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\u00a0to venerable cultural institutions.<\/p>\n
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
\n\u2013 Editorial design for Shell Syria
\n\u2013 Editorial and marketing material design for National Gallery, London
\n\u2013 Editorial and marketing material design for Tate Gallery, Liverpool
\n\u2013 Editorial and marketing material design for British Council, London and on location in Shanghai, China
\n\u2013 Editorial design for British Museum, London
\n\u2013 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.
\n\u2013 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.
\n\u2013 Freelance experience with top London agencies working on giant multinational brands, from Unilever to Diageo.
\n\u2013 5+ years experience as freelance designer in the art department of the Sunday Times Magazine.
\n\u2013 On the board of the Chartered Society of Designers as vice-president from 2013 to 2016.<\/p>\n
CURRENT ACTIVITY:
\nPiccia 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 \u2013 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.<\/p>\n
EXPERIENCE AS AN EDUCATOR:
\n\u2013 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.
\n\u2013 Photoshop and web design tutor for Photography Course London, a photography school in Shoreditch.
\n\u2013 Visiting lecturer at Camberwell College of Art on Lightroom and photography and design-related subjects.
\n\u2013 Tutorials and workshops on my blog and for my own clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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