Mikaela Dragon - a hands-on, integrated Creative / Design Director based in London. 13+ years of 360 experience building brand equity from the inside out, across teams, touch points and markets. At home in the unknown → Previously Creative Director at Amazon PXT. Winner of WACL Talent Award 2024. Co-president of Shesays London. Forever a campaigner for change.

Entrepreneurial, strategic, conceptual and story-obsessed. Working magic on low budgets, tight deadlines to sky-high standards. Crafting joy at the intersection of advertising, design, AI and creative consciousness.
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Particularly good at solving problems that are too tricky to define, yet too painful to ignore. Got one? Let's chat ↗

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experiential - Concept, Art direction & Design
Archive — A selection of previous projects, side projects, concepts, and general play.
Thrive abu dhabi
Branding for a 3-day conference in the UAE
Pitch win | experiential - Art & Design
Branding for MozWeek - Mozilla's employee event
mozilla
Branding for MozWeek - Mozilla's employee event
art direction, illustration & Design
Archive — A selection of previous projects, side projects, concepts, and general play.
freelance
A selection of my recent quick freelance gigs
campaign - CoNCEPT & Project management
Archive — A selection of previous projects, side projects, concepts, and general play.
SHe says we act
LinkedIn-first recruitment campaign for IWD 25
Design - poster & Social content
In Search of Exquisite Meds—An unconventional theatre play
In search of exquisite medicines
An experimental theatre show emerging from life experiences
AI art direction - art & character design
In Search of Exquisite Meds—An unconventional theatre play
ELOWYN - THE QUEST OF TIME
Upgrading the game's art direction and its characters
campaign - CoNCEPT & DESIGN
Believe Their Pain campaign's key visual - An open mouth sits next to a big, bold headline saying :"But you don't look sick"
Believe Their Pain
Raising awareness around hidden pain that women and non-binary people are enduring everyday
branding & Comms - Strategy & Design
Amazon GTMC — Work by Mikaela Dragon
Amazon People Experience Tech
Aligning Career Development org and Human Resource with Amazon's Employer brand
art direction
A phone on the table showing Rainbow Jazz on Amazon Music app
Amazon Music
Visual research for genre cover design
campaign - CoNCEPT & DESIGN
She Stands out campaign
She Stands Out campaign
An event series to help women promote their achievements
campaign - CoNCEPT & art direction
Cards for Admums
Mother's day
Celebrating working mums in the creative industry
Pitch win | 360 campaign concept
Archive — A selection of previous projects, side projects, concepts, and general play.
wuaki tv
Pan-EU awareness campaign
campaign - design
Archive — A selection of previous projects, side projects, concepts, and general play.
Amazon's thank you gift boxes
50,000 wellness gift boxes for Covid frontline workers across the UK
Experience
Freelance Creative Director / Design Director — self-employed
August 2023 — Present

Creative Director — Amazon PXT Tech
February 2022 — July 2023

Creative Lead — Amazon Treasure Truck
July 2019 — February 2022

Freelance Senior Creative —  McCANN London, Publicis.Sapient, Nufu / Engine, Shift6, Adludio
March 2017 — July 2019
Intro
I've loved being a creative since 2010, helping brands shine throughout customer journeys. I thrive in complexity and ambiguity. Worked with global clients across 20+ industries: Hilton, Selfridges, WWE, Samsung, Meta, Xbox, Amazon, Lloyds Banks. From Amazon Music genre covers to Netflix content, LEGO tracks to Disney collaborations. Visit About me page to see my award-winning dogs.  Also, I'm planing an immersive exhibition next year, let's chat!
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Mikaela Dragon © Creative since 2010. Proud mum of 3 sausage dogs