Giovanna Santoni is a Board Certified Medical Illustrator, Graphic Designer and Art Director, with more than 14 years of experience working in the medical/healthcare field, and creating accurate medical and scientific illustrations, custom graphics and designs for a diverse audience. Clients include textbook publishers, educators, scientists, healthcare professionals, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, advertising agencies, attorneys, entrepreneurs and other corporate clients. Giovanna's work has been published nationally and internationally in multiple medical books, journals, online, and various digital media.
Giovanna is currently based in New York City.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
PROFESSIONAL
Exceptional professionalism, highly motivated, organized, energetic, forward thinking, with a creative and innovative approach to everyday visual design challenges
EXPERIENCE
14+ years experience in the medical/healthcare field
10+ years experience in the creative field with expertise in Medical and Surgical Illustration, Graphic Design and Art Direction
CERTIFIED
Board Certified Medical Illustrator (CMI) since January 2010
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Biology Master of Fine Arts in Medical Illustration and Graphic Design
Medical School Training
RESUME
PORTFOLIO
MEDICAL ANATOMY
SURGICAL ILLUSTRATION
CONCEPTUAL &
INFOGRAPHICS
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
SKILLS & EXPERTISE
MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION
GRAPHIC DESIGN
INTERACTIVE MEDIA
INFOGRAPHICS
PRESENTATIONS
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
SOFTWARE
- Adobe Creative Suite/Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects
- Microsoft Office Suite: Word, PowerPoint, Excel
- Molecular Visualization & 3D: Chimera, Pymol, Adobe Fuse, ZBrush, Poser
TECHNICAL
- Traditional Media: Pencil, Charcoal, Pastels, Pen & Ink, Watercolor, Acrylics
- Digital Media: PC & Mac Platform, Digital Illustration, Graphics & Painting
- Mixed Media
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
"As Art Director at both Wolter Kluwer Health/Lippincott and at Elsevier, I've worked with Giovanna on multiple projects. Her medical artwork is always excellent; she always meets deadlines and budgets, which is extremely important in publishing. She is great at communicating with editors and authors.
Giovanna is always a professional and a pleasure to work with on all my projects."
BMN - ART DIRECTOR | WKH/LIPPINCOTT, ELSEVIER, PA
"The figures are excellent, Giovanna.
Thank you very much for all your patience with me and for all your hard work."
NL, MD, PhD, FRCS(Ed) - AUTHOR | Complications of Vitreo-Retinal Surgery
"Thanks again for your help Giovanna – look forward to partnering with you again soon!"
VE | TRIBAL DDB, NY
"Excellent work, Giovanna.
I appreciate the very hard work you are providing to keep these projects on track. This is greatly appreciated. Thank you"
DS - creative services director | wkh, pa
"Giovanna created and designed my website, which she keeps attractive, user friendly and current. She also designed all of the graphics that have made my company a recognizable brand, including my logo. Giovanna’s knowledge, creativity, and professionalism makes working with her a pleasure. Always dependable, she delivers great work at a reasonable price. I would recommend her to any business owner who wants to make their life easier"
JC - FITNESS INSTRUCTOR, BUSINESS OWNER | DAM, NJ
"The cover art looks great! I can't wait to see it in print. The client has been very pleased. Thanks for all your hard work. We look forward to working with you in the future should we ever need an illustrator."
JML - VP, CREAtive services | apothecom hh, PA
"Perfect illustrations! Sending the figures for publication, and will also send you the next project!"
ML, MD, PhD - PROF, CHAIR AND COURSE DIRECTOR, ASST DEAN | SGU SCHOOL OF MED
"Your work is great. I will be sending you more work!"
WL - ART BUYER | CURRENT MEDICINE GROUP
"Many thanks Giovanna.
We appreciate the new client discount!"
LC - SVP, managing director | ims, ct
"I thoroughly enjoy working with you, I think you bring a fresh, creative approach. You’ve made such a great impression on my team!! We thank you so much for the effort that you brought to the pitch--your creativity truly shows!"
KL - account supervisor | ims, CT
"I have worked with Giovanna for the past 3 years, and I have been consistently impressed by not only her artistic and design skills, but her professionalism and commitment to her job. Giovanna’s knowledge of medicine and science and her expertise in Medical Illustration have been instrumental in the development and success of our Continuing Medical Education activities. Her attention to detail, creativity, and undeniable talent as an illustrator have been evidenced by her outstanding illustrations and redraws. She is dependable, hard-working, and a team player, happily taking on any challenge. She has worked under tight timelines and has continued to deliver accurate and high quality work in a timely manner."
KB, MD, MPH - SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR | ME, NY
"I have worked with Giovanna over the last 2 years. She is prompt to respond to scheduling needs, communicates her availability and timeline for projects well, and most importantly the quality of her work is top notch."
LT, MD - MEDICAL WRITER | MD
"Giovanna, Thank You once again for your great work on another project. We really appreciate your fast turnaround while still providing excellent high quality artwork. Your professionalism is greatly appreciated and highly regarded by the MedLegalVisuals team.
Looking forward to working with you on the next project"
PW - MEDICAL ART DIRECTOR | MLV, NY
