Print Resume

Valentina

Milan, Italy
be.net/mugmug
I love to neatly organise processes and structures of my workflow: I believe order is essential to achieve effective design solutions. I don’t like hasting to solutions without establishing a procedure. Successful results come from the implementation of good practices; finding a method is as important as solving an immediate problem.

Work Experience

Zero Edizioni

Graphic Designer

Duties: to develop graphic proposal for Zero’s covers through detailed reports and photorealistic mock-ups, to develop visual solutions for Zero’s covers producing illustrations and supervising the print process in case of special finishings. Areas: editorial design, branding, raster and vector illustration.
March 2011 - Milano, Italy

Molotro Studio

Type Designer Assistant, Junior Graphic Designer

Duties: to develop illustrations and icons for articles and editorial projects, to contribute on articles and theoretical researches about non-linearity, psychology, vision & readability, to support the design of typefaces by designing glyphs to complete the set, and working on spacing, kerning, hinting. Areas: type design, information design, editorial design, vector illustration.
2004 - 2007 Milan area, Italy

Bonsaininja

Intern

Duties: to develop visual solutions for motion graphics projects, to produce illustrations and graphic elements and animate them with After Effects. Areas: movie design, motion graphics.
September 2007 - December 2007 Milan, Italy

4MMG

Senior Designer

Duties: to develop ideas and concepts for editorial projects for advertising, to develop logos and guidelines for branding systems & packaging concepts. Areas: branding, editorial design, packaging.
February 2008 - December 2011 Varese, Italy

Freelance

Senior Designer

I collaborated with several studios and other graphic designers as a freelancer:
Fabrica, Treviso www.fabrica.it
Paola Lenarduzzi, Milan www.studiopaola.it
Sabina Era, Nuoro www.sabinaera.it
Rickard Kust, Milan www.projektor.it
With them I worked for brands & institutions such as MaxMara, Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, MAN Museo d’Arte di Nuoro, Camera di Commercio di Nuoro, Regione Sardegna, Whirlpool.
January 2008 - June 2010 Milan, Italy

Education

University Of Reading

MA

Book Design Master Typography Department at the University of Reading, with Paul Luna, Michael Twyman and Fraser Muggeridge, UK. Final grade: Distinction. Dissertation Title: Typogragraphical Configuration of Access Devices in Contemporary Textbooks
October 2009 - October 2010 Reading, United Kingdom

Cfp Bauer

Typographic Design Course at CFP Bauer, with James Clough and Lucio Passerini, Milan.
History of Typography and letterforms, letterpress practice and basic bookbinding.
October 2008 - June 2009 Milan, Italy

Politecnico Di Milano

BA

Bachelor Degree in Fashion Design, Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano.
Final grade 110/110
October 2001 - October 2004 Milano, Italy

Languages

English (Advanced),
German (Beginner),

Skills

Book Design, Typesetting, Vector Illustration ,

Software Proficiency

HIGH level of proficiency
• Adobe InDesign CS5 / detailed typography, GREP search & replace, XML layout integration
• Adobe Illustrator CS5
• Adobe Photoshop CS3
• Adobe Acrobat Reader Pro

GOOD level of proficiency
• FontLab 5.02
• Adobe After Effects 7
• Adobe Premiere 7
• Nisus Writer Pro, Pages and other text editors

BASIC knowledge of
• HTML, XML & CSS