01 / About

Hi, I’m Marina.

Portrait of Marina Alves smiling, wearing a black top in front of a dark grey studio background

My story

Hi, I’m Marina. I started as a UX Designer on Brasil Participativo, a public participation platform built on open-source software, and I grew into the Lead Product Designer of the team.

Along the way I learned that leading design is less about making every decision and more about creating the conditions for good ones: shared criteria, a design system the whole team can trust, and room to disagree and learn. I still like being close to the work, from mapping a flow to reviewing a handoff.

I’m open to remote roles with teams around the world. If you’re building something that matters to the people who use it, I’d love to hear about it and see how we could work together.

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What I work with

  • User research
  • Interaction design
  • Design systems
  • Accessibility (WCAG)
  • Prototyping
  • Usability testing
  • Service design
  • Figma
  • GitHub