FRANCESCO SANTESE








«Looks good, bites back.»
«Looks good, bites back.»
«Looks good,
bites back.»
8+ years shaping ideas and bursting them into life.
Illustration, campaign, brand identity, creative concepts that can live anywhere.
Aesthetics with a purpose, creativity with a meaning.
Or none of the above.
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SELECTED PROJECTS
SELECTED PROJECTS
SELECTED PROJECTS




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SELECTED WORK
SELECTED WORK
SELECTED WORK




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About ME
About ME
About ME




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Art Director heart with an illustrator’s hand.
Made in Lecce, trained in Milan, inspired by everywhere.
After 8+ years as a 9-to-5 art director, I traded office walls
for the open air of freelance life. Now creating and illustrating
from anywhere with a wi-fi connection.
Getting my juice flowing from killer aesthetics, too much food,
a teetering nightstand of books, and whatever
messes with my brain in the best way.
Art Director heart with an illustrator’s hand.
Made in Lecce, trained in Milan, inspired by everywhere.
After 8+ years as a 9-to-5 art director, I traded office walls
for the open air of freelance life. Now creating and illustrating
from anywhere with a wi-fi connection.
Getting my juice flowing from killer aesthetics, too much food,
a teetering nightstand of books, and whatever
messes with my brain in the best way.




















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EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
Freelance
Illustrator - Senior Art Director
2025 - present
Freelance
Illustrator - Senior Art Director
2025 - present
Freelance
Illustrator - Senior Art Director
2025 - present
Freelance
Illustrator - Senior Art Director
2025 - present
Suntimes
Senior Art Director
2022 - 2025
Suntimes
Senior Art Director
2022 - 2025
Suntimes
Senior Art Director
2022 - 2025
Suntimes
Senior Art Director
2022 - 2025
Dentsu Creative
Art Director
2017 - 2022
Dentsu Creative
Art Director
2017 - 2022
Dentsu Creative
Art Director
2017 - 2022
Dentsu Creative
Art Director
2017 - 2022

Let'S WORK TOGETHER!
Illustration, campaign, brand identity, creative concepts
that can live anywhere.
