Hello, Bonjour, Olá,


My name is Mateus.
I’m a design leader based in Paris, focused on scaling teams, products, and strategies.

With over 20 years of experience—including 10+ years in people management—I design and build products & services, aligning business goals with user outcomes.

  • I lead, recruit and nurture design teams, setting up healthy design organizations.

  • I align design and business strategy to drive growth, secure product-market fit, and maximize revenue.

  • I enable cross-functional collaboration, integrating user-centered design as a core business capability.

I have worked at leading companies across the telecom, tech, fintech, and automotive industries:

Global reach

I have lived in 3 countries (Brazil, U.S., France) and worked across 4 continents.

I have collaborated with global teams spanning 14+ countries, both remotely and on-site.

I have designed products launched in 30+ countries, reaching hundreds of thousands of users.


My expertise

Design Management

  • Teams and project management

  • Design org structure

  • Defining responsibilities, methods and processes


Service Design

  • Designing omnichannel ecosystems including every customer touchpoint

  • Definition of backstage activities for implementation


UX Strategy

  • Alignment with business and brand strategies

  • Cross-functional collaboration

  • Integrating design as key strategic differentiator


Testing

  • Writing and conducting evaluative tests

  • Exploring opportunities for improvement and iteration


Design Research

  • Using qualitative and quantitative methods

  • Exploring and revealing customer needs

  • Generating impactful insights


Facilitation

  • Writing, planning and facilitating co-creation sessions

  • Synthetizing results to develop impactful solutions.


Experience Design

  • Combining ease of use and emotional engagement

  • Fulfilling customer expectations and business goals

Product Strategy

  • Functional roadmap planning

  • Management of development cycle

  • Performance tracking and course adjustment

Product Design

  • Designing end-to-end digital products

  • Shaping and tangibilizing the value proposition


Get in touch

If you would like to discuss projects and other business-related subjects, the best way is to add me on Linkedin.
You can also contact me by email.