HI,
I'M MAGIC
The ability to take from my imagination and place ideas into reality is perhaps the greatest magic I've ever seen. It is my joy and my obsession. I spent the first 15 years of my life, growing up on a tiny, secluded tropical island that many have dubbed paradise. Life there felt magical and the experiences have melded into my heart a permanent affinity for beauty, love, culture and people.
As a deep thinker, I'm very much hyper aware of the magic and beauty that fills this world. I feverishly study it's complex systems and sophisticated constructs, so that I too can yield a power that connects and inspires. If I were a mythological being, I would be – "The Creator of Beauty".
PRESS
The Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean State features Naadiya Mills. Link Here
Mango Tea Podcast Link Here
EXPERIENCE
Jun -Aug 2019
BrightHouse, A BCG Company
Art Direction Intern
April - Jun 2019
Ogilvy NY
Art Direction Intern
Jan - Mar 2019
BBDO ATL
Art Direction Intern
EDUCATION
2017 - 2019
Art Direction
Miami Ad School
2015
B. F. A. Graphic Design
Minor in Sociology
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Ration, FL
AWARDS
Silver - Graphis New Talent
Silver - Miami Ad School Awards (Winter Quarter)
Paw - Miami Ad School Top Dog
1st Place - Marcus Graham Bootcamp (Miami 2018)
2nd Place - One Club WAATBP Talent Showcase 2020
2nd Place - One Club Bootcamp (Atlanta 2018)
Honorable Mention - One Club Bootcamp (Miami 2018)
Honorable Mention - Graphis Design Annual 2020
FEEDBACK
(Naadiya) has a natural ability to find an unexpected + strategically sound creative angle for any brief. She's poised, professional, with big-time creative intelligence and a smart design eye.
MARY O'KEEFE,
VP Creative Director, BBDO ATL
(Naadiya is) a brilliant whole-brain thinker who comes up with deep ideas that marry philosophy with science, art with math; proactive in trying to come up with new and better ideas and is eager to be involved and takes on ownership and responsibility of group tasks.
BRIGHTHOUSE,
End of Internship Feedback
Naadiya is a rockstar. She is not only incredibly talented but incredibly hard working. I loved having her in the class as her work consistently challenged the class to do better.
AUSTIN DEJONGE
Senior Art Director, VMLY&R
