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Benedito Aragão "Bené"

Senior Product Designer · UX/UI with applied AI · Design Systems, Accessibility & GovTech

Brasília, Brazil

Senior Designer with 20+ years turning complexity into usable interfaces — and, in recent years, redesigning my own workflow by integrating AI at every stage, from briefing to shipped code. I combine UX/UI, accessible design-to-code, and AI-assisted building across public- and private-sector products.

20+ years 6 federal agencies W3Cx Certified AI-augmented since 2024

Experience

Câmara dos Deputados (Brazilian Chamber of Deputies) · Senior UX/UI Designer

Mar 2023 — Jun 2026 · Brasília, Brazil

  • Built accessible front-end (HTML/CSS with ARIA and WCAG semantics) for pages of the Chamber of Deputies portal, working on top of the institution's Handlebars template architecture and translating Figma layouts into code ready for back-end integration.
  • Ran accessibility audits of institutional systems and dashboards, testing with Axe DevTools, keyboard navigation and screen readers; redesigned screens and recommended improvements based on the findings.
  • Supported user research, flow mapping, wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes.
  • Supported usability testing with real users, producing recommendations that informed product decisions.
  • Aligned systems with eMAG/WCAG criteria and the GOV.BR Design System.

Featured projects: the Chamber of Deputies portal and the "Sustainable Logistics Plan" and "Observatory of Women in Politics" dashboards.

Stack: Figma · HTML/CSS · ARIA · Handlebars · Axe DevTools · screen readers (NVDA/VoiceOver) · Plone · GOV.BR Design System

G4F Soluções Corporativas (assigned to the MEC — Ministry of Education) · UX/UI Designer

Mar 2022 — Mar 2023 · Brasília, Brazil

  • Research, flows, wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes for institutional initiatives of the Ministry of Education.
  • Created the new visual identities for e-MEC and e-Cebas.
  • Evolutionary maintenance of institutional websites in Joomla.

Stack: Figma · Plone · GOV.BR DS · Joomla

Datainfo (assigned to the Ministry of Citizenship) · UX Designer

Jun 2021 — Mar 2022 · Brasília, Brazil

  • Figma prototyping and configuration of the presentation layer in Qlik Sense for dashboards with sensitive social-program data.
  • UX consulting and accessibility auditing of the dashboards (Axe DevTools + keyboard + screen reader).
  • Visual and usability standardization across the Ministry's dashboard portfolio.

Stack: Figma · Qlik Sense · Axe DevTools · Screen readers

Selected projects

Imprime no Vizinho · imprimenovizinho.com.br

My own e-commerce platform for a print shop in Brasília. Stack: Next.js 16 + TypeScript + Tailwind 4, Supabase, Mercado Pago, secure uploads. Audited accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA, 85% conformant. CI/CD on Vercel.

Corretora Total Brasília · corretoratotalbrasilia.com.br

Client website with an AI-powered support bot. Next.js, LGPD (Brazilian GDPR) compliance, WhatsApp integration.

Earlier career

  • SENAI/DF · Web Designer, Instructor & Technical Coordination (2003–2010, 6y 11m)
  • Poliedro · Front-end Developer (assigned to INEP and ANAC, 2010–2011)
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Web Designer · Rio+20 (2011–2012)
  • SENAI/DF · Web Designer · FIBRA System (2014–2021)