Media designer working across animation, illustration, and digital content. I design visual systems for social media, branded storytelling, and broadcast, combining strong visual craft with a focus on audience engagement. Since 2005, I’ve created content across documentary production, TV series, commercials, and music videos—collaborating with studios such as Je suis bien content (Paris), Arte France, and Lab 80 film. I direct and animate music videos, develop opening titles and animated inserts for documentary series, and more recently focus on social and editorial content for digital platforms, including cultural institutions and museums.…

Francesco Scarponi

Media designer working across animation, illustration, and digital content. I design visual systems for social media, branded storytelling, and broadcast, combining strong visual craft with a focus on audience engagement. Since 2005, I’ve created content across documentary production, TV series, commercials, and music videos—collaborating with studios such as Je suis bien content (Paris), Arte France, and Lab 80 film. I direct and animate music videos, develop opening titles and animated inserts for documentary series, and more recently focus on social and editorial content for digital platforms, including cultural institutions and museums.…

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Media designer working across animation, illustration, and digital content. I design visual systems for social media, branded storytelling, and broadcast, combining strong visual craft with a focus on audience engagement.

Since 2005, I’ve created content across documentary production, TV series, commercials, and music videos—collaborating with studios such as Je suis bien content (Paris), Arte France, and Lab 80 film. I direct and animate music videos, develop opening titles and animated inserts for documentary series, and more recently focus on social and editorial content for digital platforms, including cultural institutions and museums.

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Language

Italian
Fluent
English
Advanced
French
Advanced

Work Experience

Illustration, animation, social media content creation, editing at Pernice
January 1, 2023 - Present
Ongoing collaboration with Pernice communication agency, producing visual contents for clients such as Assembly, Automha, AZ Design, HPM, Tecnofreight, and ultimabozza.it.
Illustrations, animations, editing at Università degli Studi di Milano (corporate video)
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Created illustrations, animations, and edits for a video course on psychological services for university administration employees.
Direction, illustration, animation, editing at Action Shelley (Shuttle Records)
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Directed, illustrated, animated, and edited music video work for Action Shelley’s debut album released via Shuttle Records.
Direction, illustration, animatic, animation, editing at Lab 80 film
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Short film co-financed through the Italian Ministry of Culture (Cinema and Audiovisual Directorate General). Produced illustration, animatic, animation, and editing; also supported preparation of the ministerial call for bids together with Martina Fiorellino and Sergio Visinoni.
Direction, illustration, animation, editing at ECM Records (Lo Song Is You)
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Directed, illustrated, animated, and edited the music video work for Fred Hersch and Enrico Rava’s album The Song Is You.
Illustration for poster and web images at Università degli Studi di Milano (documentary video)
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Illustrated poster and web assets for a documentary video by Prof. Enrico Sala about Milanese music in the Italian post-unification period.
Design, illustration, animation (animated inserts, opening credits) at Good Day Films / Sky Arte (Sogni di Gloria. Racconti di sport)
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Designed animated inserts and opening credits for the TV series "Sogni di Gloria. Racconti di sport" broadcast on Sky Arte.
Direction, illustration, animation, editing at AUT Records (Kora)
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Directed, illustrated, animated, and edited for the Kora music video.
Scripting, direction, illustration, animation, editing at Fondazione Piero Manzoni
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Created a promotional animated video for the sixty years of Piero Manzoni’s work "Merda d’artista".
Direction, illustration, animation, editing at Lab 80 film (Lo Stretto Indispensabile / The bare necessities)
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Short documentary work including illustration and storyboarding for preparation of the ministerial call for bids of funds for short film projects.
Direction, illustration, animation, editing at Good Day Films / Sky Arte (Gli Immortali)
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Designed animated inserts and opening credits for the TV series "Gli Immortali" broadcast on Sky Arte.
Direction and animation at Fosforica s.r.l. (ten animated videos for Instagram)
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Produced ten animated videos designed for Instagram.
Direction, illustration, animation, editing at New Target Web s.r.l. / Luna di Seta (The silk princesses)
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Directed, illustrated, and animated for a short film and created illustrations for printing on clothing for the brand Luna di Seta.
Artistic direction, editing, illustrations, animations at European Consortium of Anchors Producers (ECAP)
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Created artistic direction, edits, illustrations, and animations for corporate communication.
Direction, illustration, animation, editing at ECM Records (Promontoire)
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Directed, illustrated, animated, and edited for Benjamin Moussay’s album Promontoire.
Direction, illustration, animation (music clips and social promotion) at c/o Surmann (Orange and Mountains)
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Directed illustration and animation of music clips for live shows and album promotion on social networks.

Education

Master degree cum laude in Theory and Techniques for Digital Entertainment at Università degli Studi di Perugia
January 11, 2030 - July 19, 2026
Master degree cum laude in Mathematics at University of York, UK
January 11, 2030 - July 19, 2026

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Non-Profit Organization, Professional Services