MARCOS RODRIGUES ︎︎︎ is a brazilian designer Working on the intersection between helping brands come to leife through memorable digital experiences that merge utility and novelty. HIS range of work comes from Branding & Graphic design 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 / Readymag WOTY︎︎︎
2019 – 2021
WORK & CO︎︎︎
2017 – 2019
ACC︎︎︎
2012 – 2017
HUGE︎︎︎
SPEAKING
DESCOMUNAL x LOLA’s CLUB
How did I get here with Marcos Rodrigues at Descomuntal︎︎︎
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