Maria Capolongo started her creative career painting for Jeff Koons and after a three-year tenure, broke out on her own drawing storyboards at Ogilvy and Mather. She spent 15 years working primarily for advertising agencies and animation studios throughout the US for both domestic and global markets. Her client list is vast and has included Droga5, Grey, Saatchi and Saatchi, Porter Novelli, TBWA/Chiat/Day, the Martin Agency, Made Movement, Hogarth Worldwide, Area 23, McCann, Marcus Thomas, Edit1, Havas, Charlex, 321 Launch and BBDO. She has tremendous experience with both consumer and wellness clients and is sought after for all advertising and pre-production endeavors. In 2022 Maria took a full-time position at Grey NY and is thriving in a fast paced, demanding environment where her craft is demonstrated at the highest level. Maria is solely responsible for the wellness teams, while taking on consumer work for Grey whenever possible. She strives to help them tell visually interesting stories that describe the flavor, texture and personality of their ideas. Maria studied painting and illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art and lives in both Washington state and Brooklyn.  

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Maria Capolongo started her creative career painting for Jeff Koons and after a three-year tenure, broke out on her own drawing storyboards at Ogilvy and Mather. She spent 15 years working primarily for advertising agencies and animation studios throughout the US for both domestic and global markets. Her client list is vast and has included Droga5, Grey, Saatchi and Saatchi, Porter Novelli, TBWA/Chiat/Day, the Martin Agency, Made Movement, Hogarth Worldwide, Area 23, McCann, Marcus Thomas, Edit1, Havas, Charlex, 321 Launch and BBDO. She has tremendous experience with both consumer and wellness clients and is sought after for all advertising and pre-production endeavors. In 2022 Maria took a full-time position at Grey NY and is thriving in a fast paced, demanding environment where her craft is demonstrated at the highest level. Maria is solely responsible for the wellness teams, while taking on consumer work for Grey whenever possible. She strives to help them tell visually interesting stories that describe the flavor, texture and personality of their ideas. Maria studied painting and illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art and lives in both Washington state and Brooklyn.  

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Maria Capolongo started her creative career painting for Jeff Koons and after a three-year tenure, broke out on her own drawing storyboards at Ogilvy and Mather. She spent 15 years working primarily for advertising agencies and animation studios throughout the US for both domestic and global markets. Her client list is vast and has included Droga5, Grey, Saatchi and Saatchi, Porter Novelli, TBWA/Chiat/Day, the Martin Agency, Made Movement, Hogarth Worldwide, Area 23, McCann, Marcus Thomas, Edit1, Havas, Charlex, 321 Launch and BBDO. She has tremendous experience with both consumer and wellness clients and is sought after for all advertising and pre-production endeavors. In 2022 Maria took a full-time position at Grey NY and is thriving in a fast paced, demanding environment where her craft is demonstrated at the highest level. Maria is solely responsible for the wellness teams, while taking on consumer work for Grey whenever possible. She strives to help them tell visually interesting stories that describe the flavor, texture and personality of their ideas. Maria studied painting and illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art and lives in both Washington state and Brooklyn.

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Skills

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Freehand Digital Illustration
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Watercolour Illustration
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Technical Illustration
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Spot Illustration
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Portrait
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Language

Education

MFA at Maryland Institute, College of Art
September 1, 1996 - June 1, 2000
Graduated summa cum laude

Qualifications

Adobe, photoshop, Adobe illustrator, AI specialist(Midjourney/Firefly/Gemini/Ideogram), Painter, Storyboard Artist, Comp Artist
October 2, 2024 - October 2, 2024
Craft and deadline driven creative expert. No one works harder than me.

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Other
    uniE621 Floating
    illustration for a pharma ad
    uniE621 Body Check
    AstraZeneca, NHL team up against cancer, this comp was made for the project pitchdeck
    uniE621 Advertising Comp
    illustration for a pharma ad/Alzheimer's drug
    uniE621 Galderma Ad
    illustration for a Galderma advertisement
    uniE621 Shingrix Ad
    illustration for pharma advert