Like all Graphic Designers, I could tell you I'm creative, deadline/budget-oriented, an Adobe/Figma Ninja. I won't go there. What I can tell you is that I have good friends in all the places I've worked and that some of my clients come already from a third generation of recommendations.

My most recent love is UX/UI Design.

With a Masters in Multimedia, I have lived and worked in Portugal, Spain, Macau (China) and Belgium. 

Working on Digital Formats is my comfort zone; I get excited at the challenge of designing for Events, Exhibitions and Weddings; Posters and Branding put a smile on my face. Social projects in permaculture, circular economy, gender equity or crochet make my heart skip a beat.

Drop me a note if you want to meet, work, collaborate, brunch, couchsurf or just stand in the sun with me.

 
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I finished my Master's Degree in Multimedia Communication at the University of Aveiro, Portugal in 2009. I then moved to Macau (China) and started working as a Designer at a start-up: Waaa! Studio. When the company was restructured after two years, I became Senior Designer at FRC Global Communication, working mainly in Graphic Design, Video and the Web. In 2013 I moved to Lisbon, Portugal and I started working at Brief Creatives where I stayed for two very happy years.

After the last years of intense city life I took a chance and went to learn about Permaculture and a greener way of living in Greece and Belgium through the European Voluntary Service. That program took a year and it finished in September of 2017 after which I hitch hiked my way back to Portugal from Belgium

Then I moved back to Belgium looking for a balance between city life and a greener environment. I started working for short periods in companies all over Flanders while I kept freelancing and finding some social engagement in the local community (check how I started making beanies for homeless refugees in Brussels). I then landed a job with a Mental Coach where I worked for 2 years in which I was challenged to work one brand from head to toe while also learning about the impact the right mindset can have on your life.

Now I moved back to Portugal, already did a 200h amazing course in UX/UI Design at EDIT and started an internship with one of the leading digital agencies in Portugal.

I really feel lucky for having such a great life.

 

What the bosses say

DAVID AVONTURE

Manager at DAMC
(Sint-Martens-latem, Belgium)

Carolina is the example of the perfect mindset in a company. She is competent, positive, docile & critical at the same time, articulate, respectful, punctual, forward thinking and constructive ALWAYS!

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FREDERIK delfosse

Manager at Yellow Stripes
(Oudenaarde, Belgium)

I recommend Carolina for her creativity and fresh perspective on the latest trends to develop digital marketing campaigns, websites and offline media. Carolina is punctual, carefully completes her tasks and is flexible to always carry out her tasks and assignments on time.

Robson and Diogo

Co-founders of Brief Creatives
(Lisbon, Portugal)

Carolina's capabilities to understand each project’s scope and simultaneously present wonderful and practical inputs adds an extra value to any project’s final results.

Carlos Canhita

Manager at FRC Global Communication
(Macau, China)

Carolina is a professional who is constantly seeking her concerning issues such as optimisation, functionality, user friendliness and how general graphic design should be approached.

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ISOLDA BRASIL

Founding Partner at Waaa! Studio
(Macau, China)

I can’t tell if I was more impressed with her skills, her ability to work under pressure, or her natural easiness to adapt herself and her work to people, circumstances and places.

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Afonso Pessanha

Creative Director at Waaa! Studio
(Macau, China)

Carolina was consistently encouraging to my endeavours, which she took upon herself as hers as well, proving to be able to alleviate whatever hindered my work with her natural ability to work as a team player.

 
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I was part of a swimming team

Évora (Portugal), 1991-2003

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I did Erasmus in Spain

Pontevedra (Galicia), 2006-2007

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I volunteered in a Buddhist Center

Pocklington (UK), September 2008

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I was producer and director of a news program in college

Aveiro (Portugal), 2009

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I lived on this street

Macau (China), 2009-2013

I am an active member on Couchsurfing since 2009

Hosted 30+ people

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I had the coolest boss

Waaa! Studio (Macau, China) 2010-2012

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I produced a 2-days event for children with Portuguese artists

Macau (China), October 2010

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I won a first prize

Macau (China), April 2013

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I participated in a group exhibition with handmade t-shirts

Macau (China), August 2011

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I visited the Arctic Polar Circle

Longyearbyen (Norway), September 2013

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I skydived at 4200m

Évora (Portugal), August 2014

I attended a wedding in Nepal

May 2016

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I took a Permaculture Design Certificate course

Tinos Island (Greece), October 2016

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I volunteered in a remote Permaculture farm for one year

Het Voedselbos in Nokere (Belgium), 2016-2017

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I hitch hiked from Belgium to Portugal

Oudenaarde-Évora, 2017

I organised the making of beanies for homeless refugees in Brussels with leftover wool donations

Brussels, 2019-2022

 
 

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