About

Daniel Nunes

I’m a product designer based in Barcelona, originally from Brazil, with over 15 years of experience.

I build products at the intersection of user needs, business goals and technology. I’m endlessly curious about how people think, communicate and behave, and I rely on data and constant iteration to get to the right solution.

Outside of work, I enjoy long walks with my dog, short trips with my husband, reading fiction, cooking and going to the movies.

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Daniel smiling at the camera, sitting on a park bench in a striped cream sweater.
That’s me
A man in a cap sitting on a granite rock beside a mountain lake under a clear blue sky, with a small rust and white dog sniffing the ground next to him.
Family hiking trip
A rust and white dog with big upright ears resting its paws on the back of a sofa, with a small raspberry tart on a plate in the foreground.
Caju’s first birthday
Four blue and white plates of spaghetti topped with vegan bolognese, grated vegan cheese and basil leaves on a kitchen counter.
Tasty vegan bolognese

Experience

  1. Jan 2021 – Mar 2026Preply

    Staff Product Designer

    Barcelona, Spain

    Grew from Product Designer to Staff. Worked on Growth teams, looking after Preply’s upper funnel, then led design for Retention, Learning and Tutor experience.

  2. Jan 2016 – Dec 2020Booking.com

    Senior Designer

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Worked on customer- and partner-facing projects, and built scalable tools that automated and simplified the work of customer service agents.

  3. Jul 2013 – Nov 2015Chaordic

    UX Designer

    Florianópolis, Brazil

    Designed personalisation products for some of Brazil’s biggest e-commerce sites (over 5 million visitors a day), from client research and interface design to front-end code and A/B tests.

  4. Jan 2011 – Jun 2013E3C Tecnologia

    UX Designer

    Florianópolis, Brazil

    Worked closely with business and engineering teams on international web and mobile projects, from feature conception to launch.

  5. Apr 2010 – Sep 2011UFSC

    Design Intern

    Florianópolis, Brazil

    Designed the interfaces of the university’s distance-learning course portals, communication for its selection processes and events, and standardised its visual identity system.

  6. Sep 2008 – Jan 2012Methafora

    Graphic Designer

    Florianópolis, Brazil

    Created visual identities, promotional and institutional graphics, ads, websites and multimedia, and handled art direction and operational coordination of the Methafora Design studio.

Education

  • 2014 – 2015

    Postgraduate specialisation, User Experience Design

    Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Brazil

  • 2007 – 2011

    Bachelor of Applied Science, Graphic Design

    Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

Proficiencies

Top skills
  • UX design
  • UI design
  • Interaction design
  • Product strategy
  • Design leadership and mentoring
Methods
  • A/B testing
  • User research
  • Customer journey mapping
  • Wireframes and prototypes
Tools
  • Figma
  • Claude Code
  • Claude Design
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • GitHub
  • VS Code
Languages
  • Portuguese (native)
  • English (working proficiency)
  • Spanish (working proficiency)