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From Chaos to Efficiency

Ricardo Alves | Product Owner & Senior Digital Designer

Ricardo Alves | Senior Digital Designer & Product Owner @ Digicomp

This is what happened

About Me

I'm Ricardo, a Product Owner, Digital Designer and Business IT Student from Zurich.

Glad to see you on my personal website!

Get to know me better as the creative, human-centered and tech-savvy problem solver I aspire to be.

Here I'll showcase the broad spectrum of skills I've been honing and the projects I've been shaping in the past years.

Want to get to know me better?
Let's connect and start a conversation!

Glad to see you on my new personal website!

Want to get to know me better? I'm happy to connect.
Let's discuss intricacies of user journeys, why petrol is a superior color than navy blue or interesting projects and collaborations.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you!

Portrait Photo of Ricardo Alves, Standing in front of foliage

Recent Work

I believe the most impactful solutions are created at the intersection of human-centered methods, understanding of business goals, and facilitated collaboration across teams and stakeholders. That's where I established my skills.

In my roles, I’ve led visual brand development, web design, and UX strategy across multidisciplinary teams. All while staying curious about new tools, methods and technologies to continuously become more effective and improve processes and collaboration - for myself and others.

More is on the way.

Selected work, case studies and writing are being put together right now. Come back soon — or reach out in the meantime.

Skills for a Diverse, Digital Landscape

Digital Product Ownership

Product design

Scrum & Agile Methodologies, Web Technologies, Stakeholder Alignment & Backlog Management, Product Roadmaps, CMS Implementations, Webinar & Workshop Facilitation

Digital Product Ownership

Product design

Scrum & Agile Methodologies • Web Technologies • Stakeholder Alignment & Backlog Management • Product Roadmaps • Webinar & Workshop Facilitation

UX & UI Design

Product design

Design Systems, Lean UX Processes, Usability Testing & User Research, Wireframing, Prototyping, UX Writing, Low-Code Web Builders

UX & UI Design

Product design

Design Systems • Lean UX Processes • Usability Testing & User Research • Wireframing • Prototyping • UX Writing • Low-Code Web Builders

Business IT

Product design

Business-IT-Alignement, Data Science, Requirements Engineering, Service Management, IT Security Management,

Business IT

Product design

Business-IT-Alignement • Data Science • Requirements Engineering • Service Management • IT Security Management

Digital Marketing

Product design

Marketing Automation, Performance Marketing, Lead Generation, Conversion Rate Optimization, Social Media Marketing, SEO

Digital Marketing

Product design

Marketing Automation • Performance Marketing • Lead Generation • Conversion Rate Optimization • Social Media Marketing • SEO

Visual Brand Leadership

Product design

Visual Brand Management & Development, Design Processes & Automation, Cross-functional collaboration and design advocacy

Corporate Design Management

Product design

Visual Brand Development • Design Processes & Automation • Cross-functional collaboration

Multimedia & Graphic Design

Product design

Corporate & Campaign Design, Typography, Data Visualization, Storyboarding, Motion Graphics, Print & Merchandise Design, GenAI Tools

Multimedia & Graphic Design

Product design

Typography • Data Visualization • Storyboarding • Motion Graphics • Print & Merchandise Design • GenAI Tools

How I got there

Throughout my 15 year long professional and educational journey my professional focus has shifted and evolved. But it always had one thing in common: It was about understanding people and their needs. Just the tools to my disposal have shifted and evolved. - from a purely visual craft to a powerful tool that's focused on strategic problemsolving.

My apprenticeship as a graphic designer gave me the visual finesse. My degree in multimedia engineering widened my horizon for all sorts of formats and experiences in todays digital world. And my professional experience made me realise, how I can combine my personal strenghts, like empathy and curiosity, with my professional expertise - and use it for the benefit of teams, digital products and users.

Professional Experience

8+ years in digital agencies and corporations in product/ project management, marketing and design.

Current Role

Senior Digital Designer & Product Owner at Digicomp Academy in Zurich

Education

Currently: Master of Science in Business IT

Zurich University of Applied Sciences, ZHAW

Bachelor of Science in Multimedia Engineering

University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons

Certificates

Scrum Product Owner

PSPO I & II

UX

UXQB Foundation

Service Management

ITIL® Version 5 Foundation

Would you like to connect?

I'd be happy to! Drop me a message and let's start from there.

Or let's connect on LinkedIn.

Would you like to connect?

I'd be happy to! Drop me a message and let's start from there.

Or let's connect on LinkedIn.

Would you like to connect?

I'd be happy to! Drop me a message and let's start from there.

Or let's connect on LinkedIn.

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