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Joana Correia | The Digital MBA

Portuguese
Languages
    Portuguese / Spanish / English
Top Strengths
    Good with people / Leadership / Learning fast / Discipline / Creative
Future Professional Interests
    Project Management / Strategy & Marketing / People Management / Consultancy Communication

Joana Correia | The Digital MBA

HELPING BUSINESSES SEE NEW POSSIBILITIES

Joana is a talented artist with a rich portfolio full of degrees and professional experience, managing projects from beginning to end and delivering the best quality product. She graduated from the MA Typeface Design in 2011 and is currently working as a Project manager for a Type Design company, Schriftlabor, managing a team of five people, from type designers and font engineers.

Joana has been a freelancer type designer since 2011 and runs a small type foundry called Nova Type Foundry that collaborated with type foundries around the world, including Google Fonts, Monotype, and Indian Type Foundry. In the last six years, she also dedicated some time teaching and giving talks about type design.

She studied architecture, graphic design, Type Design and worked as an architect and yoga teacher. After taking Seth Godin’s altMBA online, she decided to enrol in this MBA to strengthen her previous knowledge and learn new skills.


Languages
    Portuguese / Spanish / English
Top Strengths
    / Good with people / Leadership / Learning fast / Discipline / Creative
Future Professional Interests
    Project Management / Strategy & Marketing / People Management / Consultancy Communication
Academic Background
  • 2021
    The Digital MBA | Porto Business School
  • 2011
    MA Typeface Design | University of Reading, UK
  • 2010
    BA Communication Design | ESAD Matosinhos
  • 2003
    MA Architecture | University of Porto
Timeline
  • 2020 - (...)
    Project manager and type designer | Schriftlabor
  • 2018 – (...)
    CEO and founder | Nova Type Foundry
  • 2015 - 2018
    Founder and type designer | Ndiscover
  • 2011 - 2015
    Freelancer type designer
  • 2007 - 2009
    Architect | Jovino Martinez Sierra
  • 2003 - 2007
    Founder of Yoga School | Spain
Likes & Curiosities
  • Productivity
  • Coaching
  • Personal Development
  • Reading
  • Travelling