# Zé Monteiro > Fintech Product designer ## Posts - [Atomic: Habit Tracker - Concept Prototype](https://zemonteiro.com/atomic/): Role: Product strategy, UX and UI design, rapid prototypingScope: Solo concept projectTimeline: 1 week 30s TL;DR I designed a concept for a habit tracker inspired by Atomic Habits. Most trackers feel heavy or gamified, so my goal was to make something lighter and more motivating. The design highlights a gentle but intentional onboarding flow for good retention rates, small daily actions, celebrates consistency, and introduces a simple social layer for accountability. The prototype was built in Figma with Android in mind, using components that could grow into a system. Future iterations would include onboarding to help users clarify why they want […] - [CHIMPAN zine: Online Presence & Strategy](https://zemonteiro.com/chimpan-zine-online-presence-strategy/): The zine’s reach needed a boost to make it a viable and self-sustaining project, as it required more funding from advertising backers. The wider the audience, the more people the zine and its contents could reach. This effort made the 2nd and 3rd issues possible, funding 100% of each issue’s increasing production costs. This project involved: The project did not have any online presence. As so, I created a website and developed the project’s social media presence – on Instagram. An anticipation model strategy was drawn, along with a storyline created – fused with the project’s personality. The process was to […] - [How many hats do you need to publish a CHIMPAN zine?](https://zemonteiro.com/chimpan-zine-2/): Friends back home kept asking the same questions:“Zé, you never post anything online. What have you been doing? How are we supposed to know?” Instead of a social media account, I decided to create something more personal, more tangible: a print magazine. That decision meant wearing my very first hat: self-publisher. One hat quickly became many What began as a personal experiment soon transformed into a full-scale creative project. CHIMPAN zine became a way to capture stories, share inspirations, collaborate with others, and build a community around creativity. Each stage of the project asked me to wear a different hat: Design […] - [Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SGCIB](https://zemonteiro.com/societe-generale-corporate-and-investment-banking-sgcib/): Currently at Product Designer at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking – SGCIB, optimising user experiences for financial products and collaborating with amazing people. - [This is a Design post](https://zemonteiro.com/this-is-a-post/): Text on a post - [Why Notion is my platform of choice](https://zemonteiro.com/why-notion-is-my-platform-of-choice/): It all follows the system of the second brain that Tiago Forte wrote about. Ideally, I’l like all my memories in a format that i can easily access. Random notes, books i have read (and ideallly have my own notes/comments on, doctors appoitments notes, shopping list, you name it…). I just want it there, ready to be pulled up and read again whenever i need it. So far, Notion is housing all this. Of course, this raises a few concerns: First of all, all these concerns are valid, and i don’t have good explanantions for everything. Memory-wise, ideally, i’m dumping information […] - [Creating an illustration system](https://zemonteiro.com/unsplash-illustration-application/): An illustrated set of several components, all designed to fit together in the same bold but simple ecosystem. - [CHIMPAN zine](https://zemonteiro.com/chimpan-zine/): Friends back home kept asking “Zé, you never post anything online. What have you been doing? How are we supposed to know?” - [Bastard Crisis Exhibition](https://zemonteiro.com/bastard-crisis-exhibition/): Brief Are the values in The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union still leading the European Project? In a Europe that is trying to compete in the capitalist market economy – yet still confronting political and humanitarian crises – shines the importance of raising awareness of the outshined values.This was a university group project, and the images reflect my contribution to it. - [One Last Time: Single Cover](https://zemonteiro.com/one-last-time-single-cover/): Brief Commissioned illustration to design the face of Tom Pointer’s new single One Last Time, to be used when releasing it on online streaming platforms. Tom was inspired by typographic urban art he’d seen on his journey to the USA and this design absolutely had to be of a typographical nature. Goals & Unique Solution Artwork to portray the song’s playfulness and determination. Strong on storytelling, the client insisted on a typographic approach. The colours were chosen to ‘pack a punch’.Below, you can see the main steps of the ideation process presented to the client. I structured a process that included […] - [byAGIL branding](https://zemonteiro.com/byagil/): Brief byAGIL is both an architecture and artistic atelier, that focuses on tile panel design. I have yet to find anyone more passionateabout modules and patterns than this client. Branding requirements for this studio’s image were:. Being square, like tiles;. Two logos: one to reflect the architecture and, anotherfor the artistic side of what the studio does. They wouldbe presented on different occasions and contexts. - [In-house information design & illustration: Mintel](https://zemonteiro.com/mintel/): Brief Working in a market trends agency, my role is to transform an analytic overview of the market into compelling, visual and informative designs on a daily basis. These data-sets are designed to be easily consumed and digested, mostly for clients’ internal presentations. This project involves: . Information design;. Illustration;. Visual storytelling;. Concept design;. Data visualisation Data Workflow Working in-house, I design the data-sets following the company’s visual guidelines, adding some personal flair. As per the usual workflow, a data-set is expected to be designed within 1:30-2 hours. Furthermore, part of the visual guidelines foresees the data-points’ colours as the following: - [Why did I start publishing CHMPAN zine?](https://zemonteiro.com/why-did-i-start-publishing-chimpan-zine/): You can see the zine on its website or instagram. At the time I’d been in London for one year and a half years, and my friends back home were constantly asking me what was I doing. “Zé you never post online, so lazy. How are we supposed to know what you’ve been up to?” Just so happens that I was reading this street art magazine and Dave The Chimp was talking about his own published zines, ones that he’d send to his friends. So I immediately thought “I’ll do one too!”. I love designing, all things printed, those geeky design […] - [What is Screen Printing? And why should you get on board with it](https://zemonteiro.com/what-is-screen-printing/): Most visual creatives thrive for immediate results in their work. You work on what you see and you see what you are working on. It is not about speed, it’s about the constant sensorial stimulus of a project and the effort that is behind it all. When talking to several artists, the most common answer to “why do you enjoy screen printing?” is that they feel like they can produce something themselves. It’s all about taking matters into your own hands. Isn’t that the pure essence of freelancing?   Screen what? You might have heard of “Screen printing” or “Silkscreen printing”, […] ## Pages - [Case studies](https://zemonteiro.com/case-studies/): Below is a selection of case studies, whether corporate or personal projects. Some details have been omitted or anonymised due to NDAs. ✉️ Please get in touch for my availability and/or portfolio. Societe Generale CIB Trading OMS: Designing a tool for day traders Designing an internal Trading OMS to replace an oversized tool, simplify trader workflows across regions, and create a scalable foundation for future phases. X Atomic tracker app A quick prototype for a startup Startups evolve quickly. As if out of the 48 Hour Start Up book, the Atomic team needed a highly customisable app prototype. The app’s for […] - [Maintenance Page](https://zemonteiro.com/maintenance-page/) - [Home page](https://zemonteiro.com/): End-to-end fintech product designer, maker and storyteller. I enjoy making stuff work 💻, exploring the whys and why-nots 🧩, and I love a good story 📖. Projects Some of the projects I’ve worked on over the years Societe Generale CIB Currently an end-to-end Product Designer at SGCIB, optimising user experiences for financial products and collaborating with amazing people. DSGNR I created a pin for designers in London. It’s like a high-five you can see! CHIMPAN zine I self-published, edited, designed, screen-printed and sold a series of CHIMPAN publications. The magazine features what I’ve been up to and who I’ve been meeting […] - [Blog](https://zemonteiro.com/blog/) - [Design Portfolio](https://zemonteiro.com/design-portfolio/):  Description: Here you can see select projects in the following design fields: Art Direction; Editorial Design; Branding & Strategy; Illustration; Information Design. Have you seen something you’d like to have a chat about? Please drop me a line at zemonteiro@gmail.com - [What I've done at CHIMPAN zine](https://zemonteiro.com/what-ive-done-at-chimpan-zine/): Description: Find here the highlights of what I’ve done to launch this little mag. You can see it’s separated into five categories: Content Creation; Editing; Design; Production; Marketing & Sales. You can also find the project’s website here, and its Instagram page here. - [Terms & Conditions](https://zemonteiro.com/terms-and-conditions/) - [About me](https://zemonteiro.com/about/): Hi, I’m Zé!I live somewhere between fintech product design, travel journaling, magazines and illustrations. Always curious, always learning. 💻Fintech Product DesignI’m currently an end-to-end Product Designer at Societe Generale optimising user experiences for financial products and collaborating with amazing people. I’m experienced in leading product strategies and create intuitive interfaces. I’m also skilled in: 📖Journals and magazinesDocumenting travels and publishing small print publications. I’m working on a Japan travel journal now. ✉️ Up for a chat? Feel free to leave me a message line at zemonteiro@gmail.com ## Optional - [Agent (MCP protocol)](websites-agents.hostinger.com/zemonteiro.com/mcp) [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)