Michelle Protzek
Case study · 09 of 09

Paxe —
Helping People
Reinvent Their Work

UX/UI design that turns deep, human goals into clear, approachable digital experiences.

In short

A platform that helps people reinvent their careers. I designed the product UX and visual direction across 7 core surfaces (quiz → articles) on web + mobile, built around a 5-moment reinvention methodology. Live today.

Paxe type cover — 'helping people reinvent their work' set large on the brand's vivid violet field, with the lowercase paxe wordmark and a stat row: 5 moments, 7 surfaces, 2 platforms, live.
Paxe — a platform for reinvention, brand and product in step

Paxe is a platform and brand focused on helping people and organizations reinvent themselves and their work.

The Paxe brand in motion · Loop
5
Moments in the reinvention methodology
7
Core surfaces, from quiz to articles
Live
The platform, browsable today
RoleUX/UI Designer
PlatformsWeb / Mobile
ToolsFigma · Prototypes
Websitepaxe.michelleprotzek.com

Reinvention is a feeling before it's a feature. The hard part was making a website carry that — without flattening a personal, uncertain process into a generic course catalogue.

Paxe breaks reinvention into five named moments — Inquietação, Caos, Abertura, Preparação, Mudança. The design had to let someone locate themselves in that arc, on web or mobile, and trust where to go next — while the brand underneath was still taking shape.

I designed the product UX and visual direction across seven core surfaces — homepage, how-it-works, the five-moment map, the self-assessment quiz, the results, the tools, and the articles hub — on web and mobile, working with stakeholders, content, and engineering.

The through-line is the quiz: you answer, you land on your current moment, and the articles and tools meant for that stage come to you. So the whole platform reads as one guided path, not a pile of pages.

Paxe screens composed on the brand field.
The Paxe experience, composed
Paxe homepage — 'Descubra-se' over the brand gradient.
'Como funciona' — the methodology explained step by step.
The front door · homepage and how-it-works, both built to make reinvention feel possible
'Momentos' — the stages of a reinvention journey.
The self-assessment tool — guided questions with progress.
Moments and tools · the journey mapped, then a tool that meets you where you are
The articles hub — editorial content supporting each moment.
Artigos · editorial content that backs the method
The Paxe self-assessment quiz on mobile — 'Qual é o seu momento?' with agree-to-disagree scale rows.
The five-moment methodology on mobile — Os 5 momentos: Inquietação, Caos, Abertura, Preparação, Mudança, each illustrated.
Mobile too · the self-assessment quiz and the five-moment methodology
The platform, still live · paxe.michelleprotzek.com · Loop

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One path, named clearly, the same on every screen.

So someone mid-change feels guided, not graded, I held to five moves:

  • Make the quiz the front door — you start by doing, not reading
  • Name the five moments so people can place themselves, not guess
  • Give every moment somewhere to go next: matched tools and articles, never a dead end
  • Hold web and mobile to one hierarchy, so the journey never resets
  • Let the brand's violet field carry the warmth, so clarity never reads as cold

A short quiz places you in your moment — and everything that follows is designed to meet you there.

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