Rebeka Arce

Rebeka Arce is a multidisciplinary designer and lecturer who is currently Creative Director at COLLINS New York. Before Joining COLLINS, Rebeka founded her creative studio between Berlin and Madrid in 2013 and since then she has worked for renowned international brands in culture, arts, technology, fashion, entertainment, music and food such as RedBull, Sony Pictures, Vodafone, Schweppes, Netflix, Columbia Records, LondonN1, Sephora, Matadero Madrid, Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Instituto Cervantes, Cineteca Madrid and Flamenco Festival, among others, building and leading teams of collaborators from different disciplines to develop strategy and design-driven projects with a deep research and concept development process. 

Before creating her own design studio, Arce worked as visual designer for creative agencies in Berlin and Bilbao and collaborated with large brand consultants and agencies such as Interbrand, Superunion and MRM McCann.

With over 13 years of experience in the design industry, she teaches at IE University and IED Madrid, has been part of DNA Paris Awards and ADG Laus Awards Jury, was nominated to ‘Premios Gràffica’ 2020 and has also participated as a speaker at design festivals such as ‘OFFF Festival’, ‘World Design Capital Valencia’ and ‘Brief Festival’, among others.

Her work has been awarded in Laus Awards, Vimeo Staff Pick, Los Angeles Fashion Film Festival and Selected, and published on platforms and publishers such as AIGA Eye on Design, Computer Arts, Fubiz, Ètapes, Creative Boom, Huck and Type01.

Corporate experience

• Creative Director, Collins, United States, 2022 - Present

• Founder, Creative and Design Director, Arce Studio, Spain, 2013 - Present

• Freelance Design Director, Wozere, Spain, 2019

• Co-Founder and Art Director, Muelle, Spain, 2019 - 2021

• Freelance Art Director, The Mood Project, Spain, 2013 - 2015

• Art Director, Supperstudio, Spain, 2012 - 2013

• Graphic Designer and photographer, Studio Maven, Germany, 2011

• Graphic Designer, Krea Comunicación, Spain, 2010 - 2012

Academic experience

• Adjunt Professor of Typography, Layout and Presentation, Bachelor in Design, IE University of Architecture & Design, Spain, 2022 - Present

• Adjunt Professor of Visual Identity, MA Branding and Visual Identity, IED Madrid, Spain, 2018 - Present

• Adjunt Professor of Cultural Publication, MA Editorial Design, IED Madrid, Spain, 2021 - 2022

• Adjunt Professor of Visual Communication, Graphic Design Course, IED Madrid, Spain, 2022 - Present

• Adjunt Professor of Visual Identity, MrMarcel School, Spain, 2017 - 2021

• Adjunt Professor of Composition, MrMarcel School, Spain, 2017 - 2021

• Adjunt Professor of Color Theory, MrMarcel School, Spain, 2017 - 2021

• Adjunt Professor of Ethics and politics of design, MrMarcel School, Spain, 2017 - 2021

• Global Project Mentor, MrMarcel School, Spain, 2020

• Workshop in Brand Strategy and Visual Identity, MrMarcel School, Spain, 2020

Academic background

• MA in Motion Graphics Design, IED Instituto Europeo Di Design, Spain, 2014

• Associate Degree in Graphic Design, IES Ibarrekolanda, Spain, 2011

• Associate Degree in Development of Urban Projects and Topographical Operations, Nicolás Larburu, Spain, 2008