I'm Pico, an improbable combination of two antipodal citizenships – Portuguese and Australian.
I’m an enthusiastic graphic designer who’s addicted to dance and passionate about cooking. But no matter the tools or the specific environment, I’m mostly an attentive observer and a storyteller. I’m all about grasping the present at the same time I’m also curious about ‘What’s next?’
Interacting and sharing ideas are my favourite things, so feel free to contact me if you would like to collaborate on any projects, or would simply like to chat about anything and everything!
:: Qualifications
User Experience design course at General Assembly
Design Masters at the College of Fine Arts (COFA), part of University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney.
Communication Design degree at Fine Arts Faculty (FBAUL), part of University of Lisbon (UL).
:: Experience
Before moving to Australia, I built a career in the events industry, spending almost four years within with Polis M.I.CE.
2012 was the year I moved to Australia looking to expand my horizons. Here, I worked at Presentation Studio while developing some projects with the NGO Habitat for Humanity.
In 2014, I joined Designlogic where I performed senior designer and art direction roles.
By 2016, I was ready to embark on a personal project, and travelled to explore new cultures and other ways of communication through volunteering with an NGO college in Arequipa, Peru called Colegio Elohim.
In 2017, I participated in School of the Alternative residency in Black Mountain, North Carolina where I explored how is to live and learn in a creative community.
2018-19 saw me join the team at We Are Unity in developing people-centred brands that help multi-national companies and Australian institutions curate and improve their employee experience.
:: Some of my clients
KFC | Mars | IMC | NSW Department of Education | Cover-More | BINGO Industries | Aboriginal Affairs NSW | Tabcorp | Medibank | Abbott | Asciano | AT&T | Chevrolet | Clarins | Commonwealth Bank | Here | HTC | McDonald's | Microsoft | Oracle | Procter & Gamble | QBE | Sonae Group | Telstra | The Star | Verizon | Other Fortune 500 companies.
