MARCOS RODRIGUES ︎︎︎ Is a Brazilian designer based in Lisbon, PortugaL. HIs work involves helping brands come to life through memorable digital experiences that merge utility and novelty. HIS range of work comes from Branding to UX, motion and prototyping interfaces. His past experience includes working with renowned digital-focused agencies as Huge Inc and Work & Company with a diversified range of clients & industries. Today he is Interactive Design Director at PORTO ROCHA︎︎︎, a global design studio uniting strategy and design to make work that evolves with the world we live in and teaching at aprender design︎︎︎, a school for those who rethink the established. In design and in the world.
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EXPERIENCE
CUrrently
Interactive Designer Director - PORTO ROCHA︎︎︎
Teaching
Teacher - Aprender Design︎︎︎
Jury
Webby Awards︎︎︎ & LaDA Awards 2025︎︎︎
2019 – 2021
WORK & CO︎︎︎
2017 – 2019
ACC︎︎︎
2012 – 2017
HUGE︎︎︎
SPEAKING
XX ELLIOT
EPISODE 44: Marcos Rodrigues at Talking Thursdays︎︎︎
WEB SUMMIT
PORTO ROCHA: translateing brand into digital︎︎︎
APRENDER DESIGN
Grau Case Study Free Class︎︎︎
Features
FIGMA
IN GOOD COMPANY: How AGENCIES ARE TRANSFORMING CLIENT COLLABORATION︎︎︎
APRENDER DESIGN
Brazilian creatives we love: Marcos Rodrigues︎︎︎
Design Everywhere
LUNGE on Design Everywhere︎︎︎
It’s nice that
POV: Unpaid pitching is a symptom of a broken system︎︎︎
It’s nice that
“How are designers feeling right now?”︎︎︎
The Brand Identity
astute report collaboratively addresses the state of design in 2022︎︎︎
Awwwards
Case Study — Album Colors of the Year 2020 on Awwwards︎︎︎
AWARDS
2025
Yellow PENCIL — Nike Run rebrand refresh from d&AD︎︎︎
2025
BRONZE PENCIL — Robinhood Rebrand from The one Show︎︎︎
2024
Young Talent from Latin America Design Awards︎︎︎
2023
LAD ORO - DIGITAL/SELF INITIATED PROJECT︎︎︎
2023
Best Individual Editorial Feature from The Webby Awards︎︎︎
2023
Graphite Pencil – Websites & Apps from D&AD︎︎︎
2020
2020 Awwwards SOTD - Album Colord Of Year 2020︎︎︎