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Gonçalo Catarino

Portuguese, 33, Web Art Director at Ogilvy, Lisbon. Founder at Prouduct

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Employed Full-Time
Website: http://www.unhub.com/catarino
Industries: Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media
Skills: Business, Copy Writing, Design, English, Entrepreneurship, French, Graphic design, Guerrilla marketing, Human-Computer Interaction, Languages, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Portuguese, Product design, Public Relations, Spanish, Viral marketing, Web design, Writing
Next step: Do it!
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Groups: Seedcamp
Visas: Europe
Interested in: Advising startups, Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding experts, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Helping friends, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company

FEATURED STARTUP

Prouduct

Prouduct Prouduct

Proud Products

  • Startup type: Company
  • Status: Active
  • Stage: Prototyping

FULL BIO

soon...

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: TwitBooks
Position: Founder
Time period: January 2009 - Present
Description: "Chief Everything Officer" at TwitBooks "You, 14 000 Chars, 1 Book."

Defining the startup's strategy and business plan.

Designing the web app services interaction mockups.

Seeking for investment and proactive like-minded problem solving partners.

Employer: Prouduct
Position: Founder
Time period: May 2008 - Present

Employer: OgilvyOne Worldwide, Lisbon
Position: Web Art Director
Time period: February 2007 - Present
Description: Art direct projects to refine, develop, and enforce interface design, branding, and UA guidelines

Create visual concepts and online solutions for a variety of clients need.

Design and production responsibilities for existing sections of the campaign site and new business projects

Create and lead the design implementation of projects incorporating copy, innovative visual design and brand assets, while being mindful of usability and web best practices

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to continuously improve the brand and user experience

Work with other designers and project contributors to ensure the consistency and quality of the projects

Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to create professional and engaging visual designs for website interface and online communications

Employer: Factory
Position: Founder, Events and Communication Director
Time period: February 2005 - December 2006

Employer: Blend, Communication Agency
Position: Web Designer
Time period: January 2003 - January 2005

Employer: Gomo
Position: Musician, Producer
Time period: January 2002 - January 2003

Employer: Clickpub
Position: Web Designer
Time period: August 2000 - December 2001
Description:

Employer: Cheekscreen
Position: Graphic Designer and Production Manager
Time period: May 1996 - May 2000

INFORMATION

Sports: Soccer, Jogging, Squash
Hobbies: Music Production, Vintage Music Research, Music, music and still... more music!

Cosmology, Physics, "searching for the perfect" Grand Unified Theory
(i'm betting on Lisi's E8)

Read, read, read, try, learn, learn, learn, do, read, more read, learn, read, do, do, do.

Quality Information Junkie...
Awards: Bronze Award, 2008 Caples International Awards

Category: Electronic/Interactive: Email/Customer Retention/Consumer

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