Resume – Rodrigo Nasta

Updated resume - 2026

Milan | Italy

RODRIGO NASTA

Head of Design · Brand, Product & Storytelling

Contact & ...

+39 347 381 5753

studios@rodrigonasta.com

My Old (good) website

... more

Short about me

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.

Languages

Spanish - Native
Italian - Bilingual
English - Professional working (B2 / FCE)
Portuguese - Limited working
French - Beginner - currently learning

Qualifications

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-centred 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 hold the whole picture together: how a brand's story connects to the interface, to the object, and to the person using it. And to keep that connection intact as a project moves between teams and disciplines.

Work experience

(while travelling)

01/2023 - Present
Carnago - Italy

Sr Art Director & UX/UI Designer
Studio Volpi

I bring creative direction, art direction, and hands-on design to brand, digital, and physical experiences. At Studio Volpi, I lead four designers + 2 rotating interns across UX/UI and branding. I shape creative concepts, define visual direction, and guide their development across identities, interfaces, motion, and communication. Working closely with industrial designers and engineers, I also help translate that direction into physical product experiences. My background in animation and visual storytelling informs how I connect these disciplines, from the initial idea to the details people see, touch, and interact with.

01/2022 - 01/2023
Milan - Italy

Sr UX/UI Designer & Art Director
Synapsia-AI - DTSocialize Holding

As a 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-centred 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.

02/2016 - 11/2016
Rome - Italy

Art Director & UX/UI Designer
Fairbooks Srl - LVenture Group

Designed User Interfaces (UX/UI) for startups Fairbooks and Donapp. Handled the design of both websites and native apps, driving design decisions for products at their initial launch (early stage).

01/2015 - 11/2015
Stockholm - Sweden

Stop Motion Animator & Graphic Designer (Freelance)
SNASK

Key figure animator for stop-motion advertising projects at Eli Lilly & Company and SABO; brand designer for
Greasy Spoon.

03/2015 - 10/2015
Stockholm - Sweden

UX/UI & Brand Designer (Freelance)
SelfieJobs - SUP46

UX/UI design for the Android app, web design, and corporate identity for SelfieJobs, a recruitment app popular in Sweden and Norway.

02/2014 - 12/2014
Verona - Italy

Game Concept Artist & Brand Identity Designer (Freelance)
Verter

Drove the creative development of the NYLLA Game App (Econyl), directing concept development, character design, and illustration. Simultaneously worked as a Brand Identity Designer on various projects at Verter Studios.

03/2012 - 07/2012
Florence - Italy

Stop Motion Animator
Misseri Studio – Associati Audiovisivi

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 - 09/2010
Montevideo - Uruguay

Stop Motion Animator & Character Designer
Tournier Animation

Executed specialised stop-motion animations for various media, including children's series, commercial advertisements, and the Selkirk feature film project.

Personal experience

03/2016 - 11/2018
Remote

Graphic Designer (Freelance)
Pansa Studio

Pansa Studio was a global creative studio project: as a freelance designer, I was involved in strategically planning, art directing, and executing projects from print to digital.

2014
Verona - Italy

Product Designer
Fattitesi Wakeskates

Brand identity and product design for an independent producer of wooden wakeskate boards.

2011
Europe

Travel
Life experience

One year travelling around Europe, learning the skills we all need but college doesn’t teach.

Education

Good manners make the man (as Grandma always says).

MA - Creative Direction in Communication
LABASAD, Barcelona School of Art and Design.

04/2021 – 03/2022
Barcelona - Spain

MA - Graphic Design
IED, European Institute of Design.

11/2013 – 11/2014
Florence - Italy

Diploma - Character Design & 2D Animation
Animation Campus, Traditional animation.

03/2007 – 11/2008
Montevideo - Uruguay

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 & AI friendly" version

Straight to projects

Client

Project

Type

Communication concept & Creative Direction

Concept and Creative Direction

Branding and Storytelling

DAB Pumps

DAB DNA

UX/UI Design

Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything Movies: After Life, City of God, 25 Watts, Big Fish, Trainspotting, The Acid House, Do the Right Thing, Mafia, Billy Elliot, Monty Python (all), Gummo, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Tropa de Elite, Léon: The Professional, Little Miss Sunshine, Amarcord, Natural Born Killers, Home Alone, The Blues Brothers, El día de la bestia, Nueve reinas, Tarnation, Oldboy, Shortbus, Taxi Driver, American History X, The Godfather, Amélie, Borat, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Life of Pi, Hooligans, The Boondock Saints, Snatch, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Big Lebowski, Twelve Monkeys, Jackie Brown, Wayne’s World, The Mask, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Fifth Element… Animation & Cartoons: Monsters, Inc., Hayao Miyazaki, Team America: World Police, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Space Jam, Sing, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Minions, My Neighbor Totoro, SpongeBob SquarePants, Rick and Morty, Beavis and Butt-Head, BoJack Horseman, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, Droopy, Family Guy, The Midnight Gospel, Futurama, Animaniacs, Cat Soup, The Illusionist, Les Triplettes de Belleville, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Cow and Chicken, Saint Seiya, Captain Tsubasa, He-Man, Adventure Time, Pinky and the Brain, The Jetsons, Top Cat, Wacky Races, The Banana Splits, Popeye the Sailor, Space Ghost, The Pink Panther Show, The Jungle Book, The Lion King, Up… Games: Hours and hours of my life spent playing video games. Diablo II & III, God of War, Mortal Kombat, PES, GTA, Counter-Strike, Battlefield, Metal Slug, Mario Bros., Battle Tank, Contra, Street Fighter, Tekken, Need for Speed, Dragon Ball, Angry Birds, Duck Hunt, Grim Fandango, Carmageddon, Doom, Quake, Mario Kart, Crash Bandicoot, Earthworm Jim, Red Hot, Hitman, Max Payne, Age of Empires, Warcraft, Portal, Plants vs. Zombies, NBA, Destiny 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Carmen Sandiego, Monkey Island, Pong, Arkanoid, Tetris, Ice Climber, Circus, Redneck Rampage, Deus Ex, The Fifth Element, Puzzle Bobble, Road Rash, Sonic, 1942, Hyper Olympic, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs… Music: Jimi Hendrix, Calle 13, Manu Chao, Thievery Corporation, Moby, Paulinho Moska, Quantic, Roberto Cacciapaglia, Molotov, Morcheeba, Ramones, Iggy Pop, Teddybears, Kutiman, Lou Reed, Indio Solari, Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas, Nina Simone, Babasónicos, Machito Ponce, Elvis, Intoxicados, Extremoduro, Gustavo Santaolalla, Buena Vista Social Club, Dino, Bomba Estéreo, Seu Jorge, Vinícius de Moraes, Caetano Veloso, Mala Rodríguez, Andrés Calamaro, The Offspring, Rage Against the Machine, Blur, Sting, Fatboy Slim, Groove Armada, Pink Floyd, The Smiths, CocoRosie, Devendra Banhart, Swedish House Mafia, Bajofondo, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Paco de Lucía, Emir Kusturica, The Chemical Brothers, House of Pain, Cypress Hill, Tricky, Carlos Santana, Sixto Rodriguez, Beastie Boys, Beck…Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything Movies: After Life, City of God, 25 Watts, Big Fish, Trainspotting, The Acid House, Do the Right Thing, Mafia, Billy Elliot, Monty Python (all), Gummo, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Tropa de Elite, Léon: The Professional, Little Miss Sunshine, Amarcord, Natural Born Killers, Home Alone, The Blues Brothers, El día de la bestia, Nueve reinas, Tarnation, Oldboy, Shortbus, Taxi Driver, American History X, The Godfather, Amélie, Borat, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Life of Pi, Hooligans, The Boondock Saints, Snatch, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Big Lebowski, Twelve Monkeys, Jackie Brown, Wayne’s World, The Mask, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Fifth Element… Animation & Cartoons: Monsters, Inc., Hayao Miyazaki, Team America: World Police, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Space Jam, Sing, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Minions, My Neighbor Totoro, SpongeBob SquarePants, Rick and Morty, Beavis and Butt-Head, BoJack Horseman, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, Droopy, Family Guy, The Midnight Gospel, Futurama, Animaniacs, Cat Soup, The Illusionist, Les Triplettes de Belleville, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Cow and Chicken, Saint Seiya, Captain Tsubasa, He-Man, Adventure Time, Pinky and the Brain, The Jetsons, Top Cat, Wacky Races, The Banana Splits, Popeye the Sailor, Space Ghost, The Pink Panther Show, The Jungle Book, The Lion King, Up… Games: Hours and hours of my life spent playing video games. Diablo II & III, God of War, Mortal Kombat, PES, GTA, Counter-Strike, Battlefield, Metal Slug, Mario Bros., Battle Tank, Contra, Street Fighter, Tekken, Need for Speed, Dragon Ball, Angry Birds, Duck Hunt, Grim Fandango, Carmageddon, Doom, Quake, Mario Kart, Crash Bandicoot, Earthworm Jim, Red Hot, Hitman, Max Payne, Age of Empires, Warcraft, Portal, Plants vs. Zombies, NBA, Destiny 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Carmen Sandiego, Monkey Island, Pong, Arkanoid, Tetris, Ice Climber, Circus, Redneck Rampage, Deus Ex, The Fifth Element, Puzzle Bobble, Road Rash, Sonic, 1942, Hyper Olympic, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs… Music: Jimi Hendrix, Calle 13, Manu Chao, Thievery Corporation, Moby, Paulinho Moska, Quantic, Roberto Cacciapaglia, Molotov, Morcheeba, Ramones, Iggy Pop, Teddybears, Kutiman, Lou Reed, Indio Solari, Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas, Nina Simone, Babasónicos, Machito Ponce, Elvis, Intoxicados, Extremoduro, Gustavo Santaolalla, Buena Vista Social Club, Dino, Bomba Estéreo, Seu Jorge, Vinícius de Moraes, Caetano Veloso, Mala Rodríguez, Andrés Calamaro, The Offspring, Rage Against the Machine, Blur, Sting, Fatboy Slim, Groove Armada, Pink Floyd, The Smiths, CocoRosie, Devendra Banhart, Swedish House Mafia, Bajofondo, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Paco de Lucía, Emir Kusturica, The Chemical Brothers, House of Pain, Cypress Hill, Tricky, Carlos Santana, Sixto Rodriguez, Beastie Boys, Beck…Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything Movies: After Life, City of God, 25 Watts, Big Fish, Trainspotting, The Acid House, Do the Right Thing, Mafia, Billy Elliot, Monty Python (all), Gummo, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Tropa de Elite, Léon: The Professional, Little Miss Sunshine, Amarcord, Natural Born Killers, Home Alone, The Blues Brothers, El día de la bestia, Nueve reinas, Tarnation, Oldboy, Shortbus, Taxi Driver, American History X, The Godfather, Amélie, Borat, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Life of Pi, Hooligans, The Boondock Saints, Snatch, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Big Lebowski, Twelve Monkeys, Jackie Brown, Wayne’s World, The Mask, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Fifth Element… Animation & Cartoons: Monsters, Inc., Hayao Miyazaki, Team America: World Police, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Space Jam, Sing, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Minions, My Neighbor Totoro, SpongeBob SquarePants, Rick and Morty, Beavis and Butt-Head, BoJack Horseman, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, Droopy, Family Guy, The Midnight Gospel, Futurama, Animaniacs, Cat Soup, The Illusionist, Les Triplettes de Belleville, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Cow and Chicken, Saint Seiya, Captain Tsubasa, He-Man, Adventure Time, Pinky and the Brain, The Jetsons, Top Cat, Wacky Races, The Banana Splits, Popeye the Sailor, Space Ghost, The Pink Panther Show, The Jungle Book, The Lion King, Up… Games: Hours and hours of my life spent playing video games. Diablo II & III, God of War, Mortal Kombat, PES, GTA, Counter-Strike, Battlefield, Metal Slug, Mario Bros., Battle Tank, Contra, Street Fighter, Tekken, Need for Speed, Dragon Ball, Angry Birds, Duck Hunt, Grim Fandango, Carmageddon, Doom, Quake, Mario Kart, Crash Bandicoot, Earthworm Jim, Red Hot, Hitman, Max Payne, Age of Empires, Warcraft, Portal, Plants vs. Zombies, NBA, Destiny 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Carmen Sandiego, Monkey Island, Pong, Arkanoid, Tetris, Ice Climber, Circus, Redneck Rampage, Deus Ex, The Fifth Element, Puzzle Bobble, Road Rash, Sonic, 1942, Hyper Olympic, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs… Music: Jimi Hendrix, Calle 13, Manu Chao, Thievery Corporation, Moby, Paulinho Moska, Quantic, Roberto Cacciapaglia, Molotov, Morcheeba, Ramones, Iggy Pop, Teddybears, Kutiman, Lou Reed, Indio Solari, Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas, Nina Simone, Babasónicos, Machito Ponce, Elvis, Intoxicados, Extremoduro, Gustavo Santaolalla, Buena Vista Social Club, Dino, Bomba Estéreo, Seu Jorge, Vinícius de Moraes, Caetano Veloso, Mala Rodríguez, Andrés Calamaro, The Offspring, Rage Against the Machine, Blur, Sting, Fatboy Slim, Groove Armada, Pink Floyd, The Smiths, CocoRosie, Devendra Banhart, Swedish House Mafia, Bajofondo, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Paco de Lucía, Emir Kusturica, The Chemical Brothers, House of Pain, Cypress Hill, Tricky, Carlos Santana, Sixto Rodriguez, Beastie Boys, Beck…

Don't panic & carry a towel ._.

studios@rodrigonasta.com

+39 347 381 5753

PONG &
RELAX

Already reaching for a contract? Take a breath and play some Pong. I’ll keep my signing hand warm ._.