Nice to meet you, I'm Mari
I've worked in Product Design since 2015, turning complex problems into experiences that are simpler, clearer, and easier to use.
Throughout my career, I've worked at companies of different sizes and on products across fintech, logistics, healthcare, streaming, and more recently, artificial intelligence.
Today, I connect strategy, design, and technology to help teams make better decisions, build systems that scale, and take good ideas all the way to products that truly work.
Principles that guide my work
Clarity
Complex problems don't have to lead to complicated experiences. I work to organize information, create hierarchy, and make what really matters evident in every decision.
Collaboration
Design doesn't happen in isolation. I like building solutions together with product, engineering, and business, bringing different perspectives in from the start.
Systems thinking
Before solving a screen, I try to understand the system around it. That means considering rules, dependencies, different journeys, and how the solution might evolve over time.
Pragmatism
Not every problem calls for the most sophisticated solution. I aim to balance impact, effort, and speed, choosing the right level of depth for each moment of the product and the business.
Journey
- Feb 2026 – today
Staff Product Designer
Pump
I connect design and code to build AI products, from the Design System to production interfaces.
- Jan 2024 – Jan 2026
Especialista em Design de Produto
StarkBank
Helped structure the Design practice, leading the creation of the Design System and setting up processes to scale products and strengthen experience consistency.
- Jul 2023 – Dec 2023
Product Designer Sênior
Nomad
Simplified investment journeys and helped evolve financial products through research, systems, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Mar 2022 – Sep 2022
Consultora de Design de Produto
Decisiv
Turned complex operational flows into clearer, more efficient tools for maintenance and logistics teams.
- Jan 2021 – Mar 2022
Product Designer Sênior, LATAM
iFood
Led initiatives for couriers in Colombia, adapting products to different markets and shaping decisions at a regional scale.
- Jul 2020 – Jan 2021
Product Designer Pleno
RD Saúde
Digitized healthcare journeys during the pandemic, making complex processes simpler and more accessible.
- Sep 2018 – Jul 2020
Product Designer Júnior → Pleno
Claro
Helped define visual language and experience patterns for a digital ecosystem before Design Systems were widely adopted.
- Aug 2017 – Sep 2018
Product Designer Júnior
Accenture/Concrete
Worked on the evolution of Itaú's digital products, using research and discovery to solve problems before designing interfaces.
Education
- 2009 – 2013 · Pará, Brazil
Bachelor of Product Design
IESAM
- 2014 – 2015 · Curitiba, Brazil
Postgraduate in User-Centered Design
Universidade Positivo
I keep going deeper into topics that expand my work across strategy, design, and technology, like Design Systems, artificial intelligence, research, behavior, and animation.
- AI UI Coding Basics in Cursor · Memorisely2026
- AI Design Bootcamp · Memorisely2025
- Animating Brands and Products · Aprenda Design2025
- Design System Bootcamp · Memorisely2024
- Neuroscience, Design, and User Behavior · IED2024
- Designing Strategy · IDEO U2022
- Data and Quantitative Research · Aprenda Design2021
- Behavior Design · Aprenda Design2021
- Product Discovery · PM32021
- Design System Operations Bootcamp · How2018
Good ideas usually start with a good conversation.