# Nayara Marques

**Senior Product Designer**

nayara.marques@outlook.com | +34 661 865 824
nayaramarques.com | linkedin.com/in/nayara-marques-da-silva-42981271
Brazilian Citizen | Based in Barcelona (Aligned with US East Coast Hours)

## Summary

Senior Product Designer with nine years of experience specializing in AI-native design governance and high-stakes operational systems. Moves from Figma to code-authored prototypes and production PRs, owning products end to end. Background in fintech, logistics, and energy, with a focus on making complex data clear, trustworthy, and scalable.

## Core skills

**AI Interaction Design:** Claude Design, Claude Code, AI interaction patterns (streaming, inline editing, agent handoffs, human-in-the-loop review).

**Systems & Architecture:** Figma, design tokens as source of truth, React component contracts, WCAG accessibility standards, HTML/CSS, Git/PR workflows.

**Design Governance:** Automated component tracking, validation systems to prevent AI creation drift, model-legible design systems.

**Product Strategy:** User research, workshop facilitation, 0-to-1 architecture, technical design leadership.

## Experience

### Clade | Senior Product Designer
May 2023 – Sep 2026 | New York, US (Remote)
Institutional AI platform for private capital markets.

- Sole designer owning product strategy, interface design, and shipping end to end.
- Designed institutional AI touchpoints, including a dashboard composer and contextual AI inside reports, documents, and meeting notes.
- Specified interaction patterns across 26 frames and six state families, covering streaming, inline editing, agent handoffs, and human-in-the-loop review.
- Built a token-based design system (48 components, 9 templates) with automated component tracking and validation to prevent AI creation drift.
- Moved prototyping from Figma to code, shipping pull requests directly against the React codebase via Claude.

### Loadsmart | Senior Product Designer
Nov 2021 – Jan 2023 | Chicago, IL (Remote)
US-based freight logistics platform.

- Designed capacity-matching tools for private truck fleets, translating complex operational requirements into clear software interfaces.
- Ran a comparison test with six fleet managers that killed a planned platform build in favor of a plain email workflow, lifting response rates by 250%.

### BTG Pactual
Apr 2020 – Oct 2021 | São Paulo, Brazil
Largest investment bank in Latin America.

**Product Design Lead (Apr 2021 – Oct 2021)**

- Led design for an advisor platform serving four business verticals: a configurable dashboard, modular navigation, and client workspace.
- Aligned all four business lines around 21 concept features with 90% acceptance, grounded in 12 interviews.
- Established the design direction and 0-to-1 product surface for the multidisciplinary team.

**Senior Product Designer (Apr 2020 – Apr 2021)**

- Early designer on the BTG+ digital banking app, shaping core product surfaces as the business scaled.
- Led UX research and interface design for BTG+'s rollout of Pix (Brazil's national instant-payment infrastructure), ensuring clear and trustworthy user flows.

### BRQ Digital Solutions | Senior Product Designer (Consultant)
Feb 2018 – Apr 2020 | São Paulo, Brazil
Digital consultancy.

- Embedded senior designer at BTG Pactual, CCEE, Itaú Unibanco, and Ativa Investimentos across finance and energy, before joining BTG directly.

### LoopKey | Product Designer
Jan 2017 – Feb 2018 | São Paulo, Brazil
Access-control hardware startup.

- First product designer; defined the initial brand and motion language for the consumer app and B2B dashboard.
- Collaborated directly with founders and hardware engineers on the mobile app and keyless entry interaction models.

### Art Director & Graphic Designer
Sep 2011 – Dec 2016 | Santa Catarina, Brazil

- Delivered brand, print, and digital direction for Intelbras, Invictus Tactical, and Grupo Polar.

## Education

Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina | Graduação, Design | 2010 – 2015

## Languages

Portuguese (Native), English (Full Professional), Spanish (Professional Working)