Michelly Sugui

Michelly Sugui has worked in various design roles for different companies since 2008. Their current position is Senior Product Designer at Hiro since 2022. Previously, they worked at Pitch as a Senior Product Designer from 2021 to 2022. Before that, they worked at MessageBird, where they started as a Product Designer in 2018 and worked their way up to become a Senior Product Designer for Inbox from 2019 to 2020, where they were responsible for spearheading the advancement of MessageBird’s overall design approach. Michelly also briefly worked as an Associate Staff Designer for Inbox in 2021. Prior to MessageBird, they worked at Usabilla as a Digital & Product Designer in 2017 and as a Visual Designer from 2015 to 2017. Their earlier work experience includes a Visual Designer role at Tema Propaganda from 2011 to 2013, and an Assistant Designer role at Prisma Propaganda from 2009 to 2010, starting their career as a Designer intern for Agência ebrand in 2008.

Michelly Sugui earned their Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine Arts from Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo in 2011. Michelly then pursued a Master of Fine Arts and Design at Sandberg Instituut from 2013 to 2015. In 2016-2017, Sugui attended Springboard and completed a UX Design Course. Michelly just recently obtained a certification in Cultivating Creative Collaboration from IDEO U in August 2020, and in 2016, they earned another certificate in Foundations of Design Research from Lynda.com.