Julia Miceli Pitta, Creative Director ✂ Graphic Designer, Photographer & Teaching Professor

About

Julia Miceli Pitta is an Argentine graphic designer based between Buenos Aires and London. Her practice is always under construction. It sits in between conceptual thinking and exploration, with an unorthodox flavour. She specializes in visual identity, editorial design and creative direction. She studied at the University of Buenos Aires, where she also taught Design as a teaching professor. Her aim is to encourage students to think critically, develop their own voice and experiment fearlessly. Her practice is not attached to any particular style. She thinks each project as an adventure that opens a question, without recurring to any well-worn paths to diminish risks. Indeed, she embraces the possibility to break down the boundaries of graphic design and build an original language, questioning things instead of being certain of them. Working primarily for clients in the world of culture, she understands her exercise as a design laboratory. For her, to learn and understand rules is essential, but daring to break them is equally important. In 2018, when she was working as a lead designer at ORO Publishers, she traveled to the foremost printing industry in China (Artron Art Center) in order to be in charge of the printing production of several projects (Prepress/Press/Postpress). Her work has been recognized all over the world. She had the honor of being part of multiple exhibitions, publications and contests. Moreover, in 2019 Julia won first place in two different categories in The Biennale of Design in Argentina and in 2021 she was selected to participate in the “XIIIth Florence Biennale” in Florence with diverse projects. Selected Clients: Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers (Book Publisher), REMY Architects (Architectural Studio), Zurich University of the Arts (University), Buenos Aires City Government, Estudio Ramos (Architectural Studio), Emilia Naistat (Visual Artist), Artron Art Center (Art Center), Richard Schulman (Photographer), Thames & Hudson (Book Publisher), Phaidon (Book Publisher), Taschen (Book Publisher), Rizzoli New York (Book Publisher), Betina González (Writer), Mariana Bendersky (Architect), Paula Speier (Fashion Designer), Daniel Dewar & Natasha Fox (Writers), Giovanni Presutti (Photographer), Alberto Campo Baeza (Architectural Studio), Bournemouth University (University). Citizenship: (dual) Argentine and Italian Web

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Experience

Julia Miceli Pitta

Sep 2020 – Present

Worldwide

Creative Director

✂ Creating strong and coherent worlds while at the same time reserving a place for variations or permanent escape routes. ✂ Exploring a wide spectrum of disciplines, including visual identity, print design, posters, illustration, photography and web design. ✂ Leading projects, casting visions, forming concepts and brainstorming with multiple and diverse clients, mainly in the world of culture. ✂ Working from the initial strategy through to the final production of a project. ✂ Managing and guiding interdisciplinary teams in order to bring different points of view and plurality of voices. ✂ Combining commissioned works with self-initiated projects.

School Of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, University Of Buenos Aires

Mar 2019 – Present

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Teaching Professor (Graphic Design)

✂ Developed the capacity to put into words the processes which one might only know intuitively. ✂ Managed a class of +30 students. ✂ Created a safe environment where all students could share thoughts with confidence.

Oscar Riera Ojeda Pubishers

Apr 2019 – Oct 2020

Worldwide

Art Director

✂ Worked from the China offices directing several projects and supervising their printing production. ✂ Thorough understanding of the graphic/publishing/production industry through collaboration and the leading of diverse projects, such as the construction of visual identities, architectural/design/art books and exhibition design. ✂ Designed high-quality projects with great attention to detail while collaborating on several other projects. ✂ Discussed project ideas and goals with a wide variety of clients; both large and small, and turned that insight into real visual designs that met the expectations using illustrations, artwork, design elements, and fonts. ✂ Improved teamwork skills and problem-solving thanks to working with people from different countries and backgrounds.

Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers

Mar 2017 – Apr 2019

Worldwide

Senior Graphic Designer

School Of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, University Of Buenos Aires

Mar 2018 – Mar 2019

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Teaching Assistant Ad Honorem (Graphic Design)

Chair Gabriele III — Department of Graphic Design — University of Buenos Aires

Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers

Feb 2016 – Mar 2017

Worldwide

Junior Graphic Designer

Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers is a international team of designers, writers, editors and industry professionals with an extensive record of accomplishment, who are committed to the advancement of knowledge in various fields of design and the production of quality books as creative artifacts.

School Of Architecture, Urbanism And Design, University Of Buenos Aires

Mar 2015 – Dec 2016

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Teaching Assistant Ad Honorem (Graphic Technology)

Chair Zachín I — Department of Graphic Technology — University of Buenos Aires ✂ Well-acquainted with the generation of originals, different print systems, superficial treatments, inks, supports and project management. ✂ Improvement in stating ideas, communicating them and contributing to each student’s projects.

Education

School of Architecture, Urbanism and Design, University of Buenos Aires

Mar 2012 – Nov 2018

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Grade Average: 8.5 (Above the historical average: 6.08), Graphic Design

Julia Miceli Pitta

Creative Director ✂ Graphic Designer, Photographer & Teaching Professor

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