Resume · Based in Oslo
Paulo Seabra
Senior product and service designer with 15+ years of experience across public services, banking, payments, marketplaces and consultancy. Combines design and research with design leadership, systems thinking and product strategy.
Experience
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2026 – Present
Lead Service Designer
Service design, research and prototyping for complex public-sector and regulatory services.
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2024 – 2026
Senior Designer / Cross-disciplinary Practice Manager
Product and service design across banking, real estate and insurance, including product strategy, research, A/B testing and AI-supported ways of working.
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2021 – 2024
Design Lead / Practice Manager
Design leadership alongside consulting work. Led research and service design at Vipps and supported designers through mentoring, recruitment and design quality.
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2019 – 2021
UX Manager / Design Leader
Led a design team of 10–12 designers while working hands-on with marketplace products, research, design systems and product direction.
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2016 – 2019
Lead Designer / Practice Manager, Service Design
Led UX and service design across public and private-sector projects, including the Norwegian Police Pass & ID programme.
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2014 – 2016
Senior Service and Interaction Adviser
UX, service design, interaction design and user testing.
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2012 – 2014
Senior Designer / Team Lead
Digital design, interaction design and visual communication.
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2006 – 2012
Head of Design
Design leadership across digital products, branding and visual communication.
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2009 – 2011
University Teacher, User Experience and Web Marketing
- Taught User Experience and Web Marketing.
- Earlier design roles at BLUG Group and Young & Rubicam.
Capabilities
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Design leadership
Led design teams of approximately 5–12 designers across product, consultancy and agency environments. Experience includes mentoring, recruitment, professional development, staffing, critique, design quality and shared ways of working.
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Product & service design
Hands-on experience designing complex services and digital products across public services, banking, payments, marketplaces and B2B platforms, connecting customer needs with business and technical constraints.
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Research & evidence
Qualitative research, interviews, usability testing, journey mapping, synthesis and A/B testing. Uses evidence to challenge assumptions, frame problems and support product decisions.
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Product strategy & systems thinking
Experience connecting user insight to product direction, prioritisation and decision-making. Works across complex journeys, organisational dependencies, legacy systems and multiple product teams.
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Design systems & accessibility
Experience with design-system governance, shared patterns, reusable components and universal design. Has worked with accessibility in both public-sector and commercial digital services.
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AI-enabled design & prototyping
Uses AI as part of everyday design and product work, including coded prototyping, model selection, AI-supported research and knowledge work, and specialised agents for domain and regulatory contexts.
Awards & recognition
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2017
Santander Innovation Award
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2014
TUB App — Design Served Gallery
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2013
Budgivern — Web Design Served Gallery
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2012
First Prize — Creative Process Design Award
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2009
Raygun Website — FWA
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Work showcased in Adweek Talent Gallery
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Work showcased in Wookmark
Education
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2007 – 2009
Master in UX
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1999 – 2003
Master in Design
Professional development
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2026
PARK Academy Advancing Design Leadership
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2025
PARK Academy Design Leadership Programme
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2023
Human-Centered Strategy
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2023
Activating Strategy
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2023
Designing Strategy
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2019
Design Sprint
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2019
Transforming Data into Powerful Stories
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2018
Universell utforming: Avansert
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2018
Universell utforming av IKT
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2016
Lean Startup
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2014
Atomic Design
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Strong Communication / Magic Presentation
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Type & User Perception
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Active Conversations – Gi og motta tilbakemeldinger
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Arduino – Creating Interactions
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Information Visualization
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Universell utforming for utviklere
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Universell utforming: God design er en forutsetning for universell utforming
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Universell utforming: Introduksjonskurs