Nina Zivkovic

Award-winning Designer × Illustrator × Art & Creative Director | Specializing in CPG + Sports, Music & Entertainment

Nina Zivkovic is a multidisciplinary design leader with over 15 years of experience shaping brands across the food, beverage, entertainment, and wellness spaces. Currently the Design Director at Ready®, one of America’s fastest-growing active nutrition companies, she leads a high-output in-house team driving packaging, retail, digital, ecom, and DTC design for their Protein-Centric Lineup and campaigns seen in Walmart, Target, Amazon, Sam’s Club, and beyond.

With a foundation in graphic design and a personal flair for bold illustration, Nina brings storytelling to life through distinctive brand systems, emotionally resonant creative, and a relentless focus on craft. Her design DNA blends CPG savvy with pop culture sensibility—built from years of designing for iconic names in sports, music, and lifestyle, including the Pittsburgh Steelers, Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon, Women Who Rock™, Actor Alan Ritchson, Live Nation, and Stage AE.

Previously, Nina served as Associate Creative Director at boutique agency Prizum (formerly ocreations), helping emerging brands scale their identity across packaging, publications, print, content, and experiential touchpoints–including 360 marketing campaigns—in a variety of industries from CPG to Health and Tech as well as Entertainment, Restaurants, HVAC, Festivals, and more. Whether mentoring new designers, partnering with cross-functional teams, or developing high-performing visual systems, she leads with curiosity, collaboration, and consistency.

Outside of her in-house role, Nina continues to illustrate, consult, and connect with the next generation of creatives. She’s a Distinguished Alumni of CVCC, serves on design advisory boards at La Roche University and CVCC, and is a proud member of the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators.

Photoshoot by Matt Dayak at CommonWealth Press for the Pittsburgh Steelers Gameday Poster Series

Capabilities

Packaging • Illustration • Digital • Social • Email Marketing • Photography • Photo Editing • Video Editing • Motion Graphics • Retail • POP • POS • OOH • Environmental • Typography • Branding • Print & Publication • Decks & Presentations • DTC • Shopify • UI/UX • Amazon | Storefront | A+ • Direction [Art, Design, Creative] • Leadership • Strategy

Brands & Clients

I'VE WORKED WITH @ FREELANCE • CONTRACT • AGENCY

CLIENT LIST

Utilizing my most valuable skills such as illustration, branding, packaging, and publication design, I’ve created many unique design solutions for the Entertainment, Arts, & Food Industries.

Live Nation
• The MET Philly Mural, 2200+ sq.ft.

Women Who Rock™
Poster, Digital Ads, Specialty Marketing, Merch
• 2025, Jessica Simpson
• 2024, Melissa Etheridge
• 2023, Ann Wilson of Heart
• 2022, Jordin Sparks
• 2022, Aimee Mann
• 2020/2021, Rita Wilson

Pittsburgh Steelers x Commonwealth Press:
Gameday Poster Series
• 2025 Buffalo Bills
• 2024 Season Long Poster
• 2023 vs New England Patriots, Special Edition
• 2023 vs Baltimore Ravens
• 2022 vs Tampa Bay Bucs
• 2021 vs MNF Chicago Bears

P3R/Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon
• 2024 Marathon Poster

Melinda and the Night Sky (Band)
• "Say What You Mean" & "Say It’s So" Single Cover Illustrations
• Beer Can Design & Illustration, Named Top 10 Beer Labels of 2020 by ThirstyBastards

Alan Ritchson (Actor, producer, writer, director, singer)
Poster, Branding & Identity, Pledge Merch, Merch Post-KS Blue Mountain State
Kickstarter Campaign (Lionsgate)
• Top 10 Most Backed (23.9K) & Funded ($1.9M) Film Projects

Michael Bakkensen (Singer, actor)
Album Covers & Physical Album Design + Social Graphics:
• 2021 "Tamala"
• 2021 "Circle Kiss"
• 2018 "Sekara Grace"
• 2014 "Lionize"

The Fred Rogers Co.
• WordPlay!

Branding, Illustrations, Campaign, Additional and Notable Clients:
• “ANTIfest 2020*” Poster Illustration; A-F Records x Anti-Flag
• Chris “Romanski” Romano (Producer, writer, actor, director), Beer Label Design
• House Tiger (Musician) - Illustrations for EP
• VisitPITTSBURGH's "CHAIR-ity” Painting
• Birth of Hibiscus Poster Illustration (Drag Queen based in NYC)
• "Hobocop" a Stand-up Comedy Show at The Grisly Pear in NYC
• Sammi Sanchez (Singer, actor), Branding & Merch
• Conrad Studios (Indie Film Co), Movie Posters
• Judy Bednarak (Screenwriter), Movie Posters

Let's Work Together!

Thank you!