Gijo® — Digital Design & Development

Over 12 years leading end-to-end design for successful platform launches across diverse sectors.

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Featured Works

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From zero to a Dropbox acquisition.

How a small team built the AI media archive that journalists, editors, and archivists actually used.

Web
macOS

(01)Cresol

The first mobile banking app for a Brazilian cooperative bank, with age-adaptive, accessibility-first design. I led research through UI and more than doubled the user base to 900k.

Web
Native iOS
Native Android

(02)Planora

A visual, canvas-based project tool where workflows branch, merge, and loop instead of moving in straight columns. A real-time multiplayer SaaS, where I led product design.

Web
iPad

(03)Zeitgold

Rebuilding the payroll automation core for accountants in Germany. Research, wireframes, and UI for a fintech product, ending with the team’s first real KPIs.

iOS
Web

(04)NOW

Scaling a no-grades, mentor-led learning method into a product institutions could run themselves. Took second place at Digital.Engagiert.

Mobile
Web

(05)FindHeli

Europe’s pioneer helicopter booking platform, designed from scratch at Cheesecake Labs. Now live in 10+ countries with 300+ providers.

PWA
iOS
Web

(06)Tapcart

The no-code platform that turns Shopify stores into native apps. I worked on bringing it to Android at Cheesecake Labs, matching its iOS bar.

Android

(07)Cheesecake Labs

Three years as Design Lead: leading a team of five designers, mentoring, and setting the process across client products from helicopters to global ecommerce.

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Gijo with his design team at Cheesecake Labs

Berlin-based. I mentor designers around me, and the team processes I built earned us a top spot on Clutch Global.

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What I do

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Four years designing for AI and LLM products, working shoulder to shoulder with AI engineers on the new problems that come with designing for AI users.

Designing for AI users
LLM interfaces
Eval-minded design

Research, UX, and UI from zero to one, and improving products already in the market. I’ve led the full design process on launches across fintech, edtech, and AI.

UX Research
UI Design
0-to-1 launches

A former developer, so I prototype in code and ship the technical detail instead of handing off a mockup and hoping.

Front-end
Prototyping in code
Clean dev handover

Creating and maintaining design systems that keep a product coherent as it grows.

Component libraries
Design tokens
Documentation

I’ve mentored 8+ designers through personal and professional challenges, offering support and helping them grow.

1:1 mentoring
Portfolio reviews
Career guidance

Awards

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Aana acquired by Dropbox2025
NOW · 2nd at Digital.Engagiert2022
Top-ranked on Clutch Global · as Design Lead2021