
Biography
Hi! Im Hugo!
Having over a decade of experience in motion graphics, multimedia design, video editing, and more recently illustration, I am a highly motivated and creative Visual Storyteller.
The thing I enjoy most of all is getting goosebumps over a story well shown and told. Conveying emotion and meaning in my work is a passion I hold dearly, which makes me engage in a briefing as a sort of personal mission.
I have worked with multiple industry leading software such as Adobe pack, C4D, Blender, DAZ, Procreate and Resolume Arena, among some others. I am comfortable enough around spreadsheet software which I have used for organizing workflow and pipelines, and other necessary text editing apps, as well as with chat and meeting apps.
My career as freelance and then as Art Director has led me to specialize in interpreting complex client briefs and translating them into narratives. I have also managed teams of creative professionals, signaling and tracing potential growth trajectories aligned with both the team members wants and aspirations and with company and team needs. I have also had the pleasure to coordinate and mediate workflows between different organizations in high scale projects such as UNHCR in documentary; and government and NGO funded partnership programs, delivering high end products and performances.
Skills
Roles
- Mastery
- Mastery
- Intermediate
- Intermediate
- Intermediate
Technical Skills
- Mastery
- Advanced
Software
- Mastery
- Mastery
Other Skills
- Advanced
Work Experience
2009 – Present day
Freelancer
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2019 – 2025
Art Director
Digital Factory (Portugal & Angola)
Art Director for Motion Graphics, and Animation. Responsible for mood and storyboards, bridging the gap between the script and production teams. Project development and client management.
2018 – 2019
Lead Motion Designer
Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Lisbon)
2017 – 2018
Motion Designer and Video Editor
Trigital Audiovisuais (Lisbon)
2015 – 2017
Animator e Motion Designer
GMK - Golfmark - Impresa (Lisbon)
2014 – 2015
Motion Graphics Production
DigitEmotions (Lisbon)
2013 – 2013
Marketing Manager Cover of MEO Sudoeste Festival
IPBeja - GICOM
Education
2015 – 2016
Motion Design
ETIC
Motion Design
2009 – 2013
Fine Art and Multimedia
IPBeja
Multimedia
