Designer who ships. I design in Figma and build in HTML, CSS and JS, with AI tools as part of the kit, so a concept becomes a live page, a working prototype or an interactive tool without a hand-off. Trained in graphic design and illustration, so the craft is there too.
NameDaniela Rita
TitleDesign Technologist · UX/UI
BasedFrankfurt, Germany
NowDesign Lead at Cork Protocol, 2024 – now. UX, web and design systems for fintech infrastructure. Shipped the cork.tech relaunch end to end and built the design system teammates and AI tools work from.
BeforeDesigner & Illustrator at Futura, law, tech and cyber security, 2022 – 24
Freelance Illustrator at Porto Editora, 2018 – 22
Freelance Designer & Illustrator, 2018 – now
Design & buildDesign systems, prototyping in code, UX/UI, HTML · CSS · JS, Astro, three.js, canvas animation, design tokens, brand, illustration
ToolsClaude Code, Claude API, Claude Design, Figma, Webflow, Storyblok, Cloudflare, GitHub, Spline, After Effects, Procreate
AI modelsClaude, ChatGPT, Gemini (Nano Banana), Whisper
EducationMasters in Illustration, FBAUP Porto, 2021 – 22
Bachelor in Graphic Design & Communication, ISEC, 2018 – 21
SheFi Crypto & Web3 Program, 2024
LanguagesPortuguese native, English fluent, German A1, learning
Open toDesign and build roles, remote anywhere or in Germany