Mercedes Leon

Illustrator

London, United Kingdom

Work Experience

Tigerprint

Designer and Illustrator

Development of concepts and illustrations for stationery ranges, greeting cards, calendars, diaries, bags and wrapping paper – exclusive to Marks and Spencer
August 2013 - October 2017 United Kingdom

Tigerprint

Illustrator

Developing new ranges for greeting cards, stationery and home accessories. Preparing artwork for printing.
November 2012 - London, United Kingdom

Financial Times

Freelance Illustration

Illustrations and book cover for a new business book, to be published in July 2013.
November 2012 - London, United Kingdom

Eteria Marketing Y Comunicación

Art Director Junior

Marketing and Communication agency.
Branding, design for print –catalogues, leaflets, billboards, packaging–, web layout design, final artwork, copywriter.
March 2011 - October 2011 Spain

Corsovia Embajada Creativa

Illustrator

Illustration comission for two high-school text books, one about Enterprise and Business and other illustrated with portraits of famous social activists.
July 2010 - September 2010 Spain

Puntosuspensivos

Graphic Designer, Creative

Branding, illustration, storyboard
June 2010 - November 2010 Spain

Education

University Of The Arts - London

MA Visual Arts (Illustration)

Focus on independent study, research, experimentation and developement of a personal project.
October 2011 - September 2012 London, United Kingdom

Facultad De Bellas Artes

Fine Arts degree

Subjects include, amongst other:
Drawing (I, II, III), Painting (I, II), Sculpture, Etching (I, II), Graphic Design (I, II), Screenprinting, Audiovisual (I, II), Digital Image, Wall Painting, Aesthethics, Theory of Communication, Sociology of the Arts, Latest Tendencies in Contemporary Art, Projects (I, II)
October 2004 - June 2009 Madrid, Spain

Languages

English (Fluent),
Spanish (Native),
Catalan (Fluent),

Awards

Tigerprint

Gifted 2012

2012

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Drawing, Graphic Design, Illustration, Portrait, 3ds Max, Blender 3D, Fontographer, Handlettering, Painting, Screen Printing, Video, WordPress,

Exhibitions

MA Final Show, Camberwell College of Arts, September 2012
BD and Comic Competition, Shortlisted entries, Institut Français London, May 2012
From the Loom Room, fellow artists, Blackall Studios Shoreditch, April 2012
Peckham Open 2011, collective exhibition of selected entries, Peckham Space, London, Nov-Dec 2011

CLIENTS

Financial Times / Pearson (UK), Mojeh Magazine (Dubai), Tigerprint (UK), Creative Clerkenwell / Craft Central (London, UK), Wellcome Collection (London, UK), Asociación Mar de Niebla (SP), Corsovia (SP), Puntosuspensivos (SP) Los Sueños de Alenia (SP)