Piccia Neri is a WordPress consultant, graphic designer, creative director and photographer. Over the course of 2.5 decades, Piccia has gathered together an extremely varied portfolio that spans from global corporations to venerable cultural institutions.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- Editorial design for Shell Syria
- Editorial and marketing material design for National Gallery, London
- Editorial and marketing material design for Tate Gallery, Liverpool
- Editorial and marketing material design for British Council, London and on location in Shanghai, China
- Editorial design for British Museum, London
- Creative direction of the design department at the British Film Institute, London, for 4 years and then ongoing as a freelance. Brand guardian as well as responsible for creative direction and design of all marketing aspects (online and offline) of major film season campaigns, film distribution and the various film festivals produced by the BFI. Delivered workshops and created educational programs for the BFI, in conjunction with University of Middlesex and University of the Arts, London.
- Creative direction, editorial, web and marketing design for a number of film festivals and institutions, including: Bird’s Eye View Film Festival, Palestine Film Foundation, London Turkish Film Festival, Hors Pistes Film Festival (Pompidou Centre, Paris), BFI Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, BFI Future Film Festival, BFI London Film festival and more.
- Freelance experience with top London agencies working on giant multinational brands, from Unilever to Diageo.
- 5+ years experience as freelance designer in the art department of the Sunday Times Magazine.
- On the board of the Chartered Society of Designers as vice-president from 2013 to 2016.
CURRENT ACTIVITY:
Piccia now runs her own agency, dedicated to tailoring brands and marketing-driven websites that increase sales for high-achieving businesses and entrepreneurs, using WordPress as her beloved tool of choice. She plays to her strengths and concentrates on delivering outstanding design experiences for her clients, while also educating and coaching them on the importance of content marketing and SEO – and how brochure sites really don’t have much reason for existing. Piccia is working on a couple of projects that will allow her to scale her WordPress business via multisite and site cloning, creating recurring revenue streams. She is also in the planning stages of her own membership site where she’ll sell her photography, up to now distributed via stock sites such as iStock, Shutterstock, Fotolia and so on.
EXPERIENCE AS AN EDUCATOR:
- Created and ran a workshop and competition for a live project (BFI FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL) for design students from University of London and Middlesex University, London, for 4 years. The project had a website with blog and forum for the students to document their experience.
- Photoshop and web design tutor for Photography Course London, a photography school in Shoreditch.
- Visiting lecturer at Camberwell College of Art on Lightroom and photography and design-related subjects.
- Tutorials and workshops on my blog and for my own clients.
Web: https://www.piccianeri.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Piccia
