I'm an all-round designer who recently moved from the antipodes to the vibrant city of Berlin.
Pico /pee:ku/
A nickname that started at home, but it has now spread across the world.
noun something small and pointy, a spike or a mountain peak; verb the highest point, the climax; adjective at maximal performance, at the greatest
A little bit of me
Being one of 5 siblings equipped me with the best tools for conflict resolution and emotional intelligence. Since young, communication has been at the core of everything I do. What I didn’t know by then is that I could create great impact communicating through design. And that’s why I have spent most of my life reinventing my storytelling skills and learning how to create more holistic and interconnected user experiences.
Everything I do, I work from the heart.
I can sail across branding, marketing communications and UX projects, but overall, I am just a regular human that loves connecting people.
Qualifications
User Experience Design
at General Assembly, Sydney
Masters of Design
at College of Fine Arts (COFA), Sydney
Graduate Diploma in Communication Design
at Fine Arts Faculty of Lisbon University
— the fabulous 5
I am the little one with the white blanket
With over a decade of creating in the digital and physical spaces, I like to combine purpose and beauty into all my design solutions.
— some of my clients
Department of Health
Cancer Australia
My Health Record
Commonwealth Bank
Coca-Cola Amatil
Magellan
Healius
a2b
Woolworths
Amaysim
MadeComfy
Upside
Yates
KFC
Mars
Krispy Kreme
IMC
Laureate International Universities
NSW Department of Education
Cover-More
BINGO Industries
Aboriginal Affairs NSW
Tabcorp
Medibank
Abbott
Asciano
AT&T
Chevrolet
Clarins
HTC
McDonald's
Microsoft
Oracle
QBE
Procter & Gamble
Sonae Group
Telstra
The Star
Verizon
and other Fortune 500 companies
Experience
Currently exploring the European design landscape, after a big move with the family all over from Sydney to Berlin.
2020-21 creatively supported businesses to best communicate their results and strategies at Armstrong. Building up to contribute to a very purposeful goal of making the Australian healthcare system more accessible, progressive and secure at Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA).
2018-19 saw me join the team at We Are Unity in developing people-centred brands that help multi-national companies and Australian institutions curate and improve their employee experience.
In 2017, I participated in School of the Alternative residency in Black Mountain, North Carolina where I explored how is to live and learn in a creative community.
By 2016, I was ready to embark on a personal project and travelled to explore new cultures and other ways of communication through volunteering with an NGO college in Arequipa, Peru called Colegio Elohim.
In 2014, I joined Designlogic where I performed senior designer and art direction roles.
2012 was the year I moved to Australia looking to expand my horizons. Here, I worked at Presentation Studio while developing some projects with the NGO Habitat for Humanity.
Before moving to Australia, I started my creative career in Portugal, where I have worked for nearly 4 years in the events industry at Polis.