About me
Marinela Lleshi is a Graphic Designer born in Albania but raised in the Italian Alps. She works across a variety of disciplines, including branding, advertising and editorial design. Although her field of work is diverse, the basis of her expression is always the creation of memorable work with delicate craft and powerful forms. Through design she aims to translate complex ideas in a simple and clear way. When things get boring she likes to entertain herself by watching celebrities struggle on Bear Grylls celebrity edition show.
She loves geopolitics, doppio espresso, Lovecraft and cyborgs
Unpopular opinion: she thinks Comic Sans jokes are outdated
OMG facts: Comic Sans is the easiest font for dyslexics to read
Projects
- RESONATE - Editorial MagazineResonate is a music magazine that focuses on authenticity through self-reinvention and bold imagery. It embraces the blazing ferocity of freedom and the rebellious spirit to question traditional conventions. Is loud, bold, yet simple and reflective of the razor - blade edge feeling of that period.
Work history
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junior graphic designerCernuto Pizzigoni & partners
- ItalyInternship
Main responsibilities:
- Creative support to the Senior Art Director and Creative Director.
- Carrying out research where needed.
- Concept, design and execution of digital visuals for different brands' campaigns and social media.
- Working from a brief with the Senior Art Director and Copywriter, generating ideas to present to the client.
- Ensuring a high standard of visual execution across all media and campaigns.
- Uncovering new ways to incorporate emerging and new media formats into campaigns.
- Developing layouts for print and digital signage, banners, posters and flyers.
Skills
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- Art Direction
- Visual Branding
- Editorial Design
Education
Graphic DesignShillington
- Manchester, United Kingdom
A three month intensive graphic design course completing daily briefs in a high pressure environment and working under intense pressure with strict deadlines. Creating solid concepts through deep ideation in order to drive design conceptualisation while applying design principles.
Skills learned include: design theory, digital and print design, UI/UX, brand identity, packaging, illustration and typography.
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Graphic Design & Art DirectionNABA Milano
- Italy
It's a three year BA interdisciplinary programme ranging between the various fields of graphic design, from advertising to digital publishing, the specialisations included are:
Brand Design – designing strategic and visual brand images, focusing also on packaging, retail design and consumer experience.
Creative Direction – dealing with all the aspects of a communication campaign, both online and offline, looking after the visual and strategic brand image and defining their digital development on web, social media and multimedia platforms.
Visual Design – exploring various languages and techniques (illustration, digital animation, photography) to define a personal approach and stylistic signature applicable to communication projects.
Awards
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Golden Thumb AwardNABA Milano
Award assigned to the best student in the field of Graphic Design at NABA Academy