I design for people,
not for screens.
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
Welltech
Senior Product Designer
Driving growth across health & wellness products, shaping experiences that help millions build healthier habits.
PowerUs
Senior Product Designer
Designed AI-powered features for blue-collar job matching — increased application rates by 14% with AI coaching summaries.
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.
Talkdesk
Product Designer
Foundational designer on Talkdesk Workspace — the unified platform used by 1,800+ clients and 50,000+ daily active users.
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.