Rodrigo Saiani

Experience

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  Ponto de Referência

  Dec 2001 - Oct 2003

  Design Intern

  Worked in a team of 4, designing hotsites, PowerPoint, Flash presentations, print pieces, team development manuals as well as taking care of the daily brand identity management. Participated in projects for clients such as Unibanco and Rede Globo.

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  Mark Mullin Design

  Jun 2004 - Dec 2004

  Design Intern

  Worked as an assistant, helping design annual reports, signage, invites, brochures logos and environments for clients such as Bette Middler's NYRP Project and West Point Stevens. Designed the company's website.

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  Selulloid AG

  Mar 2005 - Dec 2005

  Graphic Designer

  Assistant Designer at Oi Magazine. Art directed photo shoots, designed and illustrated spreads.Art Editor at Giro e Aventura, magazine for BF Goodrich tires. Designed the magazine's design standards and its debut issue.Worked as part of the new ventures' team, designing for clients including Natura, COB, Itaú and Osklen.

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  Niramekko Design

  Jan 2006 - Feb 2013

  Partner

  Coordinating our team on a wide variety of projects, from branding and print design to web and digital applications. Clients include Globo.com, Prudential, Treselle, Parquet Nobre, Via Mia, Saravah, Forever Living Products, Aprazível Editora, Oi, TIM Brasil, Grupo Foco, Babycub, Pagpop, Rio Samba & Carnaval Magazine and MAPFRE.As a type designer realeased Motiva, a sturdy sans-serif and Plau, a typeface for the programming era.

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  Plau

  Mar 2013 - now

  Founder

  At Plau, we believe that typography, fonts and letters are the stem-cell to great communication. We care about it so deeply we want to make fonts as popular as music, starting in Brazil. Here’s how we’re doing it:We craft type: - Typefaces for brands- Strategy + typography focused brand identities- Lettering for good causesWe talk about type in our self-organized live events, workshops, conferences, in design events, TED (we wish ;) and pretty much talk about it to anyone interested.And sell type: on our shop, Type Network and Adobe Fonts.We’ve worked with companies of all sizes to make their work stand out through well thought, type oriented visual communication. And we are eager to brave what’s next. Show less

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  IED Istituto Europeo di Design

  Sept 2015 - Jan 2016

  Substitute Teacher

  Teaching Projeto Editorial 3 module at the Editorial Design Post Grad course.

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  BusinessMe

  Mar 2016 - Dec 2017

  Co-founder

  Co-founder of BusinessMe, a goal-oriented sales management tool for entrepreneurs. Responsible for product design, communication and marketing.

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  MIAMI AD SCHOOL BRASIL

  Jan 2019 - Dec 2021

  Coordenador do curso de 2 anos de Design Gráfico:Tarefas:1. Inspirar os estudantes e tirar as dificuldades do caminho para que se tornem os melhores designers que quiserem ser.2. Ser o ouvido, pernas e braço para professores, alunos e diretoria de tudo que diz respeito ao design na escola.3. Cuidar dos professores, para que eles façam aulas incríveis.4. Promover eventos, workshops, estimular entrada de projetos dos estudantes em premiações para que o ciclo de ensino fique mais rico e interessante.5. Conversar com o mercado, encontrando oportunidades de estágio e experiência profissional para os estudantes.6. Atrair, entrevistar e cuidar dos futuros estudantes da escola.Criei coordenei os cursos Design.Co de formação empreendedora para designers e co-coordenei junto com Marcela Righi o Bootcamp de Brand, Design, Strategy & Technology, primeiro curso do Brasil que integra esses assuntos valiosos para a disciplina de Branding.Organizei, contratei e nutri relações com profissionais da área para atuarem como professores, mentores e palestrantes na escola. Show less

  • Typography & Type Design Teacher

    Sept 2014 - Dec 2021

  • Design School Coordinator

    Jan 2019 - Apr 2021
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  Aprender Design

  Feb 2025 - now

  Professor