Interview with Jessika Gouveia

10+ years of design experience, specializing in UX/UI, web, visual, and prototyping. I pride myself on a unique design perspective and a thirst to keep learning new tools, methods, skills, overall…

Jessika Gouveia

Design Legend Interview

21 October 2019

I graduated in graphic design in South America. After working as a junior designer, I moved to Europe, where I worked as a web/graphic designer while obtaining my Master's in 3D Animation and Motion Graphics. I kept pushing forward—more and more invaluable experience—and after going managerial I decided to take the ultimate career leap by moving to Asia in 2011.

I had a fantastic time Asia, working multi-language with people from all over the world, while at the same time being able to contribute my own global POV along the way. I had the opportunity to work in 2 startups building products from scratch and managing designers from Taiwan and 4 provinces of China. After 4 years in Taiwan I decided to take the next step and move to United States.

Currently my focus is designing On-demand Knowledge centered products, on both app and web platform, improving users productivity and learning with the help of AI.

I wanted to create beautiful compositions

I can't imagine being something other than a designer

I wish I could design more apps

Try to learn as much as possible, always keep yourself up to date and experiment a lot

Hard work and perseverance

I think a really good design inspires emotions

Good design makes life better, less stress less friction so people can focus in what is important to them. I think everyone should invest on good design, not just for aesthetics but to make life a little easier for everyone

I would design apparel for dogs

To create a design system that will allow me to better manage design at scale

I don't think that there is a secret recipe, more of a gut feeling that can be verified with user success

I think PhotoStudy is my greatest design, helping young people access help in Education has been great and rewarding.

Read a lot of books, not just about design but about strategy and business. Focus on the user with a lot of research. Test and iterate as much as possible, and repeat as many times as you can.

I wanted to study Architecture at some point

My family and friends are my biggest supporters. My Mom could do anything she put her mind into, she was a great inspiration

Working in different industries and different countries

Language barrier and cultural differences, designing a product for the Chinese market was challenging but rewarding

AI assistend Knowledge

To continue helping people with my designs

World class designs

Educational projects, the feeling that I'm helping people in some way is satisfactory

Designer Interview

21 October 2019

Ever since I was very young I wanted to be a designer or do something related with Design, I spent most of my days illustrating and testing different techniques of paintings, arts and crafts and I wanted to learn more about composition and art history, but after a few years I found my true passion in Digital Design.

Got It is a start up company in Silicon Valley, we have a small but creative design Team.

App UI/UX is my favorite.

Sketch and Illustrator are my favorite design tools.

At crunch times mostly, where there is not much time left before a deadline.

I focus more on the User journey and the best way for them to solve their problem without friction.

Pleased with my work, but I always start to think about new ways to improve that design.

Delivering the right information.

Aesthetics, concept and understanding .

Digital interactive design, I think

I do a lot of research, always finding trying to find new trends.

I live in United States, but I have lived in other countries, as a result I can always use that to my advantage, I have experience with the European, asian and American market.

First, start with the Mission, the Why? Understand the User Story, be as human-centric as possible. Then start sketching ideas.

Know your design style and own it, don't be afraid to try new techniques, never stop learning and upgrading yourself.

It's all about planning, resources and organization. I spend my mornings planning for the day and the sprint, making sure all resources and designers are allocated for each project, and include some time for unpredictable last minute events.

Depends on the object, some projects take hours some take days, on Product design we usually take 2 weeks to 1 month per project.

Can you make the logo bigger, it's a common joke. The most frequent question would be, How can we make this better, getting the user to understand a concept without explaining it to them is always a challenge.

I would like to focus more on User Experience.

I work as a team, mostly I work on the initial art direction and provide guidance to the team to work on the UI.

you can contact me at jessigouveia@gmail.com

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Interview with Jessika Gouveia

Design Legend Interview

Could you please tell us a bit about your design background and education?

What motivates you to design in general, why did you become a designer?

Did you choose to become a designer, or you were forced to become one?

What do you design, what type of designs do you wish to design more of?

What should young designers do to become a design legend like you?

What distinguishes between a good designer and a great designer?

What makes a good design a really good design, how do you evaluate good design?

What is the value of good design? Why should everyone invest in good design?

What would you design and who would you design for if you had the time?

What is the dream project you haven't yet had time to realize?

What is your secret recipe of success in design, what is your secret ingredient?

What is your greatest design, which aspects of that design makes you think it is great?

How could people improve themselves to be better designers, what did you do?

If you hadn't become a designer, what would you have done?

Who helped you to reach these heights, who was your biggest supporter?

What helped you to become a great designer?

What were the obstacles you faced before becoming a design master?

What's your next design project, what should we expect from you in future?

What's your ultimate goal as a designer?

What people expect from an esteemed designer such as yourself?

Which design projects gave you the most satisfaction, why?

Designer Interview

Could you please tell us more about your art and design background? What made you become an artist/designer? Have you always wanted to be a designer?

Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?

What kinds of works do you like designing most?

What is your favorite material / platform / technology?

When do you feel the most creative?

Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?

What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized?

What makes a design successful?

When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?

How do you think the "design field" is evolving? What is the future of design?

Where does the design inspiration for your works come from? How do you feed your creativity? What are your sources of inspirations?

Where do you live? Do you feel the cultural heritage of your country affects your designs? What are the pros and cons during designing as a result of living in your country?

Can you talk a little about your design process?

Could you please share some pearls of wisdom for young designers? What are your suggestions to young, up and coming designers?

Designing can sometimes be a really time consuming task, how do you manage your time?

How long does it take to design an object from beginning to end?

What is the most frequently asked question to you, as a designer?

What are your future plans? What is next for you?

Do you work as a team, or do you develop your designs yourself?

How can people contact you?

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