I believe in the power of uniqueness and personality.
I believe that design should be about people; about connection.

I'm Lara Brandao, aka Lara Goo - a freelance graphic designer, illustrator, dreamer and arts & crafts lover based in London with +10 years of experience working in-house for SMB tech companies. I love how it's possible to convey emotion and create a connection with people just by blending colour, type, and shapes.

I'm Lara Brandao, aka Lara Goo - a freelance graphic designer, illustrator, dreamer and arts & crafts lover based in London with +10 years of experience working in-house for SMB tech companies. I love how it's possible to convey emotion and create a connection with people just by blending colour, type, and shapes.

I'm Lara Brandao, aka Lara Goo - a freelance graphic designer, illustrator, dreamer and arts & crafts lover based in London with +10 years of experience working in-house for SMB tech companies. I love how it's possible to convey emotion and create a connection with people just by blending colour, type, and shapes.

Work experience

2025 - current

Freelance brand designer and illustrator

In the past year, I've been setting up a freelance practice, specialising in brand design services. I am a multidisciplinary designer at heart, and I welcome projects of all flavours and sizes.

2017 - 2019

Senior creative design manager

Fixflo, Aareon UK (London, UK)

Managing a small team of designers, I worked on brand management and art direction for the output of all marketing design deliverables for Fixflo, Arthur Online and Aareon UK. Led multiple flagship design projects, including brand refresh and website overhauls, marketing campaigns, tradeshows, events and more.

2017 - 2019

Lead graphic designer

AVADO learning (London, UK)

Led the scoping and development of branding and visuals for e-learning courses including Squared Online (developed with Google) and bespoke projects for clients like GSK, Phillip Morris International, Ferrero, Estée Lauder and Vodafone, while managing a team of graphic designers.

2017 - 2019

Graphic designer

Vision-Box (Lisbon, Portugal)

Revamp of the company’s brand and monitoring of its guidelines across the globe as the de facto brand manager. Development of graphics for flagship projects and creation of collaterals and marketing campaigns across print and digital media, including stand design for multiple international trade shows.

Toolkit

Design tools

Illustrator

Illustrator

Illustrator

Photoshop

Photoshop

Photoshop

InDesign

InDesign

InDesign

After Effects

After Effects

Premiere

Premiere

Figma

Adobe XD

Framer

Canva

PowerPoint

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

After Effects

After Effects

Premiere

Premiere

Figma

Figma

Figma

Adobe XD

Adobe XD

Framer

Framer

Canva

Canva

PowerPoint

PowerPoint

After Effects

Premiere

Figma

Adobe XD

Adobe XD

Framer

Framer

Canva

Canva

PowerPoint

PowerPoint

Other tools

Office Suite

Office Suite

Hubspot CMS

Hubspot CMS

Hubspot CMS

Monday.com

Monday.com

Monday.com

Miro

Miro

Miro

Asana

Asana

Notion

Notion

Hubspot CMS

Monday.com

Miro

Asana

Asana

Office Suite

Office Suite

Services

Branding

Brand strategy

Brand strategy

Brand strategy

Logo design

Logo design

Logo design

Brand guidelines

Brand guidelines

Brand guidelines

Rebranding services

Rebranding services

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

After Effects

After Effects

Premiere

Premiere

Figma

Figma

Figma

Adobe XD

Adobe XD

Framer

Framer

Canva

Canva

PowerPoint

PowerPoint

After Effects

Premiere

Figma

Adobe XD

Adobe XD

Framer

Framer

Canva

Canva

PowerPoint

PowerPoint

Graphic design

Collateral design

Collateral design

Collateral design

Print marketing

Print marketing

Print marketing

Packaging

Packaging

Packaging

POS

POS

Events marketing

Events

Collateral design

Print marketing

Packaging

POS

POS

Events marketing

Events marketing

Illustration

Custom illustration

Custom illustration

Custom illustration

Storyboarding for motion

Storyboarding for motion

Storyboarding for motion

Iconography

Iconography

Infographics

Editorial

Custom illustration

Storyboarding for motion

Iconography

Iconography

Infographics

Infographics

Infographics

Editorial

Editorial

Editorial

Digital design

Motion graphics

Motion graphics

Motion graphics

Social media

Social media

Social media

Template creation

Template creation

Ad design

Ad design

Motion graphics

Social media

Template creation

Template creation

Ad design

Ad design

UX & UI

Wireframing

Wireframing

Wireframing

Prototyping

Prototyping

Prototyping

Education

2010 - 2012

Bachelor in Graphic Arts Production and Design

Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies, Portugal

2009 - 2010

Bachelor in Photography - completed the 1st year

Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, Portugal

2006 - 2009

High School degree in Photography

António Arroio Secondary School of Arts, Portugal

Let's work on your project together!

But first… What's your name?

I will get back to you as soon as possible :)

Let's work on your project together!

But first… What's your name?

I will get back to you as soon as possible :)

Let's work on your project together!

But first… What's your name?

I will get back to you as soon as possible :)