Tiago Pires

Designer +
Developer

  • tiago.pires@me.com
  • tiagopires.site
  • linkedin.com/in/tiago-pires-dev
  • 0435 104 532
  • Gold Coast, Australia

Work Experience

all references upon request

  • Freelance

    Gold Coast, Australia Jan 2024 – Present

    Design & Development

    Currently, I work and consult for new and previous clients while exploring new technologies and design developments.

  • Localsearch

    Gold Coast, Australia Apr 2018 – Dec 2023

    Design & Development

    For Localsearch, I created themes, components, graphics, animations, extended CMSs and implemented endpoints to enable content sharing accross company products.

  • Mindroom

    Gold Coast, Australia May 2018 – Apr 2020

    Design & Development Educator

    At Mindroom, I taught undergraduate students enrolled in the Diploma of Web Design and Development. Subjects included research, prototyping,design and coding with core web technologies.

  • S7 Study

    Gold Coast, Australia Sept 2014 – June 2018

    Web Design & Development

    I designed, developed and maintained a WordPress multi-site network for S7 Study. It provided the company with autonomy to create websites targeted at individual country markets.

  • Tropixel

    Gold Coast, Australia Mar 2008 – Aug 2014

    Design & Development

    For Tropixel, I designed and developed websites using both open source and proprietary CMSs. For desktop and mobile applications I created user flows, prototypes and graphic assets. I also designed brand identities, books and editorials for print.

  • Arterial

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil June 2007 – Jan 2008

    Typeface Designer

    At Arterial, I worked on the design of two typefaces for the Coca-Cola Kuat soft drink. I was responsible for the final drawings and all technical aspects of the font files delivered to advertising agencies.

  • AMW Design

    Luanda, Angola Jan 2006 – June 2007

    Graphic Designer

    At AMW I was part of the team designing the brand and signage for the Technology University of Angola (UTEC).

About

I'm a designer who sees beauty in code and a developer who strives for a great UX. This crossover allows design and implementation to guide each other from the start, removing the gaps between the two at the end.

Education

Bachelor of Design
Major in Visual Communication

PUC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Mar 2001 — July 2006

Skills

I'm in the loop when it comes to current languages, libraries, and frameworks. I can bridge the gaps beween my current dev stack and new technologies as needed.

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • SASS
  • Tailwind
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • PHP
  • React
  • Alpine
  • Next
  • Astro
  • WordPress
  • SQL
  • Git
  • Figma
  • Sketch
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign

2024 – Curriculum Vitae