2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina
I was a part of a small, but mighty, team to art direct and create assets for ESPN’s editorial and social coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina.
The goal was to release two articles on ESPN.com to showcase (1) returning Olympic athletes that have either came back from retirement and/or earned a medal(s), and (2) featured Olympic athletes across multiple sports.
Art Direction > Photoshoot > Parsing through Photos > Post Production > Publish for editorials and social platforms (X and Instagram)
Click each graphic for its article
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Click each graphic for its article c:
We decided to go forward with a back-to-school concept to visualize the ‘come-back’ element of the returning veteran Olympic athletes.
This collage, multi-layered and almost friendly/cheeky/laid-back look flowed through both articles; we hoped to create enough visual distinction and consistency between the two articles.
Here are some preliminary ideas I explored
Below are the final assets and in motion
