Portrait — woman with phone, Old-Master chiaroscuro
ABOUT

Design Statement

A logo is not a brand.

I design visual identity systems for hospitality, home, eyewear, and self-founded creative brands — the logo, the rules that hold it together, and every surface where the brand meets a customer. My background in spatial design and architectural history sharpens how I think about brands as environments people enter, not images they glance at.

I build identity systems to stay consistent across packaging, signage, print, and screen.

I build brands as systems — not aesthetics.

Design Statement

Buildings taught me to read brands: both are promises kept in material.
Maker's Mark
The NP monogram drawn as a measured architectural elevation — the resolved mark with faint survey residue

Drawn as a measured elevation.

My own initials, constructed like an architectural survey — drafting grid, dimensions, and registration marks resolving into the finished mark, then receding to a faint trace. The method is the message: I build identity as a system, not a flourish.

Experience

Independent Creative Director

Self-Employed  ·  2023 — Present

Brand identity, marketing and visual direction, social media content, content strategy, logo and graphic design, videography and reels, digital storytelling, website and portfolio design, and AI-assisted creative workflows for lifestyle, hospitality, culture, and consumer-facing brands.

Production Design Assistant

Netflix — Black Mirror  ·  London · Feb – May 2024

On-set and location art direction; staged, designed, and produced props; liaison between production designer, art director, and director; prop-house sourcing and transport logistics.

Project Coordinator / Designer

bulthaup  ·  New York · 2017 – 2020

AutoCAD floor plans, elevations, and MEP coordination; client vision from concept to installation on luxury residential projects; coordination across architects, contractors, and engineers; multi-phase projects and international vendor logistics; site surveys, finish schedules, and showroom content.

Interior Design Intern — Creative Design Team

InDesign  ·  Barcelona · Summer 2014

Retail and commercial design support; AutoCAD plans and 3D renderings in 3ds Max / V-Ray; bilingual Spanish–English collaboration.

Education

MA

Fine & Decorative Art and Design — Sotheby's Institute of Art, London · 2021–2023

BS

Interior Design — High Point University · 2012–2016

Additional study

Lighting Design, Lorenzo de' Medici Institute, Florence · Catalan Identity & Modernismo Architecture, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2015)

Based

New York, working internationally

Skills

AI & Creative Technology

Claude Code, AI image & video generation, Prompting & creative systems, AI-assisted design & content workflows, Runway, Figma, Framer, Coded (Next.js) portfolio

Design & Brand

Brand identity, Art direction, Creative direction, Logo & graphic design, Editorial layout, Visual storytelling, Web design, Content strategy, Social media content

Software & Technical

Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, CapCut, Vimeo, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Revit, V-Ray, 3ds Max

Writing & Research

Architectural history, Art-historical research, Essay writing, Cultural analysis, Exhibition concept development, Research-led storytelling

Contact

Let’s build something with a history.

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nicolette@theoliveoilkid.com

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