About

I direct, art direct and shoot the visual world of a brand.

I came up through photography, then spent years brand-side directing creative for global fashion, beauty and lifestyle names. That mix is the whole point: I can hold an idea from the first reference through to the last retouched frame, and I know what happens to it once it hits a product page, a paid feed or a press pack.

Marcelle Adrianna, creative director and photographer

The throughline

People hire me. The work follows from there.

Most of what I do falls into one of four shapes: a full brand build, an identity refresh, a launch campaign, or an ongoing creative partnership. Each one starts with a proper strategic foundation — who the brand is for, what gap it fills, how it should show up everywhere a customer meets it — and ends with something a customer can see, hold or buy.

Alongside brand and creative direction, I've run paid and email programmes; that layer started with email design for brands like Sweaty Betty and Hackett London, and it still shapes how I think about campaign creative that has to perform, not just look good.

Slower at the start, sharper at the end. The person you brief is the person making the decisions — there's no hand-off to someone else once the idea is signed.

In studio · on set · behind the camera

Marcelle Adrianna, creative director
Behind the scenes on set with Marcelle Adrianna
Marcelle Adrianna directing on set
Portrait of Marcelle Adrianna
Editorial portrait of Marcelle Adrianna
Portrait of Marcelle Adrianna
Marcelle Adrianna on set
Editorial moment, Marcelle Adrianna
Editorial frame by Marcelle Adrianna

Experience

Background

A background in photography, then brand-side creative direction for global fashion, beauty and lifestyle names.

Practice

A decade of work across fashion, beauty, lifestyle, ecommerce and culture — from luxury houses to founder-led brands.

Today

Leading brand systems, campaign production and in-house product launches, and available for freelance and contract creative direction.

Selected clients

Gucci BeautyTed BakerSwarovskiSweaty BettyHackett LondonWhite StuffSubwayLaura BondHarrodsOrigins (Estée Lauder Companies)Strathberry

Words from clients

“I'm in love with our new brand images. I decided to send our jewellery to the talented team in London while I stayed in Edinburgh. We planned the look and feel of the images and they turned out so beautifully and I couldn't be happier. I'm so proud of them — they really elevated the brand.”

Laura Bond — Founder, Laura Bond

“The brand as a whole and the brand representations are beautiful. You have understood our tone of voice and articulated it in a way that we have struggled to do being so intrinsically embedded into the day to day of the business.”

Helen Pope — Founder, Hair Rehab London

Available for campaigns, creative direction and photography.