Chiara Bellisai
10+ years leading creative for global tech brands and premium e-commerce, from brand direction to launch campaigns.
I help brands choose the right creative direction, and explain why it works for their audience and market. I work with agencies and brands as an independent creative and art director.
Chiara Bellisai
Creative Director & Senior Art Director
Phone: +39 351 331 4788
Email: chibellisai@gmail.com
Career
Orchid Creation – Senior Art Director & Designer
New York, US · Remote | 2026 - Present
Senior art direction for global technology brands, from brief to launch.
Client-facing: present concepts and creative directions, and advise clients on the option that best fits their goals and context.
Project shaping: review proposals for scope and deliverables, and take part in kick-offs to align creative with business objectives.
Leadership: partner with the Creative Lead throughout each project and guide designers in the team.
Range: from creative proposals, presentation decks and launch-event keynotes to brand direction, motion storyboards, website redesigns and integrated campaigns across social, streaming and programmatic media.
Yema* – Co-Founder & Creative Director
International · Remote | 2022 - Present
Co-founded an independent creative studio offering end-to-end creative services, from brand positioning and identity to launch campaigns, websites, digital platforms, presentations and illustration.
Client leadership: own each client relationship end to end, defining scope of work, pricing projects, running reviews and managing delivery, working directly with clients' in-house teams.
Brand & digital: led the rebrand of Bow & Arrow Studios, from positioning to full identity and website, and created the brand identity and system for OMNIA Ventures.
Web & content: designed, wrote and art-directed two websites for Mongrenier, an ecological estate in the south of France, including the photography.
Team leadership: build and direct a tailored team of specialists for each project, and set the studio's creative standards.
Client retention: ongoing clients including Bow & Arrow Studios and OMNIA Ventures, returning clients such as NJF Capital, and a multi-year engagement with BORN.
FRANKLIN Market – Creative & Platform Lead
New York, US · Remote | 2023 - 2024
Led the creative build and launch of FRANKLIN Market, the digital B2B marketplace of New York's FRANKLIN Showroom.
Platform build: worked with leadership and engineering to take the platform from early version to launch.
Creative direction: shaped FRANKLIN Market's visual identity through brand curation.
Brand partnerships: creative point of contact for 30+ brands and 3,700+ products each season, turning their assets into storefronts that matched their positioning.
Investor materials: designed the pitch decks used to present FRANKLIN Market to investors.
Impact: contributed to 50% growth in FRANKLIN Showroom's brand catalogue in one year.
BORN – Director of Brand & Content
London, UK · Remote | 2017 - 2023
Creative and brand lead for a premium B2B marketplace connecting 7,000+ brands with 10,000+ buyers worldwide.
Growth: rose from Graphic Designer to Digital Producer to Director of Brand & Content in three years.
Creative direction: led brand content and platform curation, bringing 85,000+ products a year to one consistent standard.
White-label platforms: led curation for the digital marketplaces BORN built for international trade events, including Coterie, Tranoï, Cosmoprof, Design Junction and Exsence.
Cross-functional: bridged the product and engineering teams, and worked with the CPO and business development to scale the platform.
Events: art-directed the Land Rover BORN Awards, across digital and live event.
Impact: contributed to $2M+ ARR growth; recognised as part of the founding team.
Dulwich Outdoor Gallery – Gallery Director
London, UK · On site | 2015 - 2017
Ran a London gallery end to end, from brand identity and exhibitions to sales and operations.
Brand & curation: created the gallery's visual identity and curated exhibitions from concept to opening, balancing audience and sales.
Business: built the network of artists, collectors and partners behind the gallery's growth, and managed the gallery team.
Operations: introduced a digital archive for sales and catalogue management.
Education
Istituto Pantheon Design & Technology
MA Visual Communication
UAL: Camberwell College of Arts
BA (Hons) Graphic Design
Kensington & Chelsea College
Foundation Fine Arts & Visual Communication
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Contact
Chiara Bellisai
Creative Director & Senior Art Director
Email: chibellisai@gmail.com
Phone: +39 351 331 4788