Hi, I’m Maria
Maria Lia Malandrino is an illustrator and Visual Development Artist based in Turin, Italy. She graduated in Magazine Publishing from the University of the Arts London (UK) and worked in Marketing and Advertising as a graphic designer for various companies and brands, including Fluxx, Fluxx Adventures, Lisa E Moss and Seven.
Maria Lia’s freelance work as an Illustrator is represented by the international illustration agency Advocate Art. She has illustrated several children’s books and school books. She has also worked as a character designer for toys and marketing products for a number of clients including Lucky Charms, Disney, Hachette, Sweet Cherry, Oxford University Press and Cengage.
She has been working as a freelance Storyboard Artist since 2017, collaborating with Australian sci-comm agency Animate Your Science and content producer Amuse Animation.
With characteristic enthusiasm and curiosity, Maria Lia is always looking for the next opportunity to widen her area of interest and grow as an artist. If this is something you value please get in touch at mlmalandrino@gmail.com.
Curriculum Vitae
Experience
Freelance Visual Development/Illustrator represented by Advocate Art
October 2017 - Present
Customers include: Disney (Igloo), Lucky Charms, Anomaly Agency (LA), Pi Kids Media (Raya and the Last Dragon activity book), Oxford University Press, Hachette (imprint), Sweet Cherry, Nelson Cengage Publishing, Barbour Publishing, Brown Books, Azou Publishing
Storyboard Artist / 2d Animator
March 2017 - 2022
Responsible for the storyboarding and animation of short animated movies in the field of science communication.
Customers include: Amuse Animation, Animate Your Science, Game Doctor LTD, Oxford University, University of Bath
Co-founder and Art Director at Not a Number
February 2019 - 2021
Responsible for the artistic vision of the in-house and B2B projects at Not a Number. Lead vis dev artist on the indie 2d puzzle platform Out of The Hat.
Graphic Designer and Visual Communicator at SEVEN.ME (UK)
July 2015 - October 2015
Responsible for visually communicating all projects created by the Marketing Team
ESL Teacher at Kid Castle, Tianjin (China)
August 2014 - November 2014
ESL Teacher at Cathay Future Art Centre, Tianjin (China)
November 2013 - July 2014
Graphic Designer at Lisa E Moss Jewellery (UK)
November 2012 - July 2013
Curating Lisa E Moss online presence and website
Graphic Designer and Data Analyst at Fluxx LTD (UK)
July 2012 - December 2012
Education
CG Master Academy (2016-2017)
Storyboard Masterclass
Scuola Internazionale di Comics (2014-2017)
Animazione 2D/3D
London College of Communication, UAL (2010-2013)
BA (Cons) in Magazine Publishing, 1st Class
Certifications
CELTA (Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults), Cambridge
August 2013
Skills & Software
English: fluent
Italian: native speaker
Spanish: elementary
French: elementary
Adobe CC, Autodesk Maya, Procreate App, Toon Boom Harmony and Storyboard Pro
Publications
‘Little Golden Book: The Perfect
Party’, DnD, coming in 2024
‘The Fight to Be Funny’, fair share publishing, coming in 2024
‘It’s Her Story: Billie Jean King’, PI Kids, coming in 2024
‘Disneyland Paris Colouring
book’, igloo media, 2024
‘Le Cercle des chevaliers series’, Hachette, 2023-present
‘Mystère en Belgique’ series, written by Salvatore minni, Auzou Belgique, 2022-present
‘Jake Maddox Books: Karate Clash’, 2023
‘Jake Maddox Books: Roster Rebound’, 2023
‘The Moth Plot’, 2023
‘Magic Animal Cafe: Harish the Heroic Badger’, sweet cherry publishing, 2023
‘The Houseplants Colouring Book’, Arcturus publishing, 2023
‘Disney 100 movie moments’ Colouring book, igloo media, 2023
‘Sorcieres’, Deux coqs d’or, 2022
‘les influenceuses: la soirée des 10k’, Auzou france, 2022
‘Lucky’s adventures: the magic inside’, anomaly/Scout book&media, 2022
‘Don’t stress me out: colouring book’, self-published, 2022
‘Character design collection: heroines’, 3d total publishing, 2021
‘charles dickens: hard times’, sweet cherry easy classics, 2021
‘Disney parks colouring book’, igloo media, 2021
‘Licornes et fées’, Deux coqs d’or, 2020
‘little seed project’, charity zine, 2020
‘playing at school’, Cengage learning, 2020
‘LES ENFANTS DES LACUSTRES’, Auzou Suisse, 2019