Simone Salardi

Branding and Visual Design Director

London, United Kingdom
Experienced design consultant with a result driven approach, a strong passion for design, branding, visual communication and photography.
I approach my work to achieve outstanding results, bringing high-quality standards to any project.
With excellent design skills and a hands-on approach, I follow each job with the utmost attention to detail from conception to final delivery.

Work Experience

SWAPX Ltd

Brand and Digital Designer, Design Consultant

- Provided bespoke UX/UI solutions for websites, landing pages, apps, digital products and marketing tools
- Involved in the whole design process and workflow, from the early conceptual stage up to the product
September 2018 - Leatherhead, United Kingdom

Matiky.london

Designer, Art Director, Consultant at Matiky.london

At Matiky we are proud to provide tailored professional design services for small to medium size companies in UK and worldwide.

We specialize in branding and corporate identity, visual design and design consultancy to support our clients with a bespoke service, offering a unique set of design and business skills combined to improve both company identity and workflow.
June 2016 - London, United Kingdom

EQ2 LIGHT

Branding And Visual Design - Associate Director

The company provides high end lighting design services for architecture and landscape. As Associate Director I specialize in branding and visual design, managing print and digital communication to help the company stand out in national and international markets.
May 2014 - United Kingdom

Diferente

Creative Director, Graphic Designer, Photographer

Graphic design, digital publishing, adv and communication, social marketing.
Personal design and communication agency, working on different areas and skilled in: branding, packaging, print, adv, POS, retail design, photography and postproduction.
Attending all the production phases we experienced a 360 degrees design service, following and taking care of amazing national and international clients.
January 2012 - December 2013 Cagliari, Italy

Kimejoe Associates

Creative Director, Architect, Interior and Exhibit Designer

Graphic design, digital publishing, interior and architecture design, exhibition and events design.
Personal design and communication agency, working on different areas and skilled in: branding, packaging, print, adv, POS, interior design, exhibition design, architecture, photography and postproduction.
Attending all the production phases we experienced a 360 degrees design service, following and taking care of amazing national and international clients.
January 2005 - December 2013 Cagliari, Italy

Ai Granai,

Graphic Designer, Exhibition Designer

Great Tuscan agency working with leading companies around Lucca province, involved in paper, yachts, tourism, food/wine and natural products industry.
I was responsible for companies’ branding, corporate id, print and web design, magazine adv, signage and POS, brand events.
Great experience made in exhibition design for worldwide tradeshows, managing the entire process from concept design to executive drawings, till construction phases management.
June 2002 - December 2004 Lucca, Italy

Various Companies

Freelancer Designer

Art direction and design for individual business
Freelance activity for several national and international customers:
brand and corporate identity, concepts, lookbooks, print promotional material, photography, web graphic design, advertising and marketing campaigns, scenography for advertising, exhibition design, 3D and rendering, architecture and interior design.
January 1996 - December 2004 Italy

Education

Università Degli Studi Di Firenze

Master Degree in Architecture

Architecture Design, Landscape and garden design, Urban Design
Graphic Design, Illustration, Computer graphic and rendering
April 2005 Italy

Liceo M.Fanti

High School Diploma

July 1991 Carpi, Italy

Languages

English (Conversational),
Italian (Native),
French (Beginner),

Skills

Design Direction, Adobe Acrobat Distiller, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, ArchiCAD, Art Direction, Branding, Cinema 4D, Digital Design, Editorial, Exhibition Design, ILife Suite, Print Design, Sketch Up,