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About me / Junior art director

Gabriele
De Santis

Portrait of Gabriele De Santis

About

I’m Gabriele, a junior art director with a visceral passion for artistic expression in all its forms: from film to video games to advertising.

Born too early to be Gen Z,
too late to be a Millennial.

Experience

I started out in 2017 as a freelance graphic designer, then sharpened my skills over two years at an agency.

In 2022 I decided to take my training further and enrolled in the Graphic Design, Advertising and Art Direction program at AANT — Accademia delle Arti e Nuove Tecnologie (Academy of Arts and New Technologies).

I’ve built up 2+ years of experience in UX/UI design across Talento, Thanatos and WYL, working on Tridente Moda District — the digital home of Rome’s luxury district — and on other websites and web portals.

The full timeline

Languages

Italian

Native

English

Overall levelC1
Listening
C2
Reading
C2
Spoken production
C1
Spoken interaction
C1
Writing
C1

Tools / Skills

My skills

Explore the surface with your mouse

  • Procreate100%
  • Figma Suite85%
  • Cinema 4D75%
  • Illustrator85%
  • Photoshop90%
  • After Effects85%
  • InDesign75%
  • Spline70%
  • Stable Diffusion65%

Other tools

AI

Runway
Midjourney
Suno
ChatGPT
Claude
Higgsfield

3D

Unreal Engine
ZBrush
Blender

Web design

WordPress
Elementor
HTML / CSS
Three.js
Theatre.js

Presentations

Keynote
Canva
Readymag

Project management

ClickUp
Miro
Trello

My path

Work
Experience

2+ years of experience in UX/UI design across Talento, Thanatos and WYL.

  1. Internship · 8 months

    WYL srl

    UX/UI Designer

    After delivering the first phase of Tridente Moda District, I joined the WYL team to carry the project forward and take on new client work.

    During my eight-month internship I focused on UX/UI design, developing websites and web portals.

  2. Freelance

    Thanatos + WYL srl

    UX/UI Designer

    Freelance work on Tridente Moda District for Thanatos and WYL srl, through delivery of the first phase, after which I joined WYL.

    Tridente Moda District

Earlier experience

Since 2021

Freelance designer

Brand identity, UX/UI and motion design for Italian and international clients.

2018 — 2021

LAMB Studio → Talento

Joined the LAMB Studio collective in 2018; it merged into the Talento agency in 2019. Two years at Talento as Visual Art Director, also handling UX/UI design.

2017

First projects

Started out as a freelance graphic designer in gaming and entertainment. Earned my high school diploma and won the open call to design the official logo of Liceo Scientifico Bruno Touschek, a science-focused high school.

Since 2022, a new course of study in
Graphic Design, Advertising and Art Direction at AANT.

Download my CV PDF · updated October 2026

My visual world

If I were a
moodboard

Art, film, video games and music. The images I keep coming back to and the worlds I lose myself in, gathered on a board for you to explore.

Thought Cabinet
The Public Theater
Disco Elysium: Mobile · 01
Marathon
80%

Drag to explore. Click or tap an image to flip it.

Tap or click an image to see the credits on the back.

On to contact

Contact

Let’s stay
in touch

Have a project in mind, or a collaboration to propose? Tell me about your idea.

Or email me directly

desantis.gabriele97@gmail.com