Ignacio Serrano

Graphic Designer at Milton Glaser & Illustrator

New York, NY, USA

Work Experience

School Of Visual Arts

Art Instructor

Currently teaching water-based techniques at the School of Visual Arts' BFA Illustration Department.
January 2020 - New York, New York, United States

Milton Glaser Inc.

Senior Graphic Designer

November 2017 - New York, New York, United States

Mirko Ilic Corp.

Intern Graphic Designer

I helped Mr. Ilic retouching images for books he edited along with Steven Heller.
June 2017 - October 2017 New York, New York, United States

Levalo Studio

Comic Colorist

Coloring comic strip.
October 2014 - 2014 Madrid, Spain

Tranquillo GmbH

Illustrator

Illustrations to be printed on different products such as shirts, cups, cushion covers, etc.
November 2013 - Present Dresden, Germany

OMB Design

Graphic Designer

December 2012 - February 2013 Madrid, Spain

ACE (Acción Cultural Española)

Graphic designer

Freelance work for acción cultural española.
September 2012 - September 2012 Madrid, Spain

Financial Times

Illustrator

I was asked by Financial Times UK (through Private View Illustration Agency) to draw an illustration to support a book review.
The book was A Possible Life by Sebastian Faulks.
LINK: http://www.ignacioserrano.com/index.php?/illustration/financial-times-uk/
September 2012 - September 2012 United Kingdom

Anaya Multimedia

Graphic Designer

I'm responsible for the informatic book covers, posters and other promotional stuff as flyers, invitations, catalogues, etc.
March 2010 - Madrid, Spain

Plaza Y Valdés

Graphic designer

Responsible for book covers' design and layout.
October 2009 - Present Madrid, Spain

AIBR (Antrópologos Iberoamericanos En Red)

Art Director / Graphic designer

‘AIBR (Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red / Latin American Anthropologists Online) Revista de Antropología Iberoamericana’ (Journal of Iberoamerican Anthropology) is an international print and online, peer-reviewed, open-access and copy left journal in the field of Socio-Cultural Anthropology.
I am responsible for the layout, graphic design, chart design, photography selection, etc.
February 2009 - Present Madrid, Spain

IBM

Graphic Designer

Responsible for graphics for flash animations and games.
September 2008 - February 2009 Madrid, Spain

Universidad Autónoma De Madrid

Graphic designer

Design of exhibition 25 años de la Facultad de Psicología de la UAM.
Featuring posters, information panels, layout of the catalogue and book El lugar de la Psicología en la Universidad española del siglo XX, published by UAM.
February 2007 - July 2007 Madrid, Spain

Wildstyle Network

Junior graphic designer

Conception of graphics for promotional projects for clients like Deutsche Bank, X-box, Universal Pictures. Website design for Deutsche Bank. Feature logos for X-Box. Updates of various clients´ websites.
August 2006 - February 2007 Dresden, Germany

Education

School Of Visual Arts (SVA)

MFA Illustration as Visual Essay

Graduated in 2017 with an MFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts after receiving a Fulbright Grant.
September 2015 - May 2018 New York, New York, United States

Universidad Complutense De Madrid

Major in Fine Arts

October 2000 - August 2006 Madrid, Spain

Kunsthochschule Kassel

Two years studying at the Kunsthochschule Kassel as part of the European Exchange Programm 'Erasmus'.
September 2004 - August 2006 Kassel, Germany

School Of Visual Arts (SVA)

Illustration Summer Residency Program

Currently doing the second Illustration Summer Residency at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York city. The program includes a huge variety of activities including a guided gallery tour in Chelsea with Tobi Kahn, a visit to the New York Comic Con, the Society of Illustrators, Marshall Arishman‘s studio and learn from illustrators such as Viktor Koen, Paul Hoppe, Lisel Ashlock and Anna Raff.
June 2014 - Present New York, New York, United States

Languages

Spanish (Native),
English (Fluent),
German (Fluent),

Awards

Creative Quarterly

Creative Quarterly No. 51 (Runner up)

2018

Latin-American Illustration

Latin-American Illustration 6 (Chosen)

2017

School Of Visual Arts (SVA)

SVA Alumni Scholarship Awards

2016

3x3 Magazine

Honorable Mention

2016

AKA NYC

Broadway Scholarship Competition (Selected)

2016

Creative Quarterly

Creative Quarterly No. 36 (Runner up)

2014

Hiiibrand

Best of the Best / 最佳 (Published / 商业)

2013

Venus Febriculosa

Best illustration

2013

INJUVE

Accesit Illustration - Spanish National Illustration Awards

2009

Skills

Illustration, Inking, Adobe Illutrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Comic, Drawing, Engraving, Layout, Painting,