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title: "Fixando — Market Research & Product Consultant (part-time)"
url: https://www.ruimeira.com/work/fixando/
canonical: https://www.ruimeira.com/work/fixando/
author: Rui Costa Meira
updated: 2026-10-01
changelog:
  - { date: 2026-10-01, note: "Drafted from CV_RuiCostaMeira-260921.pdf" }
---

# Fixando — Market Research & Product Consultant (part-time)

> Researched the Portuguese automotive services landscape and designed a new automotive category for a B2C services marketplace.

- Company: Fixando
- Role: Market Research & Product Consultant (part-time)
- Period: Jan 2023 – Apr 2023
- Type: Contract (via Rudzer)
- Industry: B2C services marketplace
- Location: Lisbon (remote)

Researched the Portuguese automotive services landscape and designed a new automotive category for a B2C services marketplace.

## Highlights

- Researched the Portuguese automotive DMS and services landscape to inform a new-vertical strategy.
- Designed the automotive services category: benchmarks, service list, fields, values and category mapping for integration.
- Supported the "Fixando Cuida" solidarity campaign on delivery and business logic, bringing in animal-support associations as partners.

## Context

Fixando was exploring automotive services as a new vertical and needed a structured view of the market and a category model ready for integration.

## Skills

Market research, Category design, Marketplaces