Monika Brandrup

About Monika Brandrup

30+ years leading creative expert in pop-up greeting cards, books and new product development.• Creative Director in charge of extensive list of award winning designs that lead the pop-up industry and are followed globally.• Highly educated understanding of both domestic and international greeting card markets, how to expand reach and grow sales.• Extensive experience with global overseas manufacturing, competitive costing and communication, and execution of new products from start to finish.• Exceptional leadership skills, self-driven, detail focused, organized, and schedule and budget sensitive, while designing and producing the most innovative dimensional paper products in the greeting card, and book industries.• Creative Director of custom pop-up product development for high to low market clients such as: Paper Source, Anthropologie, TJ Maxx, Dollar General, MoMA, Barnes & Noble, Harrods, Disney, Universal Studios, Sanrio, Porsche, Martha Stewart, and more.• Passion for mentoring creative talents and providing career direction.Specialties: Creative Direction, Custom Product Development, Paper Engineering, Pop-Up Greeting Cards and Books, Design Consultation.

Experience

1. EVP, Creative Director

   Uwp Luxe

   Sep 2023 — Present

Education

• Rhode Island School of Design

  Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Painting and Architecture

• Parsons School of Design - The New School

  Painting and Sculpture

  1987 — 1988

• Rhode Island School of Design

  BFA, Painting

  1988 — 1991

Skills

• Illustration
• Packaging Design
• Pop-Ups
• Art Direction
• Digital Illustration
• Creative Development
• Creative Direction
• Brand Development
• Graphic Design
• Typography
• Packaging
• Publishing
• Graphics
• Books
• Art
• Concept Design
• Adobe Illustrator
• Product Development
• Storyboarding
• Concept Development
• Pre-Press
• Illustrator
• Trend Forecasting
• Greeting Cards
• Stationery
• Visual Communication