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 Board’s K-12 Portal for 7 Million SAT Tests a Year
How We Rebuilt College Board’s K-12 Portal for 7 Million SAT Tests a Year
How We Rebuilt College Board’s 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)
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)
Web (Responsive)
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Other Work
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