Marina Bijelic
Artist, Designer, Illustrator and Educator
Relevant Work Experience:
Design Associate/Textile Designer, STUDIOCHIC, Los Angeles
- Trend forecasting.
- Packaging Design
- Solo designer for all collections.
- Embroidery/Jacquard/Print Design
- Short deadlines, work with owners to create what the buyer is asking for.
- Working with mass production for Costco, Sams, Home Goods, Tuesday Morning, Nordstrom Rack, Marshalls and TJ Maxx
Textile Designer, Ruggable, Los Angeles
- Creating monthly collections for rugs.
- Working with mood boards to produce theme based designs.
- Creating different rug size options.
- Creating multiple colorways with a library of in house color chips, using LAB mode on Photoshop.
- Organizing Designer Files, multiple layer management.
- Production ready Designer Files that can be easily color corrected and adjusted for web.
- Applying and masking different textures and effects to create a fiber look to the digital print.
- Preparing and organizing files for print and production.
- Working on an 8ftX10ft scale, primarily on Photoshop.
- Creating design using both digital and hand drawn motifs.
- Creating production ready Designer Files that can be easily color corrected and adjusted for web
- Presenting collections at monthly launch meetings.
Founder and Creative Director
WorldofMim - Washington, DC October 2014 to Present
- Founded design and art service company producing pillows, prints, wallpapers and custom orders. Designing and producing dozens of original pattern designs.
- Leading marketing activities and managing client relations.
- Designed company website: www.worldofmim.com.
Art Consultant
Pup deVille - Los Angeles, CA September 2013 to Present
- Designed company website (http://www.pupdeville.com) and marketing materials. Managed social media platforms.
- Sourced textiles for products.
Design Consultant
California Closets - Washington, DC September 2018- present
- Designing customized storage, entertainment, office, and closet spaces for individual clients.
- Direct line between customers and California Closets.
- Managing showroom on allocated days.
- Creating leads and closing deals.
- Working with installers to create a space that is designed following the clients criteria.
Showroom Intern
F. Schumacher & Co - Washington, DC October 2017- September 2018
- Archiving all sample fabrics.
- Setting up monthly displays for new lines of fabric, trims and wallpaper.
- Pulling design schemes for local interior designers based on the color and theme for their projects.
- Assisting account executives with their sample requests from individual clients and sending them out.
- Working with Salespad.
Festival Coordinator
ChildArt Magazine, International Children's Art Foundation - Washington, DC February 2011 to June 2011
- Reach out to educational organization to participate in the festival.
- Writing and revising articles for the ChildArt Magazine issue on the World Children's Festival. * Organize educational workshops as well as the launch party.
- Work with schools and sponsors to promote child creativity through different creative methods.
Education
MFA in Textiles, Norwich University of the Arts
Norfolk, United Kingdom
September 2016 - September 2017
Graphic Design Program, Venice Art Center,
Los Angeles, California
September 2013- December 2013
Smithsonian Associates
Watercolor and Figure Drawing Classes
January 2012-June 2012
B.A. in Art History
Virginia Commonwealth University
January 2005- May 2008
Richmond, Virginia
September 2013- December 2013
Skills
Painting, Drawing, Mock Ups, Print Production, Silk Screening, AVA CAD, CAD, Social Media, Salespad, Adobe Creative Suite, Wix, Squarespace.
Languages
Croatian (Fluent), Bosnian and Serbian (Conversational), Italian, (beginner), French (beginner), Spanish (beginner)
Awards
2017, Vice Chancellor Award for Masters project Swarm, Norwich UK.
2011, Presidential award for helping coordinate the International Children’s Art Festival.
Commissions
2020- Two 6’x3’ Silk Satin Tapestries for individual client.
2014-2019 World of MIM has produced dozens of commissions for clients throughout the five years in business.
2019- Flower Still life, Watercolor for individual client.
2018- Commissioned bird portraits for individual clients.
2018- Created the cover of Norwich University of the Arts Student Manual.
2018- Croatian Soccer Fan T-shirt, Association of Croatian American Professionals.
2017- Swarm Tapestry, to be on display at Norwich University of the Arts.
2017- Bloombars official t-shirt, 2016-2017 (two annual designs.) Bloombars D.C.
2017- Wallpaper for local D.C. Restaurant, Brookland’s Finest.
2016- Potomac Yards 2016, 12x12 signature wall.
2016- Designed pattern for themed wedding, fabric for ties, napkins and dresses were created.
2015- Nature, Watercolor for individual client.
2015- Custom Wallpaper for a single family home.
2014-Illustrated “Atypical Animal Alphabet Book”.