Joao Teraoka

Product Designer · Design Systems · Fintech & Crypto

Summary

6+ years in digital design, the last four focused end-to-end on product in regulated financial services. Currently at Itaú Unibanco — Latin America's largest bank — designing equities and crypto investment experiences, where simplifying onboarding raised conversion by 15 percentage points in five months, and evolving the scalable UI patterns that carry them. I also design and ship Sello, my own consumer product, live on the App Store and Google Play, where I own the component library end to end across mobile and web. I work from discovery to delivery: user interviews, usability testing, behavioral analysis and A/B testing, translating high-risk, data-heavy flows into experiences people can actually follow.

Experience

Itaú Unibanco

Product Designer

Aug 2025 — Present

Designing and evolving scalable UI patterns and components for equities (renda variável) and crypto products at Latin America's largest bank, contributing to the evolution of Itaú's design system across complex financial experiences. Work end-to-end from discovery to delivery under real regulatory constraints. Increased crypto onboarding conversion by 15 percentage points in five months by reducing cognitive load and optimizing key decision points through A/B testing and behavioral analysis. Designed and launched a recurring crypto purchase feature, enabling automated investing and improving long-term engagement. Turn high-risk, data-heavy trading flows into decisions people can follow: session analysis (FullStory) to find drop-offs, user interviews and usability testing to validate, high-fidelity prototypes in Figma, and design critiques with product and engineering.

Sello

Product Designer & Founder

2025 — Present

Designed and shipped a curated restaurant-discovery app, live on the App Store and Google Play, launched in São Paulo with 500+ restaurants and 1,000+ members. Own the component library end to end across the app and the marketing site — tokens, states, variants and interaction patterns, defined in Figma and implemented in React Native so design and code share one source of truth. Designed the Sello Score, a composite rating that shows its own provenance, and the review flow around it. Use generative AI with human oversight to take designs into production code, reviewing every change.

Bitybank

Designer (UX/UI)

Jan — Jul 2025

Designed acquisition and activation flows for crypto products, improving onboarding and conversion journeys. Increased user acquisition by 35% through data-driven experimentation across acquisition flows, landing pages and referral (MGM) strategy. Applied A/B testing and behavioral insights while collaborating with product, marketing and engineering to align growth strategy with user experience.

Quantum

Designer (UX/UI)

Jan 2024 — Jan 2025

Designed landing pages for different brands with a focus on conversion and performance. Conducted A/B testing and iterative improvements based on user behavior and campaign data, collaborating with teams to align business goals with user experience.

TopLine (US)

Designer (UX/UI)

Feb — Dec 2023

Created landing pages for product launches across different companies, focusing on user journey and conversion. Ensured consistency across touchpoints and collaborated with product and growth teams to deliver effective digital experiences.

AZ Blue

Designer

Jan 2020 — Aug 2022

Worked on web design and landing page creation for digital campaigns, focusing on layout, visual consistency, and user experience across web interfaces.

Education

FIAP

MBA in Future Centered Design

Oct 2024 — Oct 2025

UNIVAP

Bachelor's Degree in Advertising

2018 — 2021

Skills

Design Systems

Component Libraries

Scalable UI Patterns

Component States

Interaction Patterns

Documentation & Governance

Accessibility

Product Design

End-to-End Product Design

UX Research & Usability Testing

A/B Testing & Behavioral Analysis

Financial & Trading UX

Complex Flows & Information Architecture

High-Fidelity Prototyping

Tools

Figma

FullStory

Maze

Claude Code

Adobe CC

Notion

Languages

Portuguese · English

Certifications

Design Systems Certification — 2024

Figma Advanced Course — 2024

Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts — Google, 2025

Psychology in UX — 2025

Figma UX/UI Design Essentials — 2023