About
I’m Mira — I believe the best interfaces feel inevitable.
Lisbon, 2026. Usually with coffee.
I grew up between Lagos and London, studied architecture, and fell for software when I realised buildings and apps share the same question: how should this feel to move through?
For eight years I’ve designed products for fintech, health and commerce companies — first in-house, leading a team at Northwind Pay, and now independently from a small studio in Lisbon.
I work best embedded with a team for a few months: close to engineers, close to customers, and close to the code. I care about the boring details — empty states, error messages, loading screens — because that’s where trust is built.
Outside work I throw pots badly, swim in the Atlantic whatever the weather, and run a small monthly meet-up for designers new to Lisbon.
8+
years designing products
40+
products shipped
12
design awards
6
countries worked in
Experience
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2024 — now
Independent product designer · Lisbon
Working with startups and studios across Europe on products, systems and brands.
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2021 — 2024
Head of Design · Northwind Pay
Built a team of six and the design system behind three products.
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2019 — 2021
Senior Product Designer · Globex Finance
Led design for the customer dashboard used by 400k people a month.
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2017 — 2019
Product Designer · Studio Fable
Websites and apps for culture and retail clients in Lagos and London.
Skills & tools
Design
- Product strategy
- Interaction design
- Visual design
- Design systems
- Motion
Research
- Customer interviews
- Usability testing
- Journey mapping
- Analytics
Tools
- Figma
- HTML & CSS
- Framer
- Rive
- Pen & paper
Awards & press
- Grid AwardsSite of the Day — Kiln Ceramics2025
- Nordic Interaction PrizeShortlist — Tidal Banking2025
- Pixel ReviewFeature: “Designing for calm”2024
- Type & Form AnnualMerit — Atlas identity2024
- UX LisboaSpeaker: Quiet interfaces2023