joana cerejo
AI product design advisor

AI can build almost anything. The harder part is making it what people need.

I help product and design teams build AI that earns trust, adapts to change, and stands the test of time — grounded in human intent, not just data.

15 years

Designing digital products since 2010

10 years

Leading AI-native design since 2016

PhD

Human-centred AI, University of Porto

How I help

Three ways to work together.

Research-grounded judgment, strategic leadership, and hands-on execution — I bridge how AI gets built and how people actually use it.

Advisory — the core work

An AI-UX audit

An expert evaluation of your current AI solution — exactly where users lose trust, agency, or clarity — with an actionable blueprint to fix it. The roster stays small, so the work stays deep.

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Speaking

Keynotes & workshops

Talks and hands-on sessions on anticipatory design, human-centred AI, and responsible intelligent systems.

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Teaching

Teaching & 1:1 mentoring

Guiding designers and teams toward responsible, high-impact AI. Teaching since 2013.

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The Anticipatory Design Playbook by Joana Cerejo — a UX guide to designing AI-driven experiences (CRC Press)
My book

From data-first to intent-first AI.

The Anticipatory Design Playbook — a field guide for product and design teams working with AI as a material, not a trend.

  • A three-phase process: Anticipate, Imagine, Shape
  • Bridges design, behavioral science, and machine learning
  • Foundational AI concepts through ethical design and foresight methods
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Also — a self-serve tool

AI-UX Score

The first tool in a growing suite for measuring and improving AI product experience — respondent-backed scores across 7 dimensions, no advisory engagement required.

The bridge between AI engineering reality and human-centred design is held best by people who have done both. I’ve spent my career on both sides — and I build that bridge in the work, in the book, and with the teams who reach out.

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