Portrait of Rafael Kurosawa
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São Paulo · Brasil · 2026
Rafael Kurosawa
Group Design Manager · Art Director · Dreamer

15+ years converting design decisions into ROI, scalability and operational efficiency. Background spans advertising, branding and digital product.

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15+
Years of experience

In product design, art direction and creative leadership — spanning advertising, branding and complex digital products.

20+
Designers

Over 4 years as Group Design Manager — teams built from scratch in contexts with varying levels of maturity.

2
Awards

Recognizing design excellence and the measurable impact delivered across products and businesses.

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Work history

15+ years leading design across fintech, automotive and advertising.

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Itaú Unibanco

Group Design Manager

Led design across automotive marketplace, vehicle financing, credit card and asset-backed lending products. Contributed to back-to-back historical net production records in Home Equity. Built structured design teams across 4 product groups, leading ~20 designers.

Design LeadershipProduct StrategyTeam Building
2022 — Present
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Itaú Unibanco

Senior Product Designer

Designed end-to-end experiences for credit card products covering acquisition, onboarding, account management and dispute resolution. Led UX research cycles and created high-fidelity prototypes in Figma.

Product DesignUX ResearchPrototyping
2021 — 2022
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Havas

Art Director · São Paulo

Led art direction for integrated campaigns across digital, TV and print for clients including Ibis Hotels, Klabin, Hershey's and Reckitt Benckiser. Directed photo and video productions, overseeing visual identity alignment and quality control.

Art DirectionBrand CampaignsProduction
2015 — 2017
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