About Me.

Hi, I’m João Acácio Santos, a UI/UX & Graphic Designer from Portugal, currently based in Barcelona, with 8+ years of experience.
I create interfaces that feel alive and tell a story. My focus is on experiences where function and atmosphere blend, and the user interface feels like part of the world, not just something sitting on top of it.
It started early. I grew up loving games that let me customize everything: cars, characters, emblems, shields. That obsession with making things my own is really where it all began. In 2015 I picked up Photoshop and started making wallpapers, logos, and assets for gaming communities around the world, and what started as messing around slowly became something I took seriously. By 2017 I'd moved to cities for my Graphic Design Certificate, teaching myself along the way and falling in love with brand work in gaming, esports, and music industries.
The UI/UX part came through actual production work. I joined Gameloft Barcelona in 2022 as a 2D Artist, and the role grew into UI Design, which honestly meant rebuilding my skillset: interface design, UX logic, HUD systems. It changed how I see visuals completely, not just how they look, but how they behave and feel. I ended up designing UI/UX, HUDs, and systems for games with over 1M players, like Asphalt Legends and Disney Speedstorm.
In April 2026 I took all of that somewhere new and joined Benjamin, where I lead the UI/UX for the whole gamified product, end to end.
I'm drawn to the futuristic and the dark. I'm driven, curious and always learning. I push my work a little further every day, building visual languages that don't just guide players, but genuinely pull them in.
Software Stack
Experience
Years of experience
8+
Satisfied clients
100+
Projects completed
100+












