About me
Melanie is a Creative Art Director for motion and interaction design from Germany.
Always looking for new adventures and challenges, she conceives and creates colorful and complex graphics, animations, products and applications.
In her work, she always has in mind to get the most out of the little by using simple techniques in a creative way — skillfully applied to create something new and unseen — to offer unconventional styles and views in order to explore new ways of realizing things. As a result, users and designers are commonly impressed and feel inspired.
In her 15 to 20 years of experience she has worked in various design disciplines and fields. Once started as a professional graphic designer, she advanced her knowledge to digital design and moving images — working as director, camerawoman, motion designer and interaction designer. Her strongest desire is to learn, understand and combine as many disciplines as possible in order to achieve the best possible result that is well thought through from the beginning to the end.
Thus, she has already worked for various agencies, companies and clients and also shared her knowledge as a lecturer in the university sector.
Clients Melanie worked for include a.o.:
Adobe, American Cancer Society, AARP, Bosch, Volkswagen, Nintendo, Ikea, Audi, Hospital Records, Daimler, Merck, Migros, Poshmark, Tchibo, Deichmann, Drapers, Nissin Foods, KNF, ADC, Esprit
Adobe, American Cancer Society, AARP, Bosch, Volkswagen, Nintendo, Ikea, Audi, Hospital Records, Daimler, Merck, Migros, Poshmark, Tchibo, Deichmann, Drapers, Nissin Foods, KNF, ADC, Esprit
Tools
Resume
since 2024
customer success manager
Adobe | Berlin/Munich, Germany
customer success manager
Adobe | Berlin/Munich, Germany
2021 — 2024
creative art director, freelance
motion design, interaction design, storytelling, ideation, concept
international
creative art director, freelance
motion design, interaction design, storytelling, ideation, concept
international
2019 — 2021
senior interaction designer
Mutabor Technologies | Hamburg, Germany
senior interaction designer
Mutabor Technologies | Hamburg, Germany
2018 — 2019
motion designer
Mutabor Brand Experience | Hamburg, Germany
motion designer
Mutabor Brand Experience | Hamburg, Germany
2016 — 2018
motion design & art direction, freelance
international
motion design & art direction, freelance
international
2014 — 2016
art director motion design
Grabarz & Partner | Hamburg, Germany
art director motion design
Grabarz & Partner | Hamburg, Germany
2013
lectureship design principles – subject area intermedia design
concept, creation and launch of a new teaching concept
Trier University of Applied Sciences | Trier, Germany
lectureship design principles – subject area intermedia design
concept, creation and launch of a new teaching concept
Trier University of Applied Sciences | Trier, Germany
2012 — 2013
innovation support – department of design
Trier University of Applied Sciences | Trier, Germany
innovation support – department of design
Trier University of Applied Sciences | Trier, Germany
2008 — 2012
studies in intermedia design
Trier University of Applied Sciences | Trier, Germany
studies in intermedia design
Trier University of Applied Sciences | Trier, Germany
2007 — 2008
media designer
ADDON Technical Solutions & Jung Produktion GmbH | Düsseldorf, Germany
media designer
ADDON Technical Solutions & Jung Produktion GmbH | Düsseldorf, Germany
2004 — 2007
graphic designer
SMART advertising agency | Cologne, Germany
graphic designer
SMART advertising agency | Cologne, Germany
2002 — 2003
studies in architecture
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (Bauhaus) | Dessau, Germany
studies in architecture
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (Bauhaus) | Dessau, Germany
2000 — 2002
vocational education as graphic designer
ESB mediencollege | Dresden, Germany
vocational education as graphic designer
ESB mediencollege | Dresden, Germany