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I’m an illustrator and designer with a strong interest in children’s storytelling and character-driven illustration. I enjoy creating playful, colorful visuals that help bring stories to life and spark imagination in young readers. My background is mainly in digital illustration and print design, and I’m comfortable developing characters, scenes, and environments that feel warm, expressive, and age-appropriate. I work primarily with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Procreate, and I adapt easily to different styles depending on the project. I’m used to working remotely, communicating clearly, and revising work based on feedback. I’m organized, reliable with deadlines, and enjoy collaborating with creative teams to shape ideas into finished illustrations. I’m excited to contribute to children’s book projects where creativity, storytelling, and thoughtful visuals really matter.…I’m an illustrator and designer with a strong interest in children’s storytelling and character-driven illustration. I enjoy creating playful, colorful visuals that help bring stories to life and spark imagination in young readers. My background is mainly in digital illustration and print design, and I’m comfortable developing characters, scenes, and environments that feel warm, expressive, and age-appropriate. I work primarily with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Procreate, and I adapt easily to different styles depending on the project. I’m used to working remotely, communicating clearly, and revising work based on feedback. I’m organized, reliable with deadlines, and enjoy collaborating with creative teams to shape ideas into finished illustrations. I’m excited to contribute to children’s book projects where creativity, storytelling, and thoughtful visuals really matter.

Mariana Matarazzo

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I’m an illustrator and designer with a strong interest in children’s storytelling and character-driven illustration. I enjoy creating playful, colorful visuals that help bring stories to life and spark imagination in young readers. My background is mainly in digital illustration and print design, and I’m comfortable developing characters, scenes, and environments that feel warm, expressive, and age-appropriate. I work primarily with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Procreate, and I adapt easily to different styles depending on the project. I’m used to working remotely, communicating clearly, and revising work based on feedback. I’m organized, reliable with deadlines, and enjoy collaborating with creative teams to shape ideas into finished illustrations. I’m excited to contribute to children’s book projects where creativity, storytelling, and thoughtful visuals really matter.…I’m an illustrator and designer with a strong interest in children’s storytelling and character-driven illustration. I enjoy creating playful, colorful visuals that help bring stories to life and spark imagination in young readers. My background is mainly in digital illustration and print design, and I’m comfortable developing characters, scenes, and environments that feel warm, expressive, and age-appropriate. I work primarily with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Procreate, and I adapt easily to different styles depending on the project. I’m used to working remotely, communicating clearly, and revising work based on feedback. I’m organized, reliable with deadlines, and enjoy collaborating with creative teams to shape ideas into finished illustrations. I’m excited to contribute to children’s book projects where creativity, storytelling, and thoughtful visuals really matter.

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I’m an illustrator and designer with a strong interest in children’s storytelling and character-driven illustration. I enjoy creating playful, colorful visuals that help bring stories to life and spark imagination in young readers.

My background is mainly in digital illustration and print design, and I’m comfortable developing characters, scenes, and environments that feel warm, expressive, and age-appropriate. I work primarily with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Procreate, and I adapt easily to different styles depending on the project.

I’m used to working remotely, communicating clearly, and revising work based on feedback. I’m organized, reliable with deadlines, and enjoy collaborating with creative teams to shape ideas into finished illustrations.

I’m excited to contribute to children’s book projects where creativity, storytelling, and thoughtful visuals really matter.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Language

Portuguese

Fluent

Italian

Fluent

French

Beginner

Work Experience

Fashion Designer at New York Fashion River

July 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021

Created women's missy apparel and sleepwear leading to increased revenues; developed original artwork, cleaned and color-reduced studio prints; managed the product design process, market research, presentations, design and fabric, print, spec and lead fittings sessions; worked with cross-functional team to ensure design integrity and technical package accuracy.

Associate Designer at Kaybee Group

September 1, 2013 - December 1, 2017

Developed exclusive collections for Brazilian retailers/wholesale in collaboration with international suppliers; provided effective coordination and communication between international manufacturing sources and buyers to ensure design and quality satisfaction; consulted and assisted in product development for national wholesalers.

Showroom Assistant at MaxMara

November 1, 2006 - February 1, 2009

Implemented Northern Italy sales campaign (Piedmont and Lombardy) for the following brands: MaxMara, Sportmax, MaxMara Weekend; set exterior window and interior displays for brand franchise stores in Italy.

Fashion Designer - Contractor at Isota

March 1, 2018 - July 1, 2018

Created handbag styles and prints to add to Isota's established luxury accessories; created a luxury capsule women's RTW collection of approximately 20 new styles; traveled to Italy to confirm fittings with local suppliers; directed, re-branded and structured two luxury lines: a women's RTW line (Herion) and a luxury accessories collection (Casa Isota) that resulted in the introduction of both lines to Moda Opera and Neiman Marcus.

CAD Designer at Jem Inc.

July 1, 2018 - July 1, 2019

Created and followed the production for Layette, specialty dresses, newborn/infant sizes 2-16, sleepwear and juniors; designed and followed artwork/graphics needed for production orders; followed licensing guidelines given by brands C-Wonder to create new products.

CAD Designer at Ikeddi

June 1, 2021 - Present

Created new well-detailed juniors tops and dresses and developed linesheets; created new prints using the company's original assets to develop products and linesheets respecting all necessary legal lines; interpreted color direction and translated it into appropriate artwork for each client; developed new patterns and repeats producing alternate colorways for prints; formatted artwork development for transmission in Tech Packs.

Freelance Designer at Universal Studios

July 1, 2022 - Present

Responsible for CAD and prints product design backprops, tech and other fashion accessories under general supervision from management for all Universal Studios characters including Harry Potter, Simpsons, Marvel and Dr. Seuss; set up artwork and detail pages in both Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator for textile graphics including pitching to match Pantones for artwork, sizing artwork and giving graphic placements on garments; followed licensing guidelines given by Brand C-Wonder to create new products.