Skills

• Brand identity design
• Brand strategy
• Graphic design for digital and printed media
• Drawing and painting (digital and traditional)
• WordPress theme development
• Advanced photo editing and retouching
• Public speaking
• Teaching creative skills through workshops and written tutorials
• User experience (UX)
• Content strategy

Publications

2021

• Cover illustration for Esra Algan: İz Bırakan Kadınlar (en. Women Who Leave Their Marks), Akis Kitap (Turkey). ISBN 978-605-129-273-1
  Featured work: Duality

2018

• The Human Centered Brand, self-published. ISBN 9789534817100 (ebook), 9789534817117 (paperback)

2011

• Cover illustration for Natalija Grgorinić & Ognjen Rađen: Poljubac žene-vješalice, Zoro (BIH). ISBN 978-953-298-032-5
  Featured work: Electric Medusa

2007

• Cover illustration for Priče o sablastima i vješticama iz rajnskog antiquariusa by Herman Hesse, published by Zoro (BIH). ISBN 978-953-6296-68-2
  Featured work: Allure
• Cover illustration for Bojno polje Istra by Danilo Brozović, published by Zoro (BIH). ISBN 978-953-6296-81-1
  Featured work: Battlefield Istria
• Contributor to the book Surreal Digital Photography 2, published by Ilex Press Ltd (UK). ISBN 1905814070
  Featured work: Electric Medusa, You can’t own me
• Cover illustration for 13. krug bezdana, published by SFera & Mentor (HR). ISBN 978-953-7113-29-2
  Featured work: Into the abyss

2006

• Cover illustration for NOSF electronic magazine, published by SFera (HR). ISSN 1845-7266
  Featured work: You can’t own me

Speaking

Workshops

2023

• “Inclusive Productivity” workshop (23 September 2023, Rijeka, Croatia)
• “Visual Journaling” workshop at the Art Expedition Event (20 September 2023, Krašograd, Croatia)
• “Position Yourself as an Expert and Build a Powerful Human-Centered Brand” workshop (2 August 2023, online)
• Branding workshop at Rijeka Startup Incubator (28 March 2023, Rijeka, Croatia)
• Branding workshop at WorldChicago Profellows Alumni Day (25 March 2023, Zagreb, Croatia)

2022

• “Naming and Brand Identity Design Basics” at Rijeka Startup Incubator (23 March 2022, Rijeka, Croatia)
• “Branding & Design” workshop at Founder Institute Middle East (17 August 2022, online)
• “Design Clinic: Improve your Canva graphics” workshop (28 September 2022, online)

2021

• “Branding Basics for Small Businesses” at Rijeka Startup Incubator (11 February 2021, Rijeka, Croatia)

2019

• “Design Your Creative Process” at Science and Technology Park Rijeka (24 January 2019, Rijeka, Croatia)
• “Naming and Brand Identity Design Basics” at Rijeka Startup Incubator (27 February 2019, Rijeka, Croatia)
• “Branding & Creative Entrepreneurship” at Science and Technology Park Rijeka (21 March 2019, Rijeka, Croatia)
• “Branding in the Travel Industry” at Hubbazia – Creative Tourism Lab (24 April 2019, Opatija, Croatia)
• “Brendaonica” social media branding workshop co-host (11 May 2019, Rijeka, Croatia)
• “Build a Product Based on Values” at ACE! Agile Software Development Conference (23-24 May 2019, Krakow, Poland)

2018

• “Branding and Commercialization in the Travel Industry” at Science and Technology Park Rijeka (13 December 2018, Rijeka, Croatia)
• “Create a Resonant, Remarkable & Sustainable Brand” – Stress Free Systems Summer School (24 July 2018, online)

2017

• “Logo Design Crash Course” at WebCamp Zagreb (5 October 2017, Zagreb, Croatia)
• “Design Your Creative Process” workshop (3 March 2017, Rijeka, Croatia)

2016

• “Content marketing” workshop at Science and Technology Park Rijeka (4 February 2016, Rijeka, Croatia)

Talks & panels

2022

• Move It Forward Rijeka – sigurne i osnaŽENE (4 March 2022, Rijeka, Croatia)
• Family Business Library (27 May 2022, Rijeka, Croatia)

2021

• “Making a living from creativity – The myths and the reality” (28 October 2021, Opatija) – Croatian, Video
• ConTribution conference (12-13th February, online). Video
• Talk for students at the Polytechnic of Rijeka (20 April 2021)
• Wave 4 Tourism conference (3 October 2021, Ika, Croatia)

2019

• ACE! 2019 conference (23-24 May 2019, Krakow, Poland). Video

2018

• WordCamp Europe conference (16 June 2018, Belgrade, Serbia). Video
• Lean on Yourself – Lean In Circle Osijek (16 November 2018, Osijek, Croatia).
• Rikon conference (5–7 October 2018, Rijeka, Croatia) – panelist and speaker.
• Digital Olympus conference (20 September 2018, online).
• Project Management Meetup Zagreb (14 February 2018, Zagreb, Croatia). Video

2017

• WordCamp London conference (17-19 March 2017, London, United Kingdom). Video
• WordCamp Zagreb conference (2 September 2017, Zagreb, Croatia) – Best Speaker Award (voted by the audience). Video
• City Library Business Corner (19 September 2017, Rijeka, Croatia)
• Career Boster conference, Rijeka Faculty of Economics (6 March 2017, Rijeka, Croatia)

2016

• WordCamp Split conference (3-4 September 2016, Split, Croatia)
• WebTalks Rijeka meetup (29 September 2016, Rijeka, Croatia)
• WebCamp Zagreb conference (28-29 October 2016, Zagreb, Croatia). Video

2015

• 10th WordPress meetup Zagreb (27 November 2015, Zagreb, Croatia). Video (Croatian, no subtitles)
• Rikon 2015 conference (10 October 2015, Rijeka, Croatia) – Workshop

2013

• Rikon 2013 conference (12 October 2013, Rijeka, Croatia)

2012

• Eurocon 2012 conference (29 April 2012, Zagreb, Croatia) – Panelist & workshop

Awards

2012

• European Science Fiction Society Hall of Fame — Best Artist, Eurocon 2012.

2007

• Best illustration, SFera — Croatian national annual award for science fiction and fantasy literature and illustration, SFeraKon 2007.

2006

• Best Croatian blog in Science and Art category, CarNET Webfestival 2006.

Art shows

Solo exhibitions

2014

• Katharsis, Karlovac, Croatia (September 12–28 2014)
• Freaky Friday, Zagreb, Croatia (13 June 2014)

Group exhibitions

2023

• 9. Art kamp Empeduja: Još malo dobrih vijesti, Rijeka, Croatia (September 1–2 2023)

2022

• 8. Art kamp Empeduja: Malo dobrih vijesti, Rijeka, Croatia (September 2–3 2022)

2016

• Sketchbook West, Las Laguna Gallery – Laguna Beach, California (4-27 Feb 2016)

2015

• Bring Us Your Dead, Las Laguna Gallery – Laguna Beach, California (1-31 October 2015)
• Nakedness, Las Laguna Gallery – Laguna Beach, California (2–31 July 2015)
• Visions from the Fairy Realm, Opatija, Croatia (20–27 June 2015)

2014

• Wallpeople, Rijeka, Croatia (6 June 2014)

2013

• Rikon 2013, Rijeka, Croatia (11—12 October 2013)
• The Sketchbook Project, United States of America Tour (2 March – 4 August 2013)
• Wallpeople, Rijeka, Croatia (1 June 2013)

2012

• Eurocon 2012, Zagreb, Croatia (26–29 April 2012)

2007

• Morbid Visions, Newark, New Jersey (22 October – 3 November 2007)
• Rikon 2007, Rijeka, Croatia (5–7 October 2007)
• Liburnicon 2007, Opatija, Croatia (20 July 2007)
• Izvršitelji nauma Gospodnjeg, Maribor, Slovenia (2 July 2007)
• SFeraKon 2007, Zagreb, Croatia (25–27 April 2007)

Work experience

October 2005 – Present

Independent consultant

Designing complete brand identity solutions for small businesses, non-profits, and organizations. Consulting clients regarding brand strategy, and teaching public and in-house workshops.

March 2016 – June 2019

Adobe course instructor (part-time contractor)

Company: Public Open University Algebra (Rijeka, Croatia)
Course instructor of “Graphic Design: Digital Publishing Specialist”

March 2011 – August 2013

Web and graphic designer (full-time employee)

Company: Webiny Ltd (Rijeka, Croatia)
Web and graphic design for Webiny products and clients

September 2008 – February 2011

Web and graphic designer (full-time employee)

Company: Adria24 GmbH (Rijeka, Croatia)
Web design, HTML/CSS template coding. Logo design and identity development

January 2007 – January 2008

Web designer & illustrator (independent contractor)

Company: Lurker d.o.o. (Rijeka, Croatia)
Web site design and concept art.

October 2005 – October 2006

Web designer (independent contractor)

Company: Nosco d.o.o.
Web site templates design and coding.

October 2005 – July 2006

Programming student teacher (part-time contractor)

Company: Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka
As a senior student, I was assisting other students during Programming class, and giving private lessons if necessary.

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