About

Lina is a French Advertising Creative Strategist & Art Director with an eye for innovation and pixel perfection.

After graduating from the LISAA School of Design in Paris, she started her career in 2009 as an Assistant Art Director. She has a background in Graphic Design Packaging and Print Advertising and she is currently working in Digital Advertising. Her first digital ad experience was in a Parisian start-up, Agence Et Si, in 2010, as a Junior Art Director.

Then Lina started to work at Publicis Groupe in 2014, working primarily on a creative team for the Nissan account. Two years later she joined the Lost Boys Paris (Publicis Group) team, working on brands such as Essilor, Hermès and Renault.

Then she joined Publicis.Sapient /Razorfish Paris in a creative team as a Senior Art Director for La Banque Postale, L’Oréal, Essilor and Winamax.

Today, Lina is currently working as a Freelancer for various french and global brands and agencies.

Lina is passionate about exploring all that advertising spaces have to offer, from creating beautiful prints or ad films, to developing exciting social contents and activations. She also does Copywriting and Marketing Strategy projects. Lina regularly gives conferences, workshops and masterclasses to students in higher education schools of Communication and Graphic Design.

Her mission is to ensure that each creation is visually impactful, while keeping the meaning and message at the heart of the concept.

 

Lina’s portfolio showcases a range of well-crafted campaigns for many brands. She has won multiple awards, including a Gold Lion at Cannes for “Brainfood”, a campaign for UNICEF.

Lina est Advertising Creative Strategist & Directrice Artistique actuellement spécialisée dans la création de campagnes publicitaires et de brand content. Elle se passionne à créer des concepts visuellement pertinents qui font sens dans le contexte de notre société actuelle.

 

Diplômée d’un master de l’École Supérieure des Arts Appliqués de Paris, elle débute sa carrière en 2009 en tant que Designer Graphique. Lina développe alors ses compétences en communication visuelle dans les domaines du Print, Branding, Packaging, Campagnes 360, Brand Content…

 

Sa première expérience dans le digital était chez l’Agence Et Si en 2010, en tant que Directrice Artistique Junior.

C’est ensuite en 2014 qu’elle commencera à travailler chez Publicis Groupe en team créatif principalement sur le compte Nissan.

Deux ans plus tard, elle intègre l’équipe de Lost Boys Paris (entité rattachée à Publicis Groupe) œuvrant alors sur des marques telles qu’Essilor, Hermès et Renault.

Elle rejoindra ensuite l’agence Publicis Sapient / Razorfish France, au sein d’un binôme créatif en tant que Directrice Artistique Senior notamment pour La Banque Postale, L’Oréal, Essilor et Winamax.

 

Actuellement, Lina est en freelance pour diverses marques et agences en France et à l’international. Elle se plaît à explorer tout ce que les espaces publicitaires ont à offrir : de la création Print et Editoriale aux Films Pub, de la réalisation de Brand Content pour le Social Media en passant par le développement d’Expériences Digitales innovantes.

Lina travaille aujourd’hui également en Conception-Rédaction (Copywriting) et Planning Stratégique sur de nombreux sujets. Elle donne aussi régulièrement des conférences, workshops et masterclasses à des étudiants en école supérieure de Communication et Design Graphique.

 

Lina met un point d’honneur à ce que chaque réalisation soit visuellement impactante, tout en gardant le sens et le message au cœur du concept.

 

Elle a remporté de nombreux prix, notamment un Lion d’Or au Festival International de la Créativité à Cannes pour le concept de la campagne “Brainfood“ pour Unicef.

Skills

Creative Conception
Art Direction
Advertising
Graphic Design
Copywriting
Illustration
Skateboarding

Experience

Oct 2020 – Present
Freelancer Senior Art Director

Creative Conception & Brand Strategy
Art Direction (Digital & Print)
Copywriting (Français & English)
Advertising Films
Graphic Design (Digital & Print)

Feb 2018 – Sept 2020
Senior Art Director at Publicis.Sapient / Razorfish France

Art Direction (Digital & Print)
Creative Conception & Strategy
Advertising Films
Graphic Design (Digital & Print)
Clients: L’Oréal, Essilor, Lotus, BNP Paribas…

Feb 2017 – Feb 2018
Art Director at Lost Boys Paris

Art Direction (Print & Digital)
Creative Conception & Strategy
Advertising Films
Graphic Design (Print & Digital)
Clients: Hermès, Renault, Essilor, Opline Prize…

Mar 2014 – Jan 2018
Art Director at DigitasLBi France

Art Direction (Print & Digital)
Creative Conception & Strategy
Advertising Films
Graphic Design (Print & Digital)
Clients: Nissan, Unicef, Renault, Dior…

Dec 2010 – Feb 2014
Junior Art Director at Agence Et Si

Art Direction
Graphic Design (Print & Digital)
Web Design / App Design
Clients: Adidas, Florida Grapefruit, Sodastream, Centre Georges Pompidou…

May 2009 – Oct 2009
Graphic Designer at ADHOC Design

Packaging Graphic Design
Print Advertising

Education

2009 – 2011
L’Institut Supérieur des Arts Appliqués – LISAA School of Design, Paris

Master 2 – Masters Degree
Design et communication visuelle digitale – Digital Art Direction

2007 – 2009
L’Institut Supérieur des Arts Appliqués – LISAA School of Design, Paris

Licence – Bachelor
Conception design graphique et audiovisuel – Conceptual Graphic Design

2004 – 2007
Lycée Blanche de Castille, Versailles

Baccalauréat – Baccalaureate
Design et arts appliqués – Applied Arts and Design

Languages

French
English

Awards

Jan. 2020
Jeju International Drone Film Festival Award (South Korea)

RESTLESS – A film shot with a FPV racer cinewhoop drone and a GoPro 7.
(more info below)

June 2019
GoPro Award (USA)

RESTLESS – A film shot with a FPV racer cinewhoop drone and a GoPro 7.
When you’re passionnate about doing something and you feel in the right place, it feels like you enter a tunnel of fun and it’s really hard to stop. I had the chance to work with 2 other passionate people, Longboard Dancing legend Lotfi Lamaali and drone pilot Fincky on this really fun film.

Oct. 2017
Grand Prix Stratégies Argent dans la catégorie Relation Client sur les Réseaux Sociaux / Gestion de Communautés

Micra x The Wheeler Dealers
A live activation presented by the infamous Wheeler Dealers duo right from the Nissan factory. It unabled Facebook users to personalize the new Micra live on social.

May 2017
Gold Shorty Award – Automotive category

PewDiePie – My New Car II
A bold collaboration with a distinctive and popular storyteller to present key features of the new MICRA. A few months ago, we noticed that PewDiePie (the most popular Youtuber in the world with more than 50m subscribers) randomly used an old Nissan MICRA in one of his vlogs. The “MY NEW CAR” video had successfully reached 26 million views. So we seized this opportunity and proposed a partnership to PewDiePie to create a sequel of this first video. The result is an audacious, full of humour and authentic story presenting the new Nissan Micra in an offbeat way.

June 2016
Cannes Young Lions Gold Award

Feed the Brain, Not Just The Belly
Lions Health, the Festival and Awards that celebrate life-changing creativity in healthcare communications, and UNICEF, have announced the winner of the 2016 Young Lions Health Award. Eleanor Howe and Lina Benmansour of DigitasLBi, France, won with Unicef Brain Food. Their idea answered the brief innovatively, by using everyday objects to stimulate play, and providing creative ways for caregivers to interact with children.

Oct. 2014
FWA Mobile of The Day

Nissan Juke Customization App
Want your Nissan Juke to reflect your personality? Mix, match, and make changes until you find your perfect fit. Add your signature style and give extra attitude to your drive with the NISSAN JUKE Design Studio.