Rebeka Arce is a Grammy-nominated creative director, designer, and lecturer based in New York City. Her work explores the intersection of narrative, culture, typography, and visual systems, creating identities that are both strategically grounded and emotionally resonant. Through creative strategy and design, she develops brands as flexible ecosystems designed to evolve across digital, physical, editorial, and spatial experiences.

With over 15 years of experience, Rebeka Arce now leads her own practice and previously served as Creative Director at COLLINS, named Ad Age’s Transformation Firm of the Year in 2023 and Design Agency of the Year in 2024, 2025 and 2026. Before joining COLLINS, she founded her own independent practice between Berlin and Madrid, and has collaborated with brands and institutions including NASA, Apple, Netflix, Red Bull, Sony Pictures, Columbia Records, Crocs and the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, among others.

Alongside her creative practice, and after living and working in New York, Berlin, Madrid, and Bilbao, she teaches at the renowned IE University, IED Madrid (Istituto Europeo di Design), and ECV School of Design in Aix-en-Provence, France. Rebeka was nominated for a Grammy for the box design she created for the band 90 Day Men and was also recognized at the 2020 Premios Gràffica. Additionally, she received the CREA Award from Nebrija University for Best Professional in the Digital Design and Multimedia category and the IED Next 30 Award in the Graphic Design category.

Rebeka served on the jury for the Latin American Design Awards 2025, the DNA Paris Design Awards 2023, the Laus Awards 2021, and Premios Gràffica 2023. She has served as a juror for the Latin American Design Awards, DNA Paris Design Awards, Laus Awards, Premios Gràffica, and the Madrid City Council International Design Competition, and has spoken at international festivals including OFFF, Madrid Design Festival, World Design Capital Valencia, and Brief Festival, among others.

Her work has been awarded in the Grammys, Art Directors Club (ADC), Los Angeles Fashion Film Festival, Vimeo Staff Pick, Laus Awards, and Selected, and featured in publications including AIGA Eye on Design, It’s Nice That, Computer Arts, Fubiz, Ètapes, Creative Boom, Huck, Type01, Design by Women, and The Brand Identity, to name a few.

SERVICES

Brand strategy
Visual identity
Creative & Art direction
Motion graphics
Exhibition & Experiential design
Website Design
Packaging
Editorial design

SELECTED CLIENTS

NASA
Apple
Sony Pictures
Columbia Records
RedBull
Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode)
Suzanne Ciani
Shiseido
Crocs
OFFF Festival
Schweppes
London N1
National Football League (NFL)
Vodafone
AXN
Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum
Instituto Cervantes
Numero Group
Public Records NY
Madrid City Council
Matadero Madrid
Cineteca Madrid
Flamenco Festival
GetxoPhoto Festival
Zinebi Film Festival




SELECTED AGENCIES

COLLINS (NYC - SF)
Interbrand (MAD)
Superunion (MAD)
MRM McCann (MAD)
Burn&Broad (NYC)
Zware Jongens (BE-NL)
Wozere (MAD)
Espadaysantacruz (MAD)

AWARDS

• Grammy Nomination 2025 for the Limited Edition Box Design for 90 Day Men
• 2026 Art Directors Club Annual Awards Silver Award — OFFF Rebrand, Communication Design: Branding / Rebranding
• 2026 Art Directors Club Annual Awards Silver Award — OFFF Rebrand, Branding Systems / Identities — Integrated.
  
• 2026 Art Directors Club Annual Awards Bronze Award — Muse Rebrand, Branding Systems / Identities — Integrated.
  
• Winner in the Graphic Design Category at the Next30 Awards by IED (Istituto Europeo Di Design) 2025
  
• Silver ADG Laus Award 2021 for ‘Anónimos’ campaign
  
• Bronze ADG Laus Award 2023 for ‘Banjo’ website
• ‘Premios Gràffica’ nominée 2020
  

• Bronze ADG Laus Award 2019 for ‘Overdose’ short-film
  
• Los Angeles Fashion Film Festival 2019 Shortlist for ‘Overdose’ short-film
  
• Selected Festival ‘Stone and Wood’ Nomination for 'Markak' artwork

TALKS

• Speaker at ‘OFFF Festival’ Barcelona 2022
  
• Speaker at ‘World Design Capital’ Valencia 2022
  
• Speaker at ‘29.13’ Lanzarote 2022
  
• Speaker at ‘Serifalaris’ Getxo 2022
  
• Speaker at ‘OFFF x Wix Playground’ Barcelona 2021
  
• Speaker at ‘Madrid Design Festival’ Madrid 2021
  
• Speaker at ‘Brief Festival’ Madrid 2019
  
• Speaker at ‘Ladies, Wine & Design’ Madrid 2018
  
• Speaker at ‘PlayRestart’ Madrid 2019
  
• Speaker at ‘Mujeres Atómicas’ Escuela Tag. Madrid 2019
  
• Speaker at 'Jo!Fest' Vitoria 2017
  
• Speaker at 'RESET C' at ‘CdeC’ Pamplona 2014
  
• Speaker at 'Vista Previa' Bilbao 2013
  

JURY & EXHIBITIONS

• Jury at ‘Latin American Design Awards’ 2025
  
• Jury at ‘DNA Paris Design Awards’ Paris 2023
  
• Jury at ‘Premios Gráffica’ 2023
  
• Jury at ‘Madrid City new brand identity contest’ held by Madrid City Council Madrid 2022
• Jury at ‘ADG Laus Awards’ Barcelona 2021
• Adobe Live Portfolio Review OFFF Festival Barcelona 2022
  
• ‘60 años de ADG-FAD’ Exhibition Disseny Hub Barcelona 2021
• ‘Madridgrafía’ Exhibition DiMad Madrid 2021
• Jury ‘IE School of Architecture & Design’ Madrid 2021
• Portfolio review at 'IED Design Fest’ Madrid 2017