Freelance illustrator and graphic designer based in Milan, where I deal with:
– illustration, editorial, and commercial
– brand identity
– editorial and advertising graphics
– art direction
– web design and website creation
– strategy and communication
Work experience:
I have been working as a freelancer since 2015, collaborating as an illustrator and senior graphic designer with communication agencies, video production companies, web agencies, and publishing houses, including Simmetrico, SDWWG, Target Video, Tarpini Production, JointDesign, Run Design, Corberi&Sapori Editore, Edra Editions (Milan); Grafeel, VL Production (Varese); Caustic Media (London); Smarting (Zurich).
Previously, I worked as a graphic designer and internal illustrator in communication agencies:
– Graffio (2013-2015, Lucca)
– Anteprima ADV (2011-2013, Lucca)
– Miguel Sal (2007-2011, Bologna)
I worked as an illustrator and editorial graphic designer for the Italian magazine Argo (2005-2016, Ed. Cattedrale, Ancona), for the web magazine Lo Spettatore (2004-2008, Edizioni Gedit, Bologna), as a collaborator for the local newspaper Il Cittadino Oggi (2000-2005, Siena).
I did an international internship as a graphic designer at the Californian advertising agency Cuban Council (2010, San Francisco, USA), and a university internship as a character designer at the cartoon production house Achtoons (2006, Bologna).
Education
In 2019 I obtained a Master's degree in Content Publishing Direction, held by MiMaster and the Arnoldo Mondadori Foundation (Milan).
In 2007 I obtained a master's degree, with a thesis on the marketing of audiovisual products, at the DAMS of Bologna, where I acquired a diploma in advertising graphics.
In 2005 I graduated in historical-artistic, cinematographic, and theatrical heritage at the University of Siena.
In 2004 I obtained a diploma in Comics and Illustration at the International School of Comix in Florence.
Software
– Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Bridge, Acrobat Professional, Premiére
– Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
– iWork: Pages, Numbers, Keynote
– CMS: WordPress, Wix, Visual Studio Code
– Procreate
– Figma