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Hi, I’m Alice Merino, a UX/UI and Brand Designer with eight years of experience in graphic design, product design, and branding. I enjoy turning complex ideas into intuitive interfaces and visually compelling identities, collaborating across disciplines to create meaningful user experiences. Currently I’m focused on designing fintech and consumer-facing apps, crafting user journeys, validating ideas through research and usability testing, and delivering scalable design systems. I love learning and sharing knowledge with my team.…Hi, I’m Alice Merino, a UX/UI and Brand Designer with eight years of experience in graphic design, product design, and branding. I enjoy turning complex ideas into intuitive interfaces and visually compelling identities, collaborating across disciplines to create meaningful user experiences. Currently I’m focused on designing fintech and consumer-facing apps, crafting user journeys, validating ideas through research and usability testing, and delivering scalable design systems. I love learning and sharing knowledge with my team.

Alice Merino

UX Designer, UI Designer, Brand Designer, +3

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Hi, I’m Alice Merino, a UX/UI and Brand Designer with eight years of experience in graphic design, product design, and branding. I enjoy turning complex ideas into intuitive interfaces and visually compelling identities, collaborating across disciplines to create meaningful user experiences. Currently I’m focused on designing fintech and consumer-facing apps, crafting user journeys, validating ideas through research and usability testing, and delivering scalable design systems. I love learning and sharing knowledge with my team.…Hi, I’m Alice Merino, a UX/UI and Brand Designer with eight years of experience in graphic design, product design, and branding. I enjoy turning complex ideas into intuitive interfaces and visually compelling identities, collaborating across disciplines to create meaningful user experiences. Currently I’m focused on designing fintech and consumer-facing apps, crafting user journeys, validating ideas through research and usability testing, and delivering scalable design systems. I love learning and sharing knowledge with my team.

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Hi, I’m Alice Merino, a UX/UI and Brand Designer with eight years of experience in graphic design, product design, and branding. I enjoy turning complex ideas into intuitive interfaces and visually compelling identities, collaborating across disciplines to create meaningful user experiences.

Currently I’m focused on designing fintech and consumer-facing apps, crafting user journeys, validating ideas through research and usability testing, and delivering scalable design systems. I love learning and sharing knowledge with my team.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

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Expert

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Beginner

Language

Portuguese

Fluent

English

Advanced

Spanish; Castilian

Advanced

Work Experience

UI/UX Designer at Mercado Pago

September 30, 2025 - September 30, 2025

UX Designer on Mercado Pago’s Unboxing team and Mercado Pago app projects. Responsibilities included designing the packaging and unboxing experience for payment devices, creating printed materials, coordinating with suppliers and product managers, conducting benchmark studies, developing project roadmaps, documenting processes and design deliverables, collaborating with multilingual teams, and leading workshops and design critiques. Also updated app screens to improve user flows, developed wireframes, flowcharts, and high-fidelity prototypes, facilitated communication between UX and IT, and created illustrations/assets for interfaces.

UI/UX Designer at Mercado Pago

September 1, 2025 - September 1, 2025

UI/UX Designer on Mercado Pago's Unboxing team, designing the packaging and overall unboxing experience for payment devices, and producing printed materials included in the unboxing. Managed print steps, approved digital and physical samples, and maintained intermediate conversations with suppliers and product managers. Conducted benchmark studies and acted as the focal point for managing assigned projects, developing roadmaps, and documenting processes and design deliverables. Collaborated with teams in multiple languages (Spanish, Portuguese, and English) and facilitated workshops and design critiques. Also contributed to the Mercado Pago app by updating screens to improve user flows, developing wireframes, flowcharts, and high‑fidelity prototypes, documenting decisions, and coordinating between UX and IT. Created illustrations and assets for interfaces and other solutions.

UX Designer (Unboxing) at Mercado Pago

November 1, 2022 - Present

UX Designer on the Unboxing team: designed packaging and the overall unboxing experience for payment devices, including creating printed materials and overseeing print steps with suppliers and product managers; conducted benchmark studies; acted as focal point for project management; developed roadmaps and documented processes, decisions, and design deliverables; collaborated with multilingual teams (Spanish, Portuguese, and English).

UX/UI Designer at Mercado Pago

November 1, 2022 - Present

UX/UI Designer for Mercado Pago's payments app: updated screens to improve and refine user flows; developed wireframes, flowcharts, and high-fidelity prototypes; documented process, product testing, decisions, and design deliverables; facilitated communication between UX and IT teams; supported research, testing, and user interviews; helped define UX metrics; created illustrations and assets for the app’s interfaces and other solutions; participated in and moderated workshops and design critiques to exchange knowledge with other teammates; collaborated with multilingual teams (Spanish, Portuguese, and English).

Brand Designer at Hash

August 31, 2022 - August 31, 2022

Responsible for internal communications materials including initiatives and events; development of content for social media platforms; designing brands and visual solutions for Hash’s clients, including logos, visual communication, and brand assets; collaborated with Product Designers on knowledge exchange, user journey mapping, and research activities.

Brand Designer at Hash

August 1, 2022 - August 1, 2022

Responsible for creating materials for internal communications, including initiatives and events. Developed content for social media platforms and designed brands and visual solutions for Hash’s clients, including logos, visual identity systems, and brand assets. Collaborated with Product Designers through knowledge exchange, user journey mapping, and research activities.

Graphic / Brand Designer at Evolv

June 30, 2021 - June 30, 2021

Developed visual identities aligned with strategic positioning; created brand guides and all materials for the new brand; produced online and offline materials for clients (billboards, social networks, etc.); managed internal design tasks including website updates and social media content.

Brand Designer at Hash

June 1, 2021 - Present

Brand Designer responsible for internal communications materials, including initiatives and events; development of content for social media platforms; designing brands and visual solutions for Hash’s clients (logos, visual communication, and brand assets); collaborated with Product Designers for knowledge exchange, user journey mapping, and research activities.

Graphic / Brand Designer at Evolv

June 1, 2021 - June 1, 2021

Developed visual identities aligned with strategic positioning. Created brand guides and all materials for new brands. Produced online and offline materials for clients, such as billboards and social media assets, and managed internal design tasks including website updates and social media posting.

Graphic / Brand Designer at Evol

November 1, 2019 - June 1, 2020

Developed visual identities aligned with strategic positioning; created brand guides and materials for new brands; produced online and offline materials (billboards, social network posts, and others); managed internal design tasks, including website updates and the creation of social media content.

Graphic Designer at Bab Bath & Body

October 31, 2019 - October 31, 2019

Developed graphic materials including campaigns and packaging for new products, brochures, and other communication assets; created and managed content for the brand’s social media platforms; led development and management of the brand’s new e-commerce platform.

Graphic Designer at Bab Bath & Body

October 1, 2019 - October 1, 2019

Developed graphic materials for campaigns and product packaging, brochures, and other communication assets. Created and managed content for the brand’s social media platforms and led the development and management of the brand’s new e-commerce platform.

Graphic Designer at Bab Bath & Bod

November 1, 2018 - Present

Created campaigns and packaging for new products, brochures, and other communication assets; produced and managed content for the brand’s social media platforms; led the development and management of the brand’s new e-commerce platform.