Hi, I’m Ricardo.
I’m a motion designer, visual storyteller, and creative educator based in Canada. I work where design, technology, and communication meet, turning complex ideas into experiences people can understand, remember, and feel.
I started as a video editor in Brazil in 2007 and discovered motion design soon after. Since then, I’ve worked across product storytelling, UI animation, brand experiences, event content, educational media, visual effects, and interactive work. I enjoy taking an idea from an early sketch or storyboard all the way to the final experience, especially when the subject is difficult to explain at first.
Today, at OpenText, much of my work is about making technology visible. That might mean turning a complex workflow into a simple product story, creating a visual world for a global event, or prototyping a new way for someone to interact with information. The part I enjoy most is finding the moment when something technical suddenly feels intuitive and human.
My practice has also been expanding beyond traditional linear motion into interactive experiences, prototypes, creative tools, and emerging technology. AI has become part of that process, not as a replacement for design thinking, but as another creative material. It lets me explore ideas faster, test things that previously would have required entirely different skill sets, and move from a thought to something tangible much sooner.
What interests me most isn’t the technology itself. It’s what becomes possible when motion, interaction, storytelling, and new tools begin to overlap.
Teaching has always been another important part of how I work. I’ve taught motion design at Conestoga College and Centennial College, and I create free tools and scripts such as MotionToolkitPro to help students and other designers experiment, learn, and work more efficiently.
I also founded English Speeches, which began as a personal project to help me practise English and grew into a global learning platform with more than 6 million YouTube subscribers. Building it taught me a different side of design: how content, product thinking, audience behaviour, learning, and experience design all connect at scale.
I’ve spent my career across Brazil and Canada, working with different teams, industries, audiences, and ways of thinking. That mix has made me curious by nature. I’m always learning something new, testing something, building something, or figuring out how one discipline might unlock another.
Whether it’s a product story, an interactive installation, a brand experience, a motion system, or a tool that helps someone learn, the goal is usually the same:
Make complex ideas feel clear, human, and memorable.
Have a project, experiment, or interesting idea in mind? I’d love to hear about it.