I’m a London-based designer bringing letterforms and storytelling together through typography, identity, and editorial. I’ve designed award-winning work across print and digital reports, magazines, marketing collateral, and 2D motion graphics — shaping brands from concept to production with a strong focus on bespoke typography and clean art direction. Alongside client work for teams and brands like Publicis Sapient, BSI Group, Cisco, Vodafone, and Trustpilot, I’ve also co-founded TYPE&FACES, a monthly community event celebrating typography, design, and the ideas behind them. I enjoy leading creative direction, collaborating with photographers and designers, and producing event communications, newsletters, and curated content for a typography-focused audience.…

Giovanni Isnenghi

I’m a London-based designer bringing letterforms and storytelling together through typography, identity, and editorial. I’ve designed award-winning work across print and digital reports, magazines, marketing collateral, and 2D motion graphics — shaping brands from concept to production with a strong focus on bespoke typography and clean art direction. Alongside client work for teams and brands like Publicis Sapient, BSI Group, Cisco, Vodafone, and Trustpilot, I’ve also co-founded TYPE&FACES, a monthly community event celebrating typography, design, and the ideas behind them. I enjoy leading creative direction, collaborating with photographers and designers, and producing event communications, newsletters, and curated content for a typography-focused audience.…

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I’m a London-based designer bringing letterforms and storytelling together through typography, identity, and editorial. I’ve designed award-winning work across print and digital reports, magazines, marketing collateral, and 2D motion graphics — shaping brands from concept to production with a strong focus on bespoke typography and clean art direction.

Alongside client work for teams and brands like Publicis Sapient, BSI Group, Cisco, Vodafone, and Trustpilot, I’ve also co-founded TYPE&FACES, a monthly community event celebrating typography, design, and the ideas behind them. I enjoy leading creative direction, collaborating with photographers and designers, and producing event communications, newsletters, and curated content for a typography-focused audience.

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Work Experience

Co-founder and Head of Brand&Comms at TYPE&FACES
November 1, 2024 - Present
Co-founded and lead brand and communications for a monthly typography community event. Own identity design, art direction and photography for brand initiatives, and lead a small team of three junior designers producing event communications and a newsletter.
Editorial Lead at Type Thursday London
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024
Relauched and led the London chapter after Covid. Redesigned and curated social media, and supported event-related editorial direction and visual consistency.
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer at Freelance (London)
January 1, 2023 - Present
Independent brand and editorial-focused design work, combining bespoke typography, lettering, and motion elements with web and publication design. Selected clients/projects include The National Gallery, Business Leader, Pernod Ricard, Louisa Parris, Isio, Sinclair Pharma, Backed Finance, Edrington Distillers, and Dalla Restaurant in Hackney.
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer at Grist (London)
April 1, 2022 - Present
Design of print and digital reports and magazines, plus marketing collateral and 2D motion graphics. Produce editorial layouts, identity-supporting assets, and artworked production-ready files for a range of clients including Publicis Sapient, BSI Group, Cisco, Kin + Carta, RBS International, and Trustpilot.
Art Director at Beyond The Gate
October 1, 2017 - August 31, 2021
Award-winning edutainment and VR experiences. Provided artistic direction for interactive learning experiences, led naming and visual identity design, and supported the creation of websites and product-facing design.
Junior Art Director at Tangible
October 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Designed marketing and brand assets for financial and utility audiences, including work for Sainsburys Bank and Npower.
Junior Creative Intern at Whitespace
July 1, 2015 - September 30, 2015
Creative internship producing design support for a variety of campaigns and branding-related deliverables. Clients included Oxfam, Innis&Gunn, and RAC.
Junior Art Director at The Union
January 1, 2015 - September 30, 2017
Worked across client communications for destinations, culture, and museum storytelling. Clients included VisitScotland, Poppy Scotland, Skills Development Scotland, STV, Sterling Furniture, and Surgeons’ Hall Museum.

Education

MSc Creative Advertising at Edinburgh Napier University
January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2015

Qualifications

Calligraphy
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Animated Type
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Bookbinding
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Experimental Type
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Data viz workshop at The Guardian
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Telecommunications, Non-Profit Organization, Financial Services, Retail