ZAGREB, CROATIA · AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE

MARLAFRANJA

I work where performance, storytelling and visual direction meet.

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Marla Franja hosting an interview for OneLife
ON-CAMERA HOST
CONTENT CREATOR
CREATIVE DESIGNER
ON THE ROAD WITH ONELIFE

00 / POSITION

I move naturally between being in front of the camera and shaping the world around it.

Curious across disciplines, precise about the outcome: a feeling, a story, a visual world people remember.

01 / HOSTING & FORMATS

A good host doesn’t stand outside the story.

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OneLife

On-Camera Host
Content Creator
Brand Ambassador

02

Noćni Đir

Co-host
with Gabriel Bitorajac

02 / ONELIFE

Stories with
road dust.

Hosting, creating and living the story from inside the experience, from pit lanes to mountain roads and coastal cities.

01 / 07

JOURNEY 01

Portorose → Porto

Portorose · Monaco · Valencia · Marbella · Lisbon · Porto

We started on the Adriatic and followed the coast through six completely different worlds. Between long drives, poolside interviews and fast arrivals, my role was to catch the human moments that made every new city feel immediate.

3,491 km across the European coast

HOSTCREATECONNECT
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03 / CAMPAIGNS

In motion.
In frame.

Two distinct modes of on-camera work: moving campaigns built for social, and editorial stills shaped around product and character.

01 / 07

ON-CAMERA / MOTION

KazetaWHOPSBeea Skingot2b
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Marla Franja modeling for Bright SkincareBright Skincare product campaign with Marla Franja

STILLS / MODEL

Bright Skincare

Clean beauty imagery focused on texture, product and natural presence.

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Marla Franja modeling a Nellica bag beside a horseUrban Nellica bag campaign with Marla FranjaWestern editorial Nellica bag campaign with Marla Franja

STILLS / MODEL

Nellica Bags

Western character, urban rhythm and a little bit of danger.

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PERSONAL WORK / VIDEO EDITING

Cut to
the feeling.

Personal edits. An exploration of rhythm, pacing and the way one frame changes the next.

01 / 04
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04 / PHOTOGRAPHY

Observed
by Marla.

Photographed by Marla, a personal archive of landscapes, portraits and sport, tied together by movement, shadow and the unscripted moment.

Sunlit rock formation photographed by Marla Franja
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Black and white New York skyline photographed by Marla Franja
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Antlers in warm window light photographed by Marla Franja
03
Black and white city tram photographed by Marla Franja
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05 / CREATIVE DESIGN

Bold systems.
Human edges.

Creative design across Photoshop and Illustrator: campaign systems, editorial posters and typographic experiments with a strong sense of rhythm.

KHL Medveščak game day social design by Marla FranjaKHL Medveščak score social design by Marla Franja
FEATURED SYSTEM

KHL Medveščak Admiral

A modular social identity for game days, scores, schedules and fan-first storytelling.

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Challangers movie poster concept by Marla Franja
Movie poster / editorial
Design is Fun typographic poster by Marla Franja
Typography / visual play
Nije vino al je fino poster by Marla Franja
Poster / illustration
Lektovka editorial design by Marla Franja
Editorial / print
Natura Electronica botanical poster redesign by Marla Franja
Natura Electronica / poster redesign
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06 / PR & SPORTS

Culture needs
a crowd.

Selected communications work focused where lived experience matters most: hockey, tennis and sports-led campaigns.

+400

Instagram growth

KHL Medveščak Admiral · five-month period

+500

TikTok growth

Native short-form storytelling for hockey fans

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Selected areas

Zagreb Open · KHL Medveščak · sports campaigns

A QUIET ORIGIN STORY / SELECTED EARLY FILM WORK

57TH CROATIAN CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL

Istraživači

First and second awards

59TH FESTIVAL · VARAŽDIN, 2021

Velike stvari

Second prize · fiction film category