Available for projects — Autumn 2026

Nadia
Marlowe.

Product Designer & Art Director — Lisbon, Portugal

I help founders and product teams ship calm, useful interfaces and brand systems that feel like they belong together. Eight years, one obsession: clarity.

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Portrait of Nadia Marlowe, freelance product designer, in natural light

The kit I reach for every day

Figma Framer Webflow After Effects Illustrator Blender Notion Principle
Nadia at her studio workspace with a laptop and printed layouts Studio in
Alfama, Lisbon
A little about me

I design the quiet parts that make products feel effortless.

After years inside product teams at fintech and health startups, I went independent to do the work I care about most — the slow, deliberate kind.

I partner with a handful of clients at a time, from first sketch to shipped release. That means I stay close to the details: the empty states, the loading moments, the way a button feels under your thumb. Good design should disappear — you only notice it when it's missing.

When I'm not in Figma you'll find me shooting 35mm around the old town, or teaching a Sunday typography workshop for junior designers.

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What I do

Four ways we can work together

Every engagement is scoped around your stage — whether you need a full product or a sharper first impression.

Product Design

End-to-end UX and UI for web and mobile apps — research, flows, prototypes and polished, build-ready interfaces your engineers will love.

01 — UX / UI

Brand & Identity

Logos, colour, type and voice built into a system you can actually run — from the first mark to a tidy set of usage guidelines.

02 — Identity

Design Systems

Component libraries, tokens and documentation that keep a growing team consistent — no more pixel drift between designers and devs.

03 — Systems

Art Direction

A visual language for campaigns, launches and photo shoots — so every touchpoint looks like it came from the same confident place.

04 — Direction
Selected work

A few things I'm proud of

Six recent projects across product, brand and editorial. Hover any tile for a closer look.

Halo fintech app — dashboard redesign
Product · UX/UI

Halo — Fintech App

Terra sustainability brand identity
Brand · Identity

Terra — Eco Label

Beacon SaaS marketing website design
Product · Web

Beacon — SaaS Site

Field Notes — a self-published photography zine
Editorial · Print

Field Notes — Zine

Pace running app — mobile interface design
Product · Mobile

Pace — Running App

Muse — an editorial design system on a workspace
Editorial · System

Muse — Magazine OS

Kind words

What it's like to work with me

Honest notes from founders and design leads I've shipped alongside.

Nadia joined for six weeks and left us with a product that finally felt finished. She asks the questions nobody else on the team thinks to ask — and then quietly answers them in the design.
Tomás Rocha Co-founder, Halo
Our brand went from a folder of mismatched files to a system the whole company actually uses. Marketing, product, and sales finally look like the same company. Worth every euro.
Ingrid Halvorsen Head of Design, Terra
I've hired a lot of freelancers. Nadia is the rare one who makes the whole team better while she's here. Calm, sharp, generous with feedback. We rebooked her before the first project even wrapped.
Daniel Osei VP Product, Beacon
Let's talk

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I take on a small number of projects each quarter so I can give each one real attention. Tell me a little about what you're building and I'll reply within two working days.

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