Vanessa Marzaroli
Vanessa’s career in motion graphics began at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, far from her childhood home of Bangkok, Thailand. Together with her twin sister, Vanessa moved to the United States to further her training in classical music at an arts high school. While in school, her dreams of becoming a classical pianist shifted when she was introduced to visual arts, a new passion that would shape her career.
After graduating with her BFA from Art Center, Vanessa worked as an art director in a variety of creative settings ranging from broadcast to small design boutiques. She was immediately recognized for her outstanding creative work and garnered an Emmy for the ESPN X Games show package she created while working at Fuel/Razorfish. Her early career as a creative director also included collaboration with some of her Art Center cohorts during a brief tenure as a member of the original Blind design team.
In 2001 Vanessa returned to Blind, and has since directed numerous commercial and broadcast projects, including campaigns for Nissan, Infiniti, Payless, CellularSouth, Angie’s List, Showtime and E! Networks. Recently Vanessa drew on her musical expertise in her creative direction of Justin Timberlake’s notable music video “LoveStoned” and Gnarls Barkley’’s “Crazy,” which won MTV’s VMA for Best Direction, BDA Gold, a One Show award, Telly Award Gold, and honors from Prix Arts.
In addition to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Vanessa has received awards from the Type Directors Club, the Art Directors Club, and The Broadcast Design Association.
