With Ease
iOS Mobile App
Investing is complex and daunting for the average person in Australia. Designed for non-investors, I helped design Canvas mobile app with a product team to lower the barrier to invest in stocks, indexes and managed digital portfolios.
Blockchain Enabled Property Investment
Responsive Web App
Meridio is a blockchain venture company with a mission to make property shares divisible and easy to trade. I worked with the team to create a web app solution for real estate owners and investors alike.
Intuitive Inventory Management
Responsive App Designs
Tasked to scale a tedious and manual process digitally, I worked with a leading logistics client to bring simplicity and focus to self-service inventory management.
Cross-Border Payments Made Easy
Mobile UX/UI Design
Multi-currency, cross-border payments cost SME owners time, money and energy. This mobile app was designed to provide a smooth, fast and enjoyable remittances solution.
Connect People Through Music
Mobile UX/UI Design
Music streaming has made listening a solitary experience. I designed a mobile experience to make music social again by connecting listeners with the right people.
Designlab UX Academy Review
It’s been a few years since I’ve been practicing UX Design, but the journey to get here was not all sunshine and rainbows. There were lots of trials and errors, and most importantly, lots of self-imposed learning. Luckily, there is a myriad of UX courses that can get you job-ready. Of the many UX design courses I took, Designlab’s UX Academy
How to Conduct Usability Testing: A Step-By-Step Guide
Originally published on careerfoundry.com as a guest post. With the widespread adoption of user-centric design philosophy, evaluating designs with users becomes increasingly critical in ensuring the success of product experience. Usability testing is a tried-and-true method for evaluating designs directly involving users. It goes beyond simply asking people if they understand the system, and probes potential issues around ease of use
On choosing to be a UX designer
A new year calls for a new beginning. Rather than going straight into goal setting this year like I always do, I decided to take a moment to reflect on how I can do goal-setting differently this time. When goal setting goes awry in 2017 I set a kind of goal that snapped back at me when it was “achieved”. My goal was