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Shaping the Future of Branding: The Mentorship with Sara Sozzani Maino

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Shaping the Future of Branding: The Mentorship with Sara Sozzani Maino

Guided by industry leader Sara Sozzani Maino, students transform ideas into narrative-driven identities.
10 December 2025
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Students are taking part in the mentorship program “How to Create Your Brand Identity: The Power of Storytelling.”
Running from January to May, the program features a series of sessions, talks, and lectures led by Sara Sozzani Maino, designed to provide students with essential insights and intensive, hands-on skills.

The Mentorship Journey

Throughout the mentorship, students explore how research, identity building, and narrative design work together to shape a brand. Each participant develops the foundations of their own brand identity, from core values to tone of voice, from visual codes to potential collaborations.

Tools & Creative Process

The journey includes crafting storytelling, design, and image mood boards, key tools for translating ideas into a coherent and contemporary visual language.

By the end of the program, every student will produce a brand identity manifesto, a visual narrative, and a creative ecosystem that reflect who they are, and the vision they aim to bring into the world.

About her career:

Sara Sozzani Maino is the Creative Director of the Fondazione Sozzani. 
In 2009, she founded Vogue Talents with Franca Sozzani. Vogue Talents was a project and an international network supporting independent creative talents. From 2005 until 2021, in collaboration with Altaroma, she has curated the Who is on Next? competition, aimed at promoting Made in Italy. 
She regularly participates as a judge and consultant in various fashion competitions, including the LVMH Prize, Woolmark Prize, Fashion Trust Arabia, International Talent Support (ITS), and many others. Since September 2018, she has been the International New Talents and Brands Ambassador for the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, supporting the new generation of designers. She is also a member of Camera Fashion Trust, founded in 2017 to support Made in Italy designers.
Discover Sara Sozzani Maino’s creative journey and professional achievements in her biography here.

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