Andre D. — Co-Founder

I am a designer building digital products. For the past 10+ years, I have worked with multi-disciplinary professionals shaping the future of brands and products around the world. My background is in Visual and User Interface with a deep understanding of User Experience. I've led projects for different industries such as entertainment, fashion, retail and finance. I helped create great design teams and also coach young designers from different parts of the world. I have a great understanding of design culture and design processes. Throughout my career, I've worked with global brands like Nike, Facebook, Herman Miller, Sony, Speedo, Credit Suisse and many others. I was born in Brazil and I believe that gives me a different perspective when approaching design and business problems for users in different markets. In 2014 I built my first independent product with a partner. Our product was called Move to Apple. Which was a MacOs app for users to import playlists from Spotify and Rdio to Apple Music. We sold more than 10.000 licenses and kept the product running for about 18 months. After we finished Move to Apple we decided to create our next product focused on the creative industry, approaching a problem that's common for anyone who wants to collect and browse inspiration that they find on the internet. We launched Savee in 2016, an ad-free platform that was designed to be simple and easy to use. We started with 60 beta users and currently we are more than 13.000 users that are constantly increasing and I am proud of what we are building. I believe in team-work and discipline in Design. Integrating great visual and interaction design is in my view the way to create well-crafted experiences that are consequentially responsible for meaningful products. My specialties are in User Interface Design, Motion Design & Interactive Prototypes, my main focus is how we can use design to solve business challenges focused on the user experience.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Creative Tech Designer with extensive experience in user-centric product design.

Experience: 20 yrs 7 mos

Career Highlights

Founder of Savee with nearly 1M users.
Led design projects for global brands like Nike and Facebook.
Expert in integrating visual and interaction design.

Work Experience

Airbnb

Design (3 yrs 1 mo)

Google

Staff Designer (1 yr 6 mos)

YouTube

Staff Visual Designer (1 yr 6 mos)

Netflix

Product Designer (1 yr 9 mos)

Savee

Founder (10 yrs 4 mos)

Squarespace

Design Lead & Art Direction (9 mos)

Huge

Associate Creative Director (1 yr 8 mos)

Hello Design

Design Director (1 yr 2 mos)

Huge

Senior Visual Designer (5 mos)

AG2 Publicis Modem

Art Director (3 yrs 10 mos)

iWorks Internet Solutions

Designer (3 yrs 3 mos)

Andre D.

Co-Founder

United States20 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of Savee with nearly 1M users.
Led design projects for global brands like Nike and Facebook.
Expert in integrating visual and interaction design.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Creative Tech Designer with extensive experience in user-centric product design.

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User ExperienceArt DirectionInformation ArchitectureAdvertisingUser Interface DesignGraphic DesignPhotoshopFlashCSSInteraction DesignActionScriptUser Experience DesignLayoutTypographyCreative Direction

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Experience

20 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

10 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Airbnb

Design

Aug 2021 – Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Los Angeles, California, United States

Google

Staff Designer

Jan 2020 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

Helped different teams accross Google thinking and designing the future of core initiatives.

Youtube

Staff Visual Designer

Jul 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos · Greater Los Angeles Area

As a staff visual designer, I worked at the intersection of brand and product. Crafting the future YouTube Music experience for users and artists from all around the world.

Netflix

Product Designer

Sep 2016 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

I worked in different projects across different platforms and teams for Netflix members from around the world. My main focus was to integrate visual, interaction and motion design to create the future TV and binge-worthy entertainment experiences. I worked in collaboration with product management and engineering teams, using data from experiments and consumer insights to inform our designs.

Savee

Founder

Dec 2015 – Present · 10 yrs 4 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

SAVEE is a platform for creatives to save and share inspiration.
This is a personal project that I created and work on my free time with a partner Ramon Fritsch.
With almost 1M users we are constantly working on improving and growing the platofmr.

Squarespace

Design Lead & Art Direction

Dec 2015 – Sep 2016 · 9 mos · New York

At Squarespace I had the chance to help put together our first design team that was responsible for the main front site experience. Everything that's on squarespace.com is designed by the team we created.
I led multiple projects in partnership with product designers, PMs and engineers.

Huge

Associate Creative Director

Apr 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos · Greater Los Angeles Area

I had the great opportunity of returning to Huge in 2014 where I led multiple projects from great brands across multiple offices. One of the biggest achievements of my career was to work on a pitch that resulted in Huge opening an Asia office in Singapore. Besides that, I led projects and mentored designers in projects for clients in the US like Toyota, T-Mobile, Vans and many others.

Hello design

Design Director

Feb 2013 – Apr 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos · Greater Los Angeles Area

At Hello Design I had the pleasure of working with great brands like Nike, Sony, and Speedo. I led digital experiences in multi-platforms. Working closely with the company leadership and focusing on creative solutions that could help brands grow.

Huge

Senior Visual Designer

Oct 2011 – Mar 2012 · 5 mos

I worked as a contractor at Huge in Rio when they were starting the operations in Brazil. I had the honor to work with a group of amazing visual designers, UX designers and researchers creating a product for one of the top media companies in Brazil.