Claudia Malecka is a Berlin-based Film- & Creative Director working at the intersection of advertising, art and branding, spanning film direction, photography, art direction and multimedia practice. She holds a Master’s degree in Visual Communication from the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK Berlin), with a focus on advertising, fine arts and experimental film. Her work is defined by a precise sense of visual judgement and the ability to translate complex ideas into clear direction, shaping how communication is perceived across campaigns, identities and cultural contexts. She works with brands and founders across independent and commercial projects, defining positioning, strengthening visual and conceptual authority and establishing clear creative direction during phases of multimedia projects and campaigns, repositioning, growth and expansion. Claudia Malecka offers her work on MALETZKA through three main formats:
CREATIVE DIRECTION – Long- and short-term creative leadership for brands, campaigns, films and releases. Brand structuring, visual decisions, copywriting, strategic alignment with founders and leadership.
INTERVENTIONS – Sharp, focused advisory at a concrete knot. For relaunches, campaign moments, team friction, or strategic decisions that need clear outside analysis and solutions – fast. From three hours to multi-day formats.
TRAININGS – In-house formats for teams and organizations. Creative strategy, communication, brand alignment, ideation, creative standards. Format and focus tailored in conversation.
Claudia Maleckas work has been recognised and screened at international festivals and institutional contexts, including the London Fashion Film Festival, Berlincommercial, Poster Museum Warsaw and the B3 Biennale of the Moving Image Frankfurt, where she received the Emerging Talent Award. Alongside her practice, she has been engaged in teaching and mentoring within academic environments, including as a lecturer for photography at HTW Berlin and as a tutor in advertising and audiovisual media at the University of the Arts Berlin and the University of Art Braunschweig.
Selected works: claudiamalecka.com / Instagram / LinkedIn
EDUCATION
2022 / M.A. University of the Arts Berlin Visual Communication
2018 / B.A. Braunschweig University of Art
Communication Design & Time-Based Media
TALKS
2025 / Braunschweig International Filmfestival Q&A & Screening Tides of Freedom
2024 / B3 Festival of the Moving Image Frankfurt (a.M.)
Keyspeaker & Paneltalk –Film and Narrative–Telling Stories Visually
Paneltalk with Leonie Schöler, Lydia Haider, Jasmin Hagendorfer & Claudia Malecka
Women as a Central Driving Force in the Creative Industry, How Democracy can promote equality in the long term
Q&A & Screening Tides of Freedom
Escapism Q&A & Screening
TEACHING & LECTURES
2024 / Lecturer Fashion Photography at HTW Berlin
2024 / Workshop for ESR Paris & ESR Berlin, Paris
2018-2022 / Tutor at University of the Arts Berlin
PUBLICATIONS / INTERVIEWS
2026 / Article NSS Magazine, One person. One voice.
2026 / Interview & Article Artribune Magazine, One person. One voice.
2026 / Editorial Kaltblut Magazine, Tides of Freedom
2026 / Interview and Artist Portrait published in Aurum Magbook, online and print
2025 / Interview by Curation Hour with Claudia Malecka
2025 / Feature Beyond the Short, Tides of Freedom
AWARDS, EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2025 / Nominee – Best Emerging Talent 2025 London Fashion Film Festival
2024 / Fellowship Soho House & Creative Futures Collective
2017 / Emerging Talent Award by the B3 Biennal of the Moving Image Frankfurt
2016 / The Poster Remediated, Exhibited Poster Animation in the Poster-Museum Warsaw Wilanow as one of the Winning Artists