Lisbon · Available autumn 2026

Illustrator
& art director

Editorial, identity, and the occasional poster you'd want on the wall.

BasedLisbon, PT
WorkingWorldwide · Remote
Selected forThe New York Times Magazine, Apartamento, Penguin
RecognitionD&AD 2024, AOI 2023

Selected work — 2022 → 2026

18 projects
The New York Times Penguin Random House Apartamento The Atlantic Nike Running Wieden+Kennedy Tinta-da-China Monocle Slow Magazine EDP Foundation

About

Mara Vance is an illustrator and art director based in Lisbon. She draws by hand, prints by risograph when she can, and works mostly in editorial, identity, and book covers.

She has worked with editorial teams in seven countries, taught a workshop on narrative illustration at the Royal College of Art, and has not yet finished a sketchbook without losing it on a train.

Open for editorial & identity · Autumn 2026 onward

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