Hi, I’m Natália Kurquievicz, a Senior UX Designer with 19+ years of international experience shaping user-centered digital products across EU institutions, financial services, aerospace, and enterprise SaaS. I blend UX strategy with hands-on frontend awareness in React, Angular, and Storybook to enable seamless collaboration with development teams and rapid prototyping of production-ready components. I’m passionate about inclusive design, WCAG 2.2 AA compliance, and evidence-based decision-making, and I thrive in regulated, multi-stakeholder environments where governance and data protection matter as much as usability. _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

Natalia Cristina Kurquievicz

Hi, I’m Natália Kurquievicz, a Senior UX Designer with 19+ years of international experience shaping user-centered digital products across EU institutions, financial services, aerospace, and enterprise SaaS. I blend UX strategy with hands-on frontend awareness in React, Angular, and Storybook to enable seamless collaboration with development teams and rapid prototyping of production-ready components. I’m passionate about inclusive design, WCAG 2.2 AA compliance, and evidence-based decision-making, and I thrive in regulated, multi-stakeholder environments where governance and data protection matter as much as usability. _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

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Hi, I’m Natália Kurquievicz, a Senior UX Designer with 19+ years of international experience shaping user-centered digital products across EU institutions, financial services, aerospace, and enterprise SaaS. I blend UX strategy with hands-on frontend awareness in React, Angular, and Storybook to enable seamless collaboration with development teams and rapid prototyping of production-ready components.
I’m passionate about inclusive design, WCAG 2.2 AA compliance, and evidence-based decision-making, and I thrive in regulated, multi-stakeholder environments where governance and data protection matter as much as usability. Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup

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Language

Portuguese
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Advanced
English
Fluent
Catalan; Valencian
Advanced

Work Experience

UI/UX Designer – Technical Domain at European Committee of the Regions (COR) / COR-EESC
December 1, 2020 - Present
Lead user research and contextual inquiry to define functional and usability requirements for enterprise knowledge management systems serving legal and compliance professionals. Design information architecture, navigation models, and end-to-end user flows for complex document repositories and case-management integrations. Develop interactive prototypes in Figma and implement frontend proofs-of-concept using Angular to validate complex interactions before full development. Collaborate with frontend developers to translate UX specs into React/Angular component requirements (proptypes, state behavior, ARIA attributes). Plan and facilitate usability testing, heuristic evaluations, and accessibility audits; synthesize findings into actionable design improvements. Map cross-application journeys to ensure consistent interaction patterns. Produce UX documentation, pattern libraries, frontend implementation guidelines, accessibility conformance reports, and onboarding materials. Advocate for us
Senior Digital Marketing Lead – UI/UX Design (SaaS) at Airplane Solutions
November 1, 2019 - April 1, 2020
Led UX design for a SaaS dashboard translating aircraft flight data into actionable insights for airline managers. Applied Lean UX and heuristic analysis during discovery; conducted market analysis to inform feature prioritization. Collaborated with backend and frontend teams to define React component structure, data flow, and visualization requirements; provided annotated specs for hooks, props, and state management. Designed user flows in MockFlow, created wireframes in Sketch aligned with Material Design, and guided React implementation.
Senior UX Researcher & Designer at GammaUX (CaixaBank Project)
August 1, 2019 - October 1, 2020
Conducted end-to-end user research for a payment instalment app for CaixaBank Portugal (IKEA Portugal integration), adapting the successful Spanish version for the Portuguese market. Performed Kano analysis and heuristic evaluations to prioritize features and validate usability for native iOS (Objective-C) and Android (Java) applications. Collaborated with banking security teams to understand fraud prevention flows and user registration processes; designed intuitive, compliant journeys. Created annotated wireframes and interactive prototypes in MockFlow to guide development and stakeholder alignment.
Creative Team Lead – UI/UX Designer at PageGroup
November 1, 2015 - July 1, 2019
Led UX/UI design for the global rollout of PageGroup websites, including the flagship brand reveal for Page Outsourcing. Created annotated wireframes and responsive interactive prototypes; built reusable UI component libraries. Collaborated with Capgemini India on A/B testing strategies and frontend implementation; provided HTML5/CSS3/JS specifications for interactive components. Redesigned Drupal templates; produced flows in Illustrator, wireframes in Sketch, and animated assets in After Effects/Photoshop. Managed a team across UK and ROW markets.
Senior Creative Designer at Gesdocument
November 1, 2012 - November 1, 2015
Designed the first e-commerce platform (PrestaShop) and a hybrid payroll app; created user flows and wireframes in Sketch. Implemented frontend prototypes using vanilla JavaScript and CSS3 to validate interactions before full development. Led brand refresh: redesigned logo using golden ratio principles, created brand manual and social media guidelines. Produced SEO-optimized banners, blogs, social assets; animated graphics in After Effects; commercial presentations in Illustrator/Office.

Education

Bachelor's degree at UNICENP, Brazil
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2005
Web Master & Front-end at ESPAI – Escola Professional d'Aplicacions Informàtiques
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2006
UI/UX Design & User Research at The Interaction Design Foundation
January 1, 2014 - June 16, 2026
User Research | UX Design | Scrum at Platzi
January 1, 2019 - June 16, 2026
After Effects for Motion Design at Microgestio
January 1, 2018 - June 16, 2026

Qualifications

ARIA Concepts and ARIA Widgets (EU Commission UX Office)
January 11, 2030 - June 16, 2026
React: Component Thinking & Prototyping (Udemy)
January 11, 2030 - June 16, 2026
Angular Fundamentals for UX Professionals (Udemy)
January 11, 2030 - June 16, 2026
App Design: UX, UI & Design Thinking (Udemy)
January 11, 2030 - June 16, 2026
Accessibility auditing, TypeScript basics, and EU digital standards (Upskilling)
January 11, 2030 - June 16, 2026

Industry Experience

Government, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Software & Internet, Professional Services