I'm a design leader who makes things happen.
10+ years building products people actually use — at Skyscanner, Coty, and alongside teams at Google and L'Oréal. Based in London. Originally from Portugal.
Most design
problems are
people problems.
At Skyscanner I led design across the core booking experience. At Coty I built digital tools used by millions across their brand portfolio. I've worked closely with teams at Google, L'Oréal, and American Express. Every project taught me something different about what it takes to ship something people actually care about.
I grew up in Portugal, studied in Spain, and built my career in London. I'm drawn to the messy, hard problems — the ones where the brief is unclear and the answer has to be earned. That's where design leadership does its best work.
Here's what you can
expect from me.
Intentional design at every level of detail.
"Daniel makes everything around him better — the product, the team, the culture."
Design Director, Skyscanner
Teams that grow, not just ship.
Alignment before aesthetics. Always.
Design connected to business outcomes, not just beauty.
Inspired by everything outside the screen.
If you're working on something ambitious and need a design leader who can take it from ambiguous to excellent — I'd love to hear about it.
— Daniel