Hi, I’m George Chaves, a UX and web designer based in Lisbon, Portugal. I design websites and landing pages, and craft high‑quality visuals for digital campaigns, helping brands communicate clearly with strategy‑driven messages. I love building cohesive design systems, collaborating with cross‑functional teams, and turning complex requirements into delightful user experiences across desktop, tablet, mobile, and browser extension experiences.

George Chaves

Hi, I’m George Chaves, a UX and web designer based in Lisbon, Portugal. I design websites and landing pages, and craft high‑quality visuals for digital campaigns, helping brands communicate clearly with strategy‑driven messages. I love building cohesive design systems, collaborating with cross‑functional teams, and turning complex requirements into delightful user experiences across desktop, tablet, mobile, and browser extension experiences.

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Hi, I’m George Chaves, a UX and web designer based in Lisbon, Portugal. I design websites and landing pages, and craft high‑quality visuals for digital campaigns, helping brands communicate clearly with strategy‑driven messages.

I love building cohesive design systems, collaborating with cross‑functional teams, and turning complex requirements into delightful user experiences across desktop, tablet, mobile, and browser extension experiences.

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Work Experience

Web Designer at Digital Silk
September 1, 2025 - Present
Creating amazing experiences for clients; designing websites and landing pages; producing high-quality visuals for digital campaigns; developing on-brand, compelling designs aligned with strategy and messaging; presenting creative concepts to internal and external stakeholders.
UX Designer at Aptivio
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025
Automated GTM strategies and played a pivotal role in shaping future sales. Collaborated in a cross-functional team to create a coherent look & feel across desktop, tablet, mobile and browser extension experiences. Partnered with design consultants to deliver a new Design System in Figma, and worked with Front End engineers to translate tokens, components and patterns into Storybook.
Senior Product Designer at Wunderman Thompson
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2023
Asked insightful questions to understand product entities, business domains, and team needs; architected flexible design systems, component libraries, patterns and guidelines to model product experiences effectively.
Designer at Everis
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020
Blended high-level strategic vision with implementation-focused design; mentored and collaborated with clients to expand the system to new use cases; improved system implementation across internal consumer communities; conducted UI audits and communicated through prototypes and research.
Product Designer at SKY TV
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018
Revolutionised TV; maintained a Design System that supports internal product teams to deliver cohesive user experiences at scale across web, mobile, and TV platforms; collaborated with product teams to ensure Design Systems meet present and future requirements.
UX Designer at Aptivo
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025
Automated GTM strategies and played a uniquely important role in the future of sales. Joined across‑functional team to create a coherent and own‑able look & feel for desktop, tablet, mobile and browser extension experiences. Partnered with design consultants to ensure timely completion of a new Design System in Figma, and with Front End engineers in the coding of tokens, components and patterns into Storybook.
Designer at Independent / Freelance
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020
Blended high‑level strategic vision with implementation‑focused design. As a collaborator and mentor, consulted with clients to augment the system to new use cases and improved system implementation across internal consumer communities. Conducted UI audits, communicating through prototypes and research.

Education

MBA in Interaction Design at Istituto Europeo di Design
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018
Bachelor of Visual Communication in Industrial Design at Universidade do Estado da Bahia
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2015
FullStack Web Development at Le Wagon
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2022
Design System Formation at Meiuca
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018
MBA in Interaction Design at Instituto Europeu de Design
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2018
Bachelor's in Visual Communication / Industrial Design at Universidade do Estado da Bahia
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2015
FullStack Web Development Training at Le Wagon
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2022
Design System Formation at Meicula
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2018

Qualifications

Design System Formation
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018
FullStack Web Development Training
January 1, 2022 - December 19, 2025
Advanced HTML and CSS for Designers
January 1, 2018 - December 19, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Education, Other