experience

10/2024 → today

10/2024 → today

College Board

Senior Product Designer

02/2014 → 10/2024

Leucent, LLC

Co-founder / Principal Designer

02/2016-12/2017

Wells Fargo

Sr. UX Visual Designer (Contract)

06/2013 → 06/2014

if(we)

Senior Product Designer

11/2012 → 05/2013

JP Morgan Chase

Interaction Designer II

02/2012 → 11/2012

Tapjoy

Product Designer

11/2010 → 02/2012

Sony

Visual Designer (Contract)

07/2008 → 08/2009

Palm

Visual Designer

Allow me to
introduce myself.

My name is Chris Portugal.


I’ve spent my career riding the fault line between what people actually need and the numbers driving the whole machine—where that tension is shaped and transformed into a digital experience.


Most of the time, what comes out the other end is just a product. Something functional. Something that ships.


But every once in a while, under the right pressure, something else starts to take shape—a diamond in the rough. Something real. Something that holds.


Built to outlast the hype and cut through the noise. That’s where I want to be.


Reach me at cjportugal@gmail.com

My name is Chris Portugal.


I’ve spent my career riding the fault line between what people actually need and the numbers driving the whole machine—where that tension is shaped and transformed into a digital experience.


Most of the time, what comes out the other end is just a product. Something functional. Something that ships.


But every once in a while, under the right pressure, something else starts to take shape—a diamond in the rough. Something real. Something that holds.


Built to outlast the hype and cut through the noise. That’s where I want to be.


Reach me at cjportugal@gmail.com

Reporting at Scale

Reporting at Scale

Reporting at Scale

How We Rebuilt College Boards K-12 Portal for 7 Million SAT Tests a Year

How We Rebuilt College Boards K-12 Portal for 7 Million SAT Tests a Year

How We Rebuilt College Boards K-12 Portal for 7 Million SAT Tests a Year

With the transition from paper to digital, we transformed a legacy B2B SaaS system into a modern data platform empowering over a million educators across the U.S. education system.

With the transition from paper to digital, we transformed a legacy B2B SaaS system into a modern data platform empowering over a million educators across the U.S. education system.

With the transition from paper to digital, we transformed a legacy B2B SaaS system into a modern data platform empowering over a million educators across the U.S. education system.

Product Design

Product Design

Product Design

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Web (Desktop)

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Driving $9M in Revenue

Driving $9M in Revenue

Driving $9M in Revenue

Reimagining Leucent's Lead Funnel

Reimagining Leucent's Lead Funnel

Reimagining Leucent's Lead Funnel

By focusing on the quality of our leads rather than the quantity, we tripled Leucent's revenue, built stronger relationships with our advertisers, and created opportunities to expand into new markets

By focusing on the quality of our leads rather than the quantity, we tripled Leucent's revenue, built stronger relationships with our advertisers, and created opportunities to expand into new markets

By focusing on the quality of our leads rather than the quantity, we tripled Leucent's revenue, built stronger relationships with our advertisers, and created opportunities to expand into new markets

Product Design

Product Design

Product Design

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Web (Responsive)

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Brooklyn, NY

Made with ❤️ for Celine & Al

Brooklyn, NY

Made with ❤️ for Celine & Al

Brooklyn, NY

Made with ❤️ for Celine & Al