Embrapii

Context & problem

Embrapii funds industrial innovation in Brazil and needed a data dashboard to turn complex project and investment information into clear, real-time insights.

• Too much data — Large volumes of information were spread across reports and spreadsheets.
• Slow decisions — Managers waited for manual reports to understand performance.
• Hard to read — Dense tables made trends and outliers difficult to spot.

Process & discovery

I worked with the data and business teams to define what each audience needed to see, then designed visualisations that answer those questions at a glance.

• Map — Interviews to list the key questions each user needs to answer.
• Structure — Information hierarchy and KPIs organised by priority.
• Visualise — Charts chosen and designed for clarity and fast reading.
• Refine — Iterations with real data to test readability and accuracy.

Results

The dashboard brought innovation data into one place, readable in seconds instead of hours of report digging.

• Real-Time — Innovation Insights
• Complex Data — Made Readable

Tools

The stack I used across research, design and handoff.

• Figma — UI & Prototypes
• Miro — Research & Flows
• Maze — Usability Tests
• Jira — Specs & Handoff

Learnings

• Start with the question — Every chart had to answer a real decision, not just show data.
• Less is clearer — Removing decoration made the important numbers stand out.
• Design with real data — Testing with live numbers revealed edge cases mock data never shows.