Updated resume - 2026
Milan | Italy
RODRIGO NASTA
Head of Design · Brand, Product & Storytelling
Contact & ...
+39 347 381 5753
studios@rodrigonasta.com
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Short about me
Languages
Qualifications
One half of me was born and raised in Uruguay, where I filled school notebooks with cartoon characters. The other half somehow belonged to Italy — so I followed that thread, picked up graphic design, and never
really stopped moving.
Living and working across South America and Europe has given me something no single school could: the ability to absorb different cultures, methodologies, and ways of thinking — and bring them into everything I design. I currently live in Milan with my family, still curious, still drawing, still convinced that the best design solutions come from people who refuse to stay in one lane.
Spanish - Native
Italian - Bilingual
English - Professional working (B2 / FCE)
Portuguese - Limited working (A2)
French - Beginner - currently learning
I bring a rare cross-disciplinary perspective to every project: one that connects brand identity, UX/UI design, storytelling, and physical product thinking into a single coherent vision. Working alongside industrial and product designers, I apply human-centered UX and UI principles beyond the screen — contributing to physical product decisions and ensuring that every touchpoint, tangible or digital, communicates the same design language.
This isn't generalism — it's the ability to see the whole system and move fluidly within it. From concept to prototype, from brand to object, from digital interaction to physical form:
I help teams make sharper, more cohesive decisions at every stage.
Work experience
01/2023 - Current
Carnago - Italy
Sr Art Director & UX/UI designer
Studio Volpi
At Studio Volpi I'm Creative Liaison between the UX/UI and Branding units, leading a team of 4 designers across both — a role that crosses more teams, and increasingly calls for creative-direction-level decisions, than the title suggests. I set the UX/UI direction for the digital team's interfaces and flows, then move into Brand & Communication to shape a concept, or into the prototyping lab with industrial designers and engineers — deciding where a button should sit under the thumb, or how a screen should angle. When there's motion or video work on the table, I lead that too.
01/2022 - 01/2023
Milan - Italy
Sr UX/UI designer & Art Director
DTSocialize
As team lead, I shaped the UX/UI architecture of a complex AI training dashboard and digital twin platform for the Metaverse-translating highly technical requirements into intuitive, human-centered interfaces. I also led the full redesign of Uup Anonymous (India), an encrypted messaging app, improving the overall user experience from onboarding to core interaction flows.
11/2016 - 12/2021
Milan - Italy
Sr Art Director
Mazzmedia
Led art direction across UX/UI projects and integrated marketing campaigns, managing a team of 5 designers at the intersection of creativity and strategy. Collaborated closely with developers, copywriters, and advertising specialists while contributing to strategic and financial decisions — developing a sharp understanding of how design impacts business outcomes.
02 - 09 | 2016
Rome - Italy
Art Director & UX/UI Designer
Fairbooks - LVenture Group
Designed and Developed User Interfaces (UX/UI) for startups Fairbooks and Donapp. Handled the design of both websites and native apps, driving design decisions for products in their initial launch (early-stage).
01 - 11 | 2015
Stockholm - Sweden
Animator & Graphic Designer
SNASK
Key figure animator for stop motion advertising projects at Eli Lilly & Company and SABO; brand designer for Greasy Spoon.
03 - 10 | 2015
Stockholm - Sweden
UX/UI & Brand Designer
SUP46
UX/UI design for Android app, website, and corporate identity of Selfiejobs, a job searching startup.
02 - 12 | 2014
Verona - Italy
Game Concept Artist & Brand Identity Designer
Verter
Drove the creative development of the NYLLA Game App (Econyl), directing concept development, character design, and illustration. Simultaneously working as Brand Identity Designer on various projects at Verter Studios.
03 - 07 | 2012
Florence - Italy
Stop Motion Animator
Misseri Studio
As part of the team, I had the opportunity to work on Mofy, an Italian-Japanese animated series for children. It features a cotton universe brought to life through stop motion animation.
04/2008 - 08/2010
Montevideo - Uruguay
Animator & Character Designer
Tournier
Executed specialized stop motion animations for various media, including children's series, commercial advertisements, and the Selkirk feature film project.
Education
Good manners make the man (Grandma allways says)
2022
Barcelona - Spain
MA - Creative Direction in Communication
LABASAD, Barcelona School of Art and Design.
Master program in Creative Direction at LaBasad Barcelona School of Art & design, in collaboration with UDL
(Universitat de Lleida).
2014
Florence - Italy
MA - Master of Arts
Istituto Europeo di Design (IED).
Activities and societies: Graphic design & new media.
2008
Montevideo - Uruguay
Diploma - Character Design & 2D Animation
Animation Campus.
Animation, motion graphics, special effects, and 3D modeling.
2006
Bs. As. - Argentina
Creative advertising
Underground.
Annual course on communication and digital creativity.
Keep my resume
A resume, in two formats. One for your screen. One for your printer — designed to waste as little ink as possible, and show as much work as possible.
Short "digital" version
Full "WWF printable friendly" version
Straight to projects
Don't panic & carry a towel ._.
studios@rodrigonasta.com
+39 347 381 5753
PONG &
RELAX
And if you’re skipping my portfolio and already waving a contract around, just sit back and watch the game ._.
