I'm Leandro Contreras, a multidisciplinary Senior Product Designer with an affinity for connecting people through thoughtful solutions.
With 5 years collaborating with startups and nonprofits in Lisbon and Berlin, I create purposeful user experiences to deliver results that matter.
November 7, 2024
In 2024, as Morressier geared up to release their most ambitious publishing product yet, I seeked to answer: how can we achieve excellent peer review in a modern system, for the modern world?
October 30, 2024
In 2023, Morressier launched Integrity Manager to address integrity issues in scholarly publishing. A 2024 Design Sprint boosted its momentum and market appeal.
July 21, 2024
From 2023 to 2024, Morressier enhanced their star product: Proceedings Manager – centering the early-stage research management tool around integrity and flexibility, healing MVP-itis along the way.
January 23, 2023
In 2020, Técnico Lisboa, a faculty of the University of Lisbon/ULisboa, launched a repository to centralize the University's scientific output, uniting 50,000 users from 18 faculties in a single, modern platform.
Experience & Philosophy
In the past 5+ years, I've collaborated with major educational institutions, like Técnico Lisboa, and B2B companies like Morressier, contributing to their success through design thinking, interface design, product strategy, and UX research.
My balanced approach to Product Design stems from my diverse background (PR major (don’t ask), broke into Product as a front-end dev) and an innate wonder for the world — I connect dots across unexpected areas, bringing fresh perspectives everywhere I go.
A Bit More Personal (Just to assure you I'm not a bot)
Outside of the screen you're seeing this now, I'm busy luxuriating in the little joys of life, like overconsuming books: since I’ve started reading on my own, at the age of 3, books have been both a source of comfort and chaos, as they still pile endlessly on my nightstand.
I get a kick out of going out for coffee, learning languages (6 so far!), photography and fashion: the creative and the business side of it. And I love to smell. Smell perfumes! And candles. I could talk about scents for hours — but words are cheap, so I’ll just drop a proof of my enthusiasm below…