
Kayla E.
- Joined October 2016
Kayla E. holds a BA in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard University and has been working as a graphic designer for over 6 years.
- Charleston, SC, United States
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Kayla is highly experienced in working with individuals as well as for-profit and nonprofit organizations. She develops branding for artists and organizations, as well as layout & production design for advertisements, logos, magazines, and books.
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Kayla is one of the most talented multi-disciplinary designers I've had the pleasure of working with. I treasure her design work just as much as an end-user, or consumer, as I do a collaborator. She excels at perfectly communicating and conveying emotion through design, and knows how to drive both creative and product direction. Kayla's ability to do this effectively across so many different mediums is truly rare and impressive.
I have been an admirer of Kayla's graphic design for some time. Her work combines an informed twenty-first century aesthetic with a solid grasp of the twentieth century essentials of clear, direct and straightforward visual communication.
I’ve long admired Kayla’s design for Nat. Brut and her independent illustration work. The pleasure of this work comes from an attention to the detail of idiomatic design styles (especially vintage advertising art, corporate design, and gag cartooning) combined with a passionate sensitivity to the spoken and unspoken power dynamics that are the historical legacy of these styles in context.
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Web Designer for Cameron Awkward-Rich
Worked as web designer and was responsible for the design and layout of the website, which was created through Wix.
Contributing Designer and Illustrator at Nautilus Magazine
Assisted the Art Director in layout and production of print materials and contributed original illustrations.
Graphic Designer for The Home School Miami
Designed an advertisement with original illustration for The Home School Miami, a weeklong conference for poets and artists.
Graphic Designer for Nat. Brut Magazine
Manages all day-to-day operations of Nat. Brut Magazine; solely responsible for all print and web design; maintains socially responsible editorial vision; solicits work from artists and writers; oversees board editors and ensures each issue/content-cycle is released on time.
Graphic Designer for Princeton University Conference
Designed poster for Modernist Fragmentation and After: International Postgraduate Conference at Princeton University.

Graphic Designer for Carryin' On Vintage Store
Created brand identity, including logos, cover photos and all promotional materials.
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Not seeking workAvailable
- Available during business hours, evenings, and weekends
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- Can work 40hrs per week
- Can commit to 6 months to 1 year
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The New Yorker, Nat. Brut Magazine, Nautilus Magazine, The New York Times, Apogee Journal.
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Public speaking at organizations and universities across the country, creating comics and illustrations.