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.

build brands as systems — not aesthetics.

Design Statement

A logo is not a brand. A brand is a system.
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

Design / Creative Direction

  • Brand identity
  • Art direction
  • Creative direction
  • Visual storytelling
  • Marketing direction
  • Social media content
  • Content strategy
  • Logo design
  • Editorial layout
  • Web design

Digital, AI & Web

  • Claude Code
  • Figma
  • Framer
  • Runway
  • AI-assisted creative workflows
  • Prompting / creative systems
  • Canva
  • CapCut
  • Vimeo

Design & Technical

  • AutoCAD
  • SketchUp
  • Revit
  • V-Ray
  • 3ds Max
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Adobe Creative Suite

Writing & Research

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

Let’s make your brand clearer.

nicolette@theoliveoilkid.com

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