Arthur Carvalho
About

I design for people,
not for screens.

Arthur Carvalho

I'm Arthur Carvalho, a Senior Product Designer born in Rio de Janeiro and currently based in Madrid. I've been designing digital products for over a decade — from early-stage startups to scale-ups used by millions of people.

My background is in graphic design, which gave me a strong foundation in visual craft. But what I love most is the research side — understanding people, uncovering real problems, and designing solutions that actually change behavior. I call it design with both eyes open: one on the pixel, one on the person.

I describe my approach as systems thinking meets storytelling. I'm as comfortable running a discovery workshop as I am obsessing over a micro-interaction. The best products, I've found, come from a team that thinks rigorously and presents beautifully.

Outside of work, you'll find me hunting for vinyl records in flea markets, testing new sourdough recipes, reading literary fiction, or swimming somewhere in the Mediterranean.

Experience

2025 – PresentMadrid

Welltech

Senior Product Designer

Driving growth across health & wellness products, shaping experiences that help millions build healthier habits.

2024 – 2025Madrid

PowerUs

Senior Product Designer

Designed AI-powered features for blue-collar job matching — increased application rates by 14% with AI coaching summaries.

2020 – 2023Berlin

Contentful

Senior Product Designer

Led the design of Live Preview, a major new product reducing the abstraction of headless CMS editing for content teams worldwide.

2019 – 2020Lisbon

Talkdesk

Product Designer

Foundational designer on Talkdesk Workspace — the unified platform used by 1,800+ clients and 50,000+ daily active users.

2016 – 2019Rio de Janeiro

Outra Coisa

Senior Product Designer

Co-founded a product studio. Worked with Google and Fanatee on one of the first Portuguese-language experiences for Google Assistant.

Skills

Product DesignInteraction DesignVisual DesignUser ResearchDesign SystemsSystems ThinkingStorytellingFacilitationPrototypingUsability Testing
Vinyl recordsFictionSpecialty coffeeSourdough bakingMediterranean swimming
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