Selected Work — Rafaella Ruiz
Selected work

The actual output.

Video, motion design, presentation design, copy, documentary. Twelve years across formats, industries, and four languages. Selected because they show the range.

01Video & motion

B2B content, 2D animation, documentary, and film.

Script to final export. Twenty-five pieces selected from the last twelve years.

Acta — Original Series
Creator · Writer · Director · 2026–present

Original documentary series channel in development. By Design investigates the gap between how humans learn and how education is actually designed — tracing the history across systems, borders, and crises. Lost in Translation explores what gets lost when language, culture, and communication cross borders. Two seasons in development, full series bibles written for both.

acta-project.com · Series bibles available upon request.

02Design & communication

Presentations, brand identities, and visual systems built to last.

Executive presentations

For leadership, internal communications, RFPs, white papers, and company-wide alignment.

Due to confidentiality, selected internal workshops and self-initiated projects are shown as representative samples.

Visual Communication for Non-Designers — Session 02
Curriculum design and presentation system, delivered as hands-on workshops
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Additional presentation work
Executive briefings, roadmaps, internal comms, and data storytelling
Foundations
Timeline All Hands
All Hands
Irreplaceable Human
Brand & visual systems

End-to-end brand identities including authored brand books used across digital, social, and internal communications.

Founder brand
Visse

Brand identity, visual system, brand book, and ongoing social application for a Brazilian e-commerce brand born in Pernambuco.

Full brand book available upon request (proprietary content).

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Founder brand
Mínima

Full brand identity, visual system, packaging design across two product lines, custom illustrated icons, pattern design, and brand book for a Brazilian artisanal home fragrance brand.

Full brand book available upon request (proprietary content).

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Mínima Figo
Mínima vela
Social brand · Pro bono
Laços de Cetim

Full brand identity, visual system, and Instagram carousel design for a social support network for women from the periphery of Recife. Concept, design, and copy, end to end.

Pro bono project. Full brand book available upon request.

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03Copy & content

Social, editorial, and video formats. Ideas to messages that land.

Instagram · Social brand · Pro bono

Brand Launch Post — Laços de Cetim

Concept and copywriting for the pinned brand launch post of a social support network for women from the periphery of Recife. Copy written in Portuguese, aligned with the brand's tone of dignity, community, and urgency.

Brand voice Social copy Portuguese Pro bono
Post copy

❤️ Conheça o Laços de Cetim, uma rede de apoio integral para mulheres da periferia do Recife. Unimos tecnologia de ponta, atendimento jurídico e psicológico gratuito, formação profissional e algo inédito no Brasil: um grupo de homens 60+ comprometidos em apoiar e proteger mulheres vulneráveis. Porque dignidade não é privilégio, é direito de todas. 🌹 Deslize para conhecer nossas ações ›

Instagram · Brand storytelling

History Carousel — Visse

Concept and copywriting for the first carousel in Visse's brand-story series — turning Recife's complicated history with the shark into playful, identity-driven narrative.

Brand voice Brand design Social copy Content strategy
Post copy

Recife tem uma relação complicada com o tubarão. né escolha nossa não. mas é nossa história. tu já visse? 👆

LinkedIn · Thought leadership

5 Cultural Missteps That Break Global Teams

Concept and copywriting for a thought-leadership carousel addressing cross-cultural communication failures in distributed teams, reframed as actionable leadership insights.

B2B audience Thought leadership Social strategy
Post copy (excerpt)

Have you ever left a meeting thinking everyone was on the same page, only to discover later they weren't? At Learnship, we understand how intercultural misunderstandings quietly undermine alignment, trust, and productivity. Here are 5 common but costly mistakes global teams make: ✅ "Yes" doesn't always mean agreement 💬 Silence can escalate tension ⏰ "On time" varies widely across cultures 🤐 Not everyone feels comfortable speaking up 🔍 Direct communication can feel confrontational

LinkedIn · Business messaging

Why Language Training Pays Off (Literally)

Copywriting translating business impact data into clear, outcome-driven messaging linking language training to productivity, retention, and profitability.

Data storytelling Business messaging Content strategy
Post copy (excerpt)

1 in 5 work hours disappears into fixing miscommunication. Ana, from São Paulo, emailed Max in Munich. She wrote: "Quick question." Twelve replies later, they finally agreed on what to do. Multiply that across every project, every time zone, every team, and you see the hidden cost HR is left to manage: wasted energy, frayed patience, and employees who feel like they don't belong.

04Web & digital

Four sites built from brand identity to live URL.

The AI wrote the code. I'm responsible for everything that made it worth coding.

Website · Brazilian e-commerce brand

Visse — Brand Site

End-to-end creative direction for a Brazilian 3D accessories brand born in Pernambuco. Brand concept, visual identity, site structure, and copywriting. Coded in HTML and CSS with AI assistance, live on WordPress and Hostinger.

Brand concept Visual direction Copywriting HTML/CSS (AI-assisted) WordPress
What I decided
The brand needed to feel regional without leaning on clichés. Tropical without going full toucan. Playful without being chaotic. Every color choice, every layout call, every line of copy came from a brief I wrote in my head before I wrote it anywhere else. The site exists because I knew what Visse should feel like before a single element was placed.
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Website · Social support network · Pro bono

Laços de Cetim — Brand Site

Brand identity and full site build for a social support network for women from the periphery of Recife. Visual concept, color system, copy, and structure. Creative decisions first, AI-assisted code execution, live via WordPress and Hostinger.

Brand concept Visual direction Copywriting HTML/CSS (AI-assisted) Pro bono
What I decided
Laços needed softness without going limp. The brand sits in a space where the stakes are real, so the visual language had to earn trust fast. Restrained palette, copy that sounds like a person not a press release, structure that put the right things first. The AI wrote the code. I wrote the brand.
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Website · Original documentary series channel

Acta — Series Channel Site

Brand identity and full site build for an original documentary series channel. Visual concept, channel brand, copy, and site structure built around two series in development: By Design and Lost in Translation. Creative decisions first, AI-assisted code execution, live via WordPress.

Channel branding Visual direction Copywriting HTML/CSS (AI-assisted) Series development
What I decided
Acta needed to feel like a place where ideas are taken seriously without feeling academic. The brand sits between essay documentary and investigative journalism, so the visual language had to signal rigour and curiosity at the same time. Every typographic choice, every color call, every word of copy was built to make the work feel worth watching before a single frame exists.
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Beyond client work

automation.rafaellaruiz.com

Three production automation systems I built: a job evaluator, a B2B content program at 5–7x benchmark, a video pipeline that runs itself. Architecture, tools, and what I'd do differently.

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