Marie Licht

Graphic Design . Website . Illustration

About

Hello, my name is

I am a French graphic designer, website creator and illustrator, based in Vienna.

My approach to design is influenced by who I am… :

Thorough:

I study the projects thoroughly, to then find the right concept and the essential message!

Unseen association:

I associate ideas and things that few other people think of, just because of the way I am, but also with the different cultures and countries I have seen. My friends see me as “décalé” (=quirky) and in graphics, it makes a difference (to be different)!

Customer and sales approach:

Before being a graphic designer, I worked as a customer relationship manager in major financial institutions. Hence, when I work now with my customers, I always think of meeting their needs and delivering a finished product they can use.

For those who wonder how creativity and finance can work together… well Kafka worked as an insurance employee!

… and also influenced by my journey so far:

I grew up on the French–Luxembourg–German border. After I graduated, I did my first steps as a worker in Luxembourg’s financial world, ultimately in the customer relationship team. Creativity was kept as a hobby.

I then moved to London for the feeling it gave me: freedom! I continued my career as a customer relationship manager. In London, I found a can-do attitude that pushed me to consider creativity as a profession.
Side passion turned into reality: I studied in short classes at Central Saint Martins and then won my first customers by illustrating for books and articles.

In Vienna, I helped my family putting down its roots and I completed a 3-year graphic design program to fully embrace design. I now help brands connect with their audience by crafting unique visual worlds!

Contact

illustration of an old phone

mail@marielicht.eu

+43 660 7434748

Instagram

CV

Experience in visual communication

Freelance

2025

Website redesign and implementation for Dr Prof. Mihály Fazekas (under construction) | AT

2025

Website design and implementation for Ornauer | AT

2023

Logo creation for iMonitor | HU

2023

Poster design for GTI, exhibited at the World Bank | HU, US

2022

Illustrations representing the business workflow of Delinosa | FR

2022

Etiquette design and illustration for La Ferme des Garennes | FR

2021

Editorial Illustration for the journal EPJ Data Science

2020

Editorial Illustrations for Global Integrity | US

2020

Illustrations for the book “Friday is the New Saturday” | UK and PT

Education in visual communication

Die Graphische, Higher Federal Institution for Graphic Education & Research – Vienna | AT

2022-25

3 year College Program in Graphic and Communication Design – with honors

Thesis: Design and implementation of a responsive website with CMS

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration – London | UK

2020-21

Short courses in illustration

University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins – London | UK

2017-21

Short courses in drawing and illustration 

Experience in business

Moody’s Investor Services – London | UK 

2018-20

Manager – global commercial group

2012-17

Manager – customer relationship management

2010-12

Senior Associate – customer relationship management

RBC Dexia Investors Service – Luxembourg | LU

2010

Manager – customer relationship management

Exchange in RBC Dexia Dublin | IR, for a maternity secondment

2008-10

Team Leader of financial transactions and customer services

2006-08

Administrator of financial transactions and customer services

Education in business

University of Nancy | FR

2006

Master of Research in Applied Economics and European Public Policy

IAE Nancy School of Management | FR

2005

Master in Business Administration (MBA) – with honours 

Exchange in the University of Antwerp (ERASMUS), BELGIUM

2004

MSG – Four years degree in management – with honours 

Exchange in the University of Laval at Québec, CANADA

Lycée Saint-Pierre Chanel, Thionville | FR

2000

Baccalauréat (french equivalent to A – Level / Abitur) Economics and Social Sciences

Skills

I speak French (native), English (fluent), and German (advanced). I work with Adobe Creative Cloud software (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects) and the WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor.