📍 Based in France | Working Internationally | 2006–Present
Marsden Creative is an illustrator-led studio founded by Ian David Marsden, specializing in high-impact illustration, branding, and visual storytelling systems across print, digital, motion, and packaging.
With over 25 years of international experience, I help brands, publishers, startups, agencies, and institutions transform complex ideas into engaging visual communication. From editorial cartoons and UX/UI icon systems to mascots, infographics, and explainer videos, every project blends traditional drawing craft with digital precision—guided by thoughtful art direction and strategic storytelling.
Notable projects include launching the first-ever Google Doodles, illustrating comics for Coca-Cola packaging, and creating over 120 editorial illustrations for the multilingual Mercedes-Benz employee manual.
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💼 What We Create
🖋️ Editorial & Satirical Illustration
🎭 Brand Mascots & Character Design
📊 Business Comics & Visual Storytelling
🧩 UX/UI Graphics, Dashboards & Icon Systems
🎞️ Custom Explainer Videos & Motion Graphics
🎯 Brand Identity Systems & Communication Assets
🗺️ Infographics, Maps & Product Visuals
🖼️ Packaging Design, Posters & Cross-Platform Campaigns
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🧰 Tools & Methods
• Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects)
• Typography · Layout · Vector Illustration · Motion Graphics
• Creative Direction · Art Direction · Cross-cultural Collaboration
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🌍 Languages
• English / German – Bilingual
• French – Full Professional Proficiency
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🔶 Clients Include
Google · Coca-Cola · Mercedes-Benz · PwC · Samsung · The New Yorker · VISA · Novartis · Henkel · RITZENHOFF · Universal Music Group
Company Details
- Employees
- 2
- Founded
- -
- Address
- Montpellier, Herault 34000, Fr
- Industry
- Design Services
- NAICS
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Specialized Design ServicesIndustrial Design ServicesOther Specialized Design Services
- Website
- http://www.marsden.fr
- Keywords
- Illustration, Character Design, Editorial Illustration, Mascot Design, UX/UI Visuals, Branding & Identity, Explainer Videos, Motion Graphics, Animation, Visual Storytelling, Advertising Illustration, Comic Art, Vector Illustration, Graphic Design, Bandes Dessinées, Hand-Drawn Animation, Whiteboard Animation, Conceptual Illustration, Cartooning, Storyboarding.
- HQ
- Montpellier, Herault
- Competitors
- Hireillo - Hire an Illustrator.
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