Senior Product Designer

Shaping products with AI + Craft

15+ years working with tech teams to design, ship and evolve digital products.

Contributed to projects for:

Digital products are shaped over time

I work hands-on across UX, visual craft and design systems, leveraging AI to move faster from problem to solution — whether building 0→1 or evolving existing products.

Selected Work

Enterprise work for the US automotive industry

*not shown here due to confidentiality.

  • BMW
  • JLR
  • Constellation

AI Personal Projects

Running dashboard with a half-marathon goal, training metrics, recent runs and AI summary insights
EuroTrip phone mockups showing a destination guide and directions from Schiphol to an Airbnb

15+ years of experience

Real products come with constraints, trade-offs and constant change. I’ve worked across B2B, consumer and enterprise environments, helping teams navigate that complexity and keep moving forward.

Renato Contaifer

I help teams and founders with

  • UX/UI Product Design
  • AI-Based Experiences
  • 0 -1 Products
  • Complex Workflows
  • Ambiguous Problems
  • Design System

AI-assisted workflow

  • Rapid Exploration
  • Functional POC Prototypes
  • User Testing

  1. Constellation

    2023 - 2026

  2. Officeless

    2019 - 2022

  3. Startaê

    2016 - 2019

  4. Isobar

    2015

  5. Café das 4

    2010-2015

  6. Freelancer

    Eventually since 2010

"Recommended for UX initiatives”

Renato worked with us in designing this new user experience for our product. His collaboration and openness to feedback was exemplary. I recommend working with him for UX initiatives.

Rahul , Head of Product

@Lowe's Companies former Boomerang

"Be sure the delivery will be spetacular”

"Versatile and has extensive expertise in design, content and technology. Working with him is to be sure that the delivery will be spectacular and the process will be efficient and fun."

Angela, Experience Leader

@MESA

“Strong in creating sophisticated interfaces”

Renato is a very talented and diligent designer. He's particularly strong in creating polished, sophisticated interfaces while taking into account complex business needs. He's thorough in understanding business needs before designing and is notably skilled at understanding project constraints and adapting to them.

Fabio, Design Manager

@Constellation

The teams, places and experiences along the way have shaped how I work and how I choose to live. Watch my story.

Let’s shape what comes next.

Drop me an email or find me on LinkedIn.

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