Refinery29
2021-2023
Year
Graphic Design
Illustration
Art Direction
Services
From 2021–2023, I worked in-house at Refinery29 across illustration, art direction, and graphic design. I created editorial illustrations, commissioned and art directed artists, and designed editorial and branded campaigns. Many of these were collaborations with brands like Ulta, Sephora, Bentley and Target, where I worked across both Refinery29’s editorial identity and the partner brand’s visual world.
Overview
Refinery29
Overview
Services
Year
From 2021–2023, I worked in-house at Refinery29 across illustration, art direction, and graphic design. I created editorial illustrations, commissioned and art directed artists, and designed editorial and branded campaigns. Many of these were collaborations with brands like Ulta, Sephora, Bentley and Target, where I worked across both Refinery29’s editorial identity and the partner brand’s visual world.
Graphic Design
Illustration
Art Direction
2021-2023
Ulta Beauty x Refinery29: Beauty School
Ulta Beauty x Refinery29:
Beauty School
Ulta Beauty x Refinery29:
Beauty School
ART DIRECTION
DESIGN
ART DIRECTION
DESIGN
For Ulta Beauty’s Beauty School campaign with Refinery29, I illustrated, designed editorial and social concepts, and edited videos for social. The campaign combined beauty tips and community interviews with stories around diversity, mental health, and sustainability.
For Ulta Beauty’s Beauty School campaign with Refinery29, I illustrated, designed editorial and social concepts, and edited videos for social. The campaign combined beauty tips and community interviews with stories around diversity, mental health, and sustainability.
EDITORIAL HERO
EDITORIAL HERO
STICKERS
STICKERS
WEB
WEB
SOCIAL
SOCIAL
Can We Talk? Designing the Messy Parts of Modern Love
Can We Talk? Designing the Messy Parts of Modern Love
Can We Talk?
Designing the Messy Parts of Modern Love
ART DIRECTION
DESIGN
ART DIRECTION
DESIGN
Can We Talk? was Refinery29’s column unpacking the messy, intimate, and often culturally loaded realities of modern relationships. I led the art direction and design execution across editorial and social, bringing on illustrator Yihyojoon and shaping a visual language that felt as candid, strange, and emotionally nuanced as the conversations themselves.
Can We Talk? was Refinery29’s column unpacking the messy, intimate, and often culturally loaded realities of modern relationships. I led the art direction and design execution across editorial and social, bringing on illustrator Yihyojoon and shaping a visual language that felt as candid, strange, and emotionally nuanced as the conversations themselves.
LOGO DESIGN
LOGO DESIGN
HERO ILLUSTRATIONS
HERO ILLUSTRATIONS
WEB
WEB
SOCIAL
SOCIAL
The Big Taboo in Relationships Isn’t Sex. It’s Money.
The Big Taboo in Relationships Isn’t Sex. It’s Money.
The Big Taboo in Relationships
Isn’t Sex. It’s Money.
ART DIRECTION
DESIGN
ART DIRECTION
DESIGN
For Refinery29's partnership with SoFi, I led the art direction and design around money in relationships — a subject most couples actively avoid. I sourced and directed award-winning illustrator Wenjing Yang to build a visual world around the awkward intimacy of sharing a life, and finances, with someone: an injection-mold sprue that never quite lets go, a puzzle that only half resolves. The system ran across an interactive editorial feature, paid media, and social.
For Refinery29's partnership with SoFi, I led the art direction and design around money in relationships — a subject most couples actively avoid. I sourced and directed award-winning illustrator Wenjing Yang to build a visual world around the awkward intimacy of sharing a life, and finances, with someone: an injection-mold sprue that never quite lets go, a puzzle that only half resolves. The system ran across an interactive editorial feature, paid media, and social.
WEB PUZZLE CONCEPT
WEB PUZZLE CONCEPT
TAROT CARD ART DIRECTION
TAROT CARD ART DIRECTION
Editorial Illustrations By Me
Editorial Illustrations By Me
