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About me

Product Designer Brand Designer Web Designer

👋 Hey! I am Francisco Leal Coelho. Over the last 12 years I've worked across agencies, startups and enterprise environments designing digital products for millions of users.

My background in both design and front-end development helps me connect product strategy, user experience and implementation.

Work
experience

Lead Web designer

Guestcentric

Leading the creative direction of the web design team, delivering 150+ hotel websites across Europe, Africa, and the Americas — including landmark properties like Memmo Hotels, Alma Lusa, and The Independente, with 4 WebAward wins along the way.

- Own the work pipeline in close collaboration with the team manager, balancing creative ambition with delivery deadlines
- Drove continuous UX improvements on the global Booking Engine, contributing to measurable uplift in direct booking conversion
- Established design standards and reusable component libraries for GuestCentric's CMS platform, cutting delivery time per project by ~30%
- Provide creative input, client meetings, and presentations support for the Onboarding team
- Partner with the Lab team on newsletter development review and best practices
- Work closely with Engineering to ship product improvements, applying hands-on expertise in HTML, CSS, and internal code specifications
- Active in team recruitment and training, helping shape the next generation of the design team

Mar 2021 - Presente

Creative Director & Front End Developer

Republica45

Design e Front End Developer department team leader, responsible for client’s briefing, project planning, supervision and quality

Daily Tools: Figma, Photoshop, Wordpress, Css and Asana (for project manager)

JUN 2017 - FEB 2021

Senior Designer & Web - Designer

OXY Agency

Design e Front End Developer department, responsible for designer and Coding for Leads generation Landing Pages and Email Marketing

APR 2016 - MAY 2017

Account Manager & Designer

PSO - Comunicação Estratégica

PR account manager for Entreposto Group, Tróia Resort, Lágrimas Group, including international road shows organization.

MAR 2011 - MAR 2016

Designer & Web Designer

Ibertornic Group

Creative and Marketing Department, responsible for promotions and advertising flyers, catalogues and exhibition stands

JAN 2010 - JAN 2011

Photoshop

Photoshop

Illustrator

Illustrator

Figma

Figma

HTML5

HTML5

CSS3

CSS3

SASS

SASS

Javascript

Javascript

Cursor Ai

Cursor Ai

Claude Ai

Claude Ai

Notion

Notion

My
education

Workshop - Design Systems

course by Educação Digital Disruptiva em Portugal | EDIT.

User Interface Design and Prototyping

2020

Workshop - UX Foundation

course by Educação Digital Disruptiva em Portugal | EDIT.

UX Design Foundations give me the opportunity to study different user behaviors and create scenarios and task flows, in addition to research, prototypes, and wireframes.

2020

Front-end & Responsive Web Development

course by Educação Digital Disruptiva em Portugal | EDIT.

Completed coursework in Front-end & Responsive Web Development, covering responsive design principles, mobile-first development, and the full range of modern web and digital project types.

2016-2017

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash And Indesign

The Edge - Centro de Formação

Improving knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Flash and rules of image processing

2012-2014

Art Director, Advertising Creativity

course by Restart - Instituto de Criatividade Artes e Novas Tecnologias

Training for creative advertising creative to successfully integrate advertising agencies, communication companies and marketing departments, individually or in creative duo

2016-2017

Indústrias gráficas (10-12th grade)

course by Val Do Rio Professional School

Creative and technical Graphic Design and Communication

2009-2012

Core Skills

  • Product Strategy
  • User Research
  • UX Design
  • Design Systems
  • Facilitation
  • Front-end Collaboration
  • Web Development

Recognition

FeelViana Sport Hotel

WebAwards — Stevie International Business Award for Best Hotel Website Design

Beyond aesthetics, this award-winning website is designed to convert 💻 — making it effortless for guests to move from inspiration to booking, driving a direct-first strategy and unlocking new revenue opportunities.

2025

Stay Hotels

WebAwards — International Summit Award for Hotel Website Design

Top recognition at the WebAwards International Summit for best-in-class hotel website design.

2025

Alma Lusa Comporta Hotel

WebAwards — Hotel & Lodging Standard of Excellence

Recognized as Standard of Excellence in the Hotel and Lodging category by the Web Marketing Association's WebAwards program.

2023

Wotels

WebAwards — Outstanding Website

Awarded Outstanding Website by the Web Marketing Association in recognition of exceptional design and user experience.

2023

Vila Foz Hotel & SPA

WebAwards — Website Design

WebAwards recognition for outstanding website design in the hospitality sector.

2025

Web design

Brand strategy

Design Systems

Interactions

UI/UX

Guidelines

App design

Packaging

Development

Print Design

Branding

Applications

Visual identity

Logo design