CECILIA MELLI

Communication and Graphic Designer

Milan, Italy
I'm an independent Graphic Designer and Art Director, specialised in creation and management of brand identity.

I'm always interested in new projects or interesting opportunities.
Just drop me an email at cecilia@ceciliamelli.com and let's work together!

Work Experience

Digitalink Studio

Founder and Art Director

January 2013 - Present Milan, Italy

CM Graphic Design

Art Director and Graphic Designer

Independent Graphic Designer and Art Director, specialised in creation and management of brand identity, working as a freelancer since 2010.

Activities and clients:
- corporate identity (Larice, Oved Solutions, verderamemag);
- graphic design (Recession Design, Rizzoli, Moleskine, Vodafone);
- concept development (Moleskine, Regi, CreativeMornings Milan).
October 2010 - Present Milan, Italy

Creative Mornings Milan

Visual Designer

CreativeMornings is a monthly breakfast lecture series for creative types. Each event is free of charge, and includes a 20 minute talk, plus coffee!
September 2011 - Milan, Italy

Olivia Creative Agency

Art Director

Art Director at Olivia Creative Agency, graphic design studio focused on editorial design and strategic communication.
www.oliviacreative.com

Activities and clients:
- concept and development of editorial projects (RCS Sport);
- concept and design of creative marketing solutions (RCS Pubblicità);
- strategic communication: identification of target markets and their own needs and wants; study about colours tendences; concept and development of fresh cosmetic collections (Regi International).
September 2008 - July 2009 Milan, Italy

IL - Intelligence In Lifestyle

Freelance Graphic Designer

Freelance Graphic Designer at IL - Intelligence in Lifestyle, a monthly newsmagazine of "Il Sole 24 ORE" dedicated to contemporary trends and consumer interests.
September 2008 - January 2009 Milan, Italy

Coilhouse Magazine

Art Director

Creative Director at Coilhouse Magazine, brand new magazine dealing with alternative culture and visual arts, published by Tesla Media s.r.o.
www.coilhouse.net/magazine

Activities:
- I did the graphic project of the magazine and designed the magazine’s guidelines;
- I designed and paged the 1st issue.
February 2008 - September 2008 Los Angeles, California, United States

Urban Magazine

Graphic Designer, Internship

Graphic Designer at Urban Magazine, italian free-press magazine published by City Italia Group Spa. www.urbanmagazine.it

Activities:
- I paged and designed layouts;
- I worked within a team at the redesign of the magazine itself.
February 2007 - September 2007 Milan, Italy

Education

Politecnico Di Milano

Master Degree (MA)

Vote: 110/110 cum laude
"Atlante non convenzionale per i territori di archeologia industriale".

The dissertation was a photographic project named "Atlante non convenzionale per i territori di archeologia industriale". It was a complex system of artifacts (branding, editorial and photographic) with the aim to explore the ex-industrial area Bovisa, in Milan.
That project has been published on the magazine: “Linea Grafica”, number 370, with the title: “Carbonio 14 - Bovisa”.
September 2005 - December 2007 Milan, Italy

Languages

Spanish (Conversational),
English (Advanced),
Italian (Native),

Press - Books and Magazines

2008
My dissertation project "Carbonio 14 - Bovisa" has been published on the magazine Linea Grafica # 370, May 2008. 2009
Cathy Fishel published an interview she did with me in Los Angeles over her book "The Freelance Design Handbook, Don't start work without it"
by Cathy Fishel, June 2009

www.amazon.co.uk/Freelance-Design-Handbook-Start-Without/dp/2888930390