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Marina Ogai — Art Director
Design Director / Art Director / Head of Design

Marina
Ogai

Chaos into process. Process into results.

I’m an art director who thinks like a business owner. I build teams, design processes, and own visual decisions — and I can defend every one of them with logic and analysis, not gut feeling.

3 facts
[01]
12 yrs
in the field — every stage scaling up in scope and responsibility
[02]
3–30+
on my teams: in-house, outsourced, fully autonomous
[03]
70%
of clients expand their brief after the first project
Expertise

An art director who already knows what margin means.

A systems lens on every brief
[01]

A systems lens on every brief

I never take a brief at face value — every request is a symptom. Before jumping in, I get to the root: what’s really behind it, what the business actually needs, and whether a quick fix would only paper over a problem that needs a system-level answer. Clients arrive with one request — and often leave with a sharper, more valuable one.

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Projects

The work, in detail

Every project starts with “why,” not “how it looks.”

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[01]*CASE UNDER NDA

Corporate client — Merch ecosystem: Key Visual across 20 carriers

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Brief

Build a universal Key Visual for a large corporate merch lineup and roll it out across 20 different carriers. The brief: translate a philosophy of self-expression into driven minimalism for several distinct audience segments.

Approach

We dropped the decorative noise and bet on tech-led aesthetics. Signature textures with luminous effects and matte–glossy silver became the visual foundation. We started with hero items — hoodie, bottle, accessories — set the rhythm of the graphics and the typographic accents, then scaled the style across the full 20-SKU matrix, holding the tone steady while giving every piece its own detail.

Outcome

A unified collection where every piece carries the same idea: “Showing up changes the world.” The merch shifted from corporate giveaways to design objects people actually want to wear.

[02]*CASE UNDER NDA

Leading European producer — Key Visual for the organic line

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Brief

A leading European baby food producer with 60 years of history needed a Key Visual for its organic line, adapted for SMM and video. The image had to deliver two core values: natural and caring.

Approach

We built the concept around soft, tactile textures: vegetables and fruit rendered as if knitted by hand — warm, domestic, handmade. A natural color palette grounded the work without slipping into stereotypical “eco” visuals. Beyond the Key Visual itself, we delivered a detailed usage guide so the look would hold up across every platform without distortion.

Outcome

The brand got a complete visual system ready to scale across digital. The new approach deepened the emotional pull with the audience and reinforced the organic line’s positioning.

[03]

CORE.XP — Brand platform & identity

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Brief

The successor to the world’s largest commercial real estate player wanted to stop being seen as a “local version” of a global brand — and become a category voice in its own right.

Approach

We ran a series of in-depth interviews with the leadership team and built out the brand platform — values, mission, tone of voice. We developed a visual system that signals expert confidence rather than corporate gravitas. In parallel: the website, an SMM system, and the deck for the national CRE Awards.

Outcome

The company landed a coherent brand ecosystem and the position of the market’s main expert hub. We’re still working together.

[04]

Sensum — Solid perfume brand

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Brief

Build a solid perfume brand from scratch — as an internal studio project, with no client constraints and no compromises.

Approach

We developed the concept, naming, brand platform, packaging, and website. The result is a coherent visual world where every detail pulls in the same direction. All photo content is AI-generated — with the realism of a live studio shoot, minus the photographer, the location, or any drop in quality.

Outcome

A full brand ecosystem that sets our own bar. The project lives as proof of what the studio can do when it sets its own brief.

[05]

Kinder — Mascots for an ad campaign

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Brief

Kinder asked for ad mascots that would carry family values and connect with both kids and parents. We picked animals as a universal symbol of care that reads at any age.

Approach

Using neural networks, we generated dozens of detailed variants and picked the strongest ones: bunnies for Pyaterochka, foxes for Magnit, kittens for cross-retailer projects. The technology let us show the client near-final visuals instead of sketches and cut costs significantly.

Outcome

The mascots became a campaign-wide system: in retailer apps, on banners, on shelf, and on checkout dividers.

[06]*CASE UNDER NDA

Leading European producer — Packaging for new product lines

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Brief

Two packaging projects: a new dairy desserts line and the launch of a new SKU — kids’ meatballs. Each with its own visual job, but inside one brand language.

Approach

For the dairy desserts we played up appetite appeal: dynamic splashes and juicy fruit underline the natural, gentle taste, while a clean layout draws the eye to the organic ingredients. For the meatballs, the centerpiece is a hyper-realistic meatball generated with AI — we ran through hundreds of variants to find the right texture, shape, and meat sheen. The neural network delivered something neither 3D nor a live food shoot can match for meat dishes.

Outcome

Both projects shipped with packaging that stands out on shelf. The meatballs are the client’s first SKU where the food visual is generated entirely by AI — no photographer, no location, no drop in quality.

[07]

Fainess — Visual identity

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Brief

Fainess asked for a complete visual identity from the ground up — strategic foundation, visual execution, physical artifacts.

Approach

We ran deep market and audience research. We developed naming, the creative concept, and a brand identity that reflects the brand’s values and character. We built a Tone of Voice for consistent communication and designed a merch line that brings the visual system into physical form.

Outcome

Fainess walked away with a full branding system — from strategy down to tactile pieces. A recognizable identity, a consistent brand voice, and considered merch built a strong foundation for growth and audience communication.

[08]

Adagum — A new brand for a wine fort

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Brief

Pull all of the fort’s spaces — vineyards, glamping, restaurant, spa, and market — into one recognizable brand that reflects the place’s philosophy: humor, joy, and connection with nature.

Approach

We developed the positioning and a brandbook. We drew stickers based on real moments at the fort — staff, local animals, the special hue of the grapes. We built the system across every carrier: accessories, packaging, merch, social.

Outcome

An authentic style that travels easily and refuses to be forgotten. The visual system pulls every location at the fort together and tells its story.

[09]

OTP Bank — HR brand

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Brief

OTP Bank was rebuilding its HR brand with an ambitious goal: get information about internal programs in front of 50,000 employees. The need: a Key Visual for email campaigns that could break through banner blindness.

Approach

We mapped the internal programs and grouped them by direction. For each category we developed unique visual elements — a single email language that bridges current trends with the bank’s identity.

Outcome

The new design approach became the foundation of the bank’s HR communications and turned into a visual tool for lifting employee engagement and loyalty.

[10]

Montessori — Merch collection

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Brief

Build the school’s first branded merch line — not just clothing, but a carrier of the school’s spirit: mindfulness, kindness, growing up together.

Approach

We took real children’s drawings and translated them into stylish graphics, keeping the live stroke and the honesty intact. We built two capsules: a clean school line and a louder city line — so the merch fits in the classroom and walks comfortably outside it.

Outcome

A collection that kids, parents, and teachers wear with equal pride. The merch became a symbol of community, not a uniform.

[11]*CASE UNDER NDA

European kids brand — Packaging redesign: 8 characters, 30+ SKUs

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Brief

Develop packaging design with storytelling at the center: deepen the existing characters and weave story arcs that lift the product’s emotional pull.

Approach

We redesigned the characters from the brand’s existing visuals as the starting point. We drew 8 new heroes for different lines and built the packaging design, adapting the illustrations across more than 30 SKUs in the product matrix.

Outcome

Bright, story-driven packaging that stands out on shelf. The refreshed characters strengthened the emotional bond between the brand, parents, and kids — without losing recognizability.

Just a slice of the work

Over 40 projects

From federal corporations and international brands to niche author-driven projects. Strategy and positioning, packaging, merch, digital, HR brand, corporate communications. Full cycle or surgical — depending on the brief.

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