Carla Traini
Design Director
Paris, FranceCommunication Designer, Grafica, Graphiste, Graphic designer, Packaging Designer, Editorial Designer.
Everyone knows a different side of me.
Everyone knows a different side of me.
Work Experience
Landor Associates
Design Director
Leading a team of designers in Paris, Hamburg and Geneva.
I take care of several business accounts working cross categories in packaging and corporate.
I elaborate Strategic Design Thinking for Branding, Packaging and brand led digital experiences.
I take care of several business accounts working cross categories in packaging and corporate.
I elaborate Strategic Design Thinking for Branding, Packaging and brand led digital experiences.
October 2016
- Present
Paris, France
FutureBrand
Senior Designer
Futurebrand is the international creative group I joined in 2013 as a Senior Designer, role that makes me manage people, taking part to clients meetings and presentations.
I love being flexible, I am working for packaging as well as editorial design, identities and retail design.
I got the responsibility of the R&D around special papers and materials, finishing, printing techniques and suppliers, more than my creative role.
I achieved a new step in team and clients management preserving a comprehensive approach to design, changing my field of work every day.
Top clients: Nespresso Worldwide, Philip Morris, Le Printemps
I love being flexible, I am working for packaging as well as editorial design, identities and retail design.
I got the responsibility of the R&D around special papers and materials, finishing, printing techniques and suppliers, more than my creative role.
I achieved a new step in team and clients management preserving a comprehensive approach to design, changing my field of work every day.
Top clients: Nespresso Worldwide, Philip Morris, Le Printemps
February 2013
- September 2016
France
Fontegrafica France
Design Director
Fontegrafica France it's a new branch of Fontegrafica Milan, existing since the beginning of 2011 to add amazing creativity and graphic design to the astonishing capabilities of Fontegrafica in terms of printing techniques.
I am a Design Director managing the resident team of creative talents in terms of art direction and coordination. At the same time I follow every project also from a managing point of view and select new freelance talents who could eventually integrate the team.
We work only for fashion and luxury brands.
I manage a team of 4 designers and I work with an account to offer the better solution in terms of creativity and management of every single project.
Top clients: Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Boucheron, Interparfums.
This experience boosted my capabilities of management, organization, creativity, problem solving and of course, knowledge and evaluation of the faisability and choice of the best printing technique to enhance and interpret the potential of every graphic project.
I am a Design Director managing the resident team of creative talents in terms of art direction and coordination. At the same time I follow every project also from a managing point of view and select new freelance talents who could eventually integrate the team.
We work only for fashion and luxury brands.
I manage a team of 4 designers and I work with an account to offer the better solution in terms of creativity and management of every single project.
Top clients: Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Boucheron, Interparfums.
This experience boosted my capabilities of management, organization, creativity, problem solving and of course, knowledge and evaluation of the faisability and choice of the best printing technique to enhance and interpret the potential of every graphic project.
November 2011
- October 2012
Paris, France
CB'a Design Solution Paris
Art Director
Art Director for the creation of luxury and cosmetics projects moving from packaging, to edition and corporate.
CB'a Paris is the headquarter of the group, working actively in packaging, corporate, space design and branding. The Pole Luxe I integrated is one of the most creative and flexible of the agency, in switching from one field of graphic design, to the others.
Top clients: Ferrari, JTI Tobacco, Valrhona, Yves Rocher, Bacardi-Martini, Louis Vuitton.
CB'a Paris is the headquarter of the group, working actively in packaging, corporate, space design and branding. The Pole Luxe I integrated is one of the most creative and flexible of the agency, in switching from one field of graphic design, to the others.
Top clients: Ferrari, JTI Tobacco, Valrhona, Yves Rocher, Bacardi-Martini, Louis Vuitton.
February 2011
- October 2011
Paris, France
Carmi E Ubertis Milano
Design Director
Design Director for projects of Packaging and Corporate Identity working for B2B and B2C. Direct involvement from the very definition of brand strategy, through the creative development process, to the implementation and printing stages: artworks production, selection of materials and treatments and suppliers management (printing houses, paper mills, illustrators, photographers, mock up developers).
Excellent knowledge of production process and materials and therefore ability to play the role of an implementation manager.
Top Clients: Alemagna - Bauli, Gruppo 24 Ore, TDR Tobacco (Croatia), UIB (Jeddah – Emirates), Ferrero Kinder, SCJ Johnson Wax, Dainese, Triennale di Milano, Wall Street Institute, MAC Group, Amica Chips, Enervit.
Excellent knowledge of production process and materials and therefore ability to play the role of an implementation manager.
Top Clients: Alemagna - Bauli, Gruppo 24 Ore, TDR Tobacco (Croatia), UIB (Jeddah – Emirates), Ferrero Kinder, SCJ Johnson Wax, Dainese, Triennale di Milano, Wall Street Institute, MAC Group, Amica Chips, Enervit.
March 2006
- December 2010
Milan, Italy
Education
Università Degli Studi Milano Bicocca_ Faculty Of Educational Sciences
Master Degree in Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
Course aims to prepare professionals able to analyze human behaviours and their deep nature both in their relationships with other humans and in their relation with design and communication objects.
October 2009
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Milan, Italy
Politecnico Di Milano_ Faculty Of Design
Master Degree in Communication Design
October 2004
- April 2007
Milan, Italy
Languages
English (Advanced),
French (Fluent),
Italian (Native),
Awards
Skills
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe InDesign,
Adobe Lightroom,
Adobe Photoshop,
Quark Xpress,
Additional Informations
° Dynamic, versatile, curious
° Enthusiasm and passion for this job
° Excellent communication skills
° Excellent organizational and managerial skills/problem solving
° Good at teamwork, great sense of responsibility
° Aiming to work in multicultural and international environments
° Willing to travel and share experiences
° Calm, determined and reflexive
OCTOBER 2014
The limited edition of Veuve Clicquot yellow champagne box, Enveloppe won the Prix Formes de Luxe 2014, category Foldable premium boxes.
JUNE 2012
Carlo del Clat packaging and identity was chosen as one of the best packaging products on the Behance network and published on the Packaging Design Served blog!
OCTOBER 2010
The Alemagna project I developed for Carmi e Ubertis won the Grand Prix Brand identity Prize for Corporate Design and for Packaging Design.
NOVEMBER 2009
A selection of projects I developed for Carmi e Ubertis are published in “Brand D.O.”, Fausto Lupetti Editore, Bologna, 2009.
DECEMBER 2007- December 2008_
Contributor at www.The Dieline.com
As the only contributor from Italy, I wrote articles on Italian creativity in the face of the worldwide market.
° Enthusiasm and passion for this job
° Excellent communication skills
° Excellent organizational and managerial skills/problem solving
° Good at teamwork, great sense of responsibility
° Aiming to work in multicultural and international environments
° Willing to travel and share experiences
° Calm, determined and reflexive
OCTOBER 2014
The limited edition of Veuve Clicquot yellow champagne box, Enveloppe won the Prix Formes de Luxe 2014, category Foldable premium boxes.
JUNE 2012
Carlo del Clat packaging and identity was chosen as one of the best packaging products on the Behance network and published on the Packaging Design Served blog!
OCTOBER 2010
The Alemagna project I developed for Carmi e Ubertis won the Grand Prix Brand identity Prize for Corporate Design and for Packaging Design.
NOVEMBER 2009
A selection of projects I developed for Carmi e Ubertis are published in “Brand D.O.”, Fausto Lupetti Editore, Bologna, 2009.
DECEMBER 2007- December 2008_
Contributor at www.The Dieline.com
As the only contributor from Italy, I wrote articles on Italian creativity in the face of the worldwide market.