About me

Hi, I'm Giovanna

Product Designer with over 6 years of experience building user-centered digital products across digital health, fintech, and high-growth e-commerce. My work sits at the intersection of continuous discovery, product strategy, and execution — moving fluidly between qualitative insight and quantitative analysis to turn complexity into simple, scalable solutions. AI is built into how I work end-to-end: I use AI agents — including Figma's native AI tools and Claude — to accelerate research synthesis and early-stage prototyping, and I build functional, code-level prototypes (HTML/CSS/JS) that shorten the distance between design intent and engineering handoff. That frees up time for the part of the job that actually matters: the strategic decisions behind the screen.

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Giovanna Berson
Career

Where I came from, where I am

Jun 2026 – Present
Product Designer · Itaú Unibanco

Recently joined to improve Pix receivables flows for business accounts.

Current
Jul 2024 – Jun 2026
Product Designer · RD Saúde · Vitat

Led the end-to-end redesign of Mais Saúde, a health hub reaching millions of users across the Raia and Drogasil apps, in co-leadership with a PM and Tech Lead. Diagnosed activation friction through research (18% activation, 13% CTR) and redesigned onboarding with progressive personalization — lifting activation by 20%, CTR to 70%, and engagement by 16%.

M+ users
Jul 2023 – Jul 2024
Product Designer · Dentsu International

Owned UX for L'Oréal Brazil's five flagship e-commerce sites as the sole Product Designer on a lean, cross-functional team. Led full-cycle discovery — heuristic analysis, surveys, interviews, usability testing — presenting recommendations directly to L'Oréal's global leadership at their Rio de Janeiro HQ. Smart recommendations drove a +1.6% conversion lift for SkinCeuticals, and dentsu was named L'Oréal's Vendor of the Year.

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Jan – Jun 2023
Product Designer · Hurb

Joined the Revenue Optimization squad to improve the post-purchase journey and drive revenue through upsell and cross-sell. Led qualitative and quantitative research mapping friction points and personalization opportunities, informing a custom-order flow redesign that delivered measurable revenue gains within months of launch.

Travel
May 2022 – Jan 2023
Product Designer · Escola Conquer

Owned interface and UX design for Escola Conquer's educational platforms — wireframes, prototypes, and usability testing to ensure intuitive navigation and high student engagement, working closely with development, content, and marketing to align with pedagogical and business goals.

Edtech
Jun 2021 – Jan 2022
Product Designer · Conta Simples

First Product Designer at Conta Simples — built UX foundations, processes, and methodology from zero. Created and scaled the Design System, designed onboarding and activation journeys, and shipped strategic features including Pix integration, approval flows, and back-office tooling.

Fintech · 0→1
Jun 2020 – Jun 2021
Junior Product Designer · Conta Simples

Beginning of the journey at Conta Simples, learning and contributing to design process structuring.

First PD job
How I work

What guides my design decisions

Discovery before solution

I don't jump to the interface before understanding the problem. Quali and quanti research are essential inputs, not optional.

Impact-driven design

Every design decision needs a measurable hypothesis behind it. If I can't define how I'll measure success, I'm not ready to design.

Co-creation with the team

Design is not an island. The best solutions emerge when PM, tech and design work together from the start, with clear roles and mutual respect.

Skills

What I do well

Strategy & Research
  • UX Strategy
  • Continuous discovery
  • Qualitative research
  • Quantitative research
  • Journey mapping
  • Usability testing
Design & Craft
  • Product Design
  • UI Design
  • Design Systems
  • Prototyping
  • Accessibility
  • Figma
Product & Business
  • Product Strategy
  • A/B Testing
  • Metrics analysis
  • Stakeholder management
  • Designer mentoring
  • OKRs
Education

Education & Certifications

2024 – 2026
Specialization in Emotional Design
Centro Universitário Belas Artes de São Paulo
2020 – 2022
Bachelor's in Graphic Design
Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul
2023
Postgrad in Leadership & People Management
Conquer Business School
2024
Digital Business Metrics
PM3