CONTACT
lesliekaylim (at) gmail.com
Good design excites me as both an individual and a working professional. That aesthetic appreciation has been honed by my time at Parsons, and my degrees in Communication Design and Fashion Studies.
As a journalist and educator, I worked in text-based and verbal storytelling. Now I bring those abilities to the visual playground as a graphic designer with a background in arts communication, love for picture books and an eye for detail.
lesliekaylim (at) gmail.com
Good design excites me as both an individual and a working professional. That aesthetic appreciation has been honed by my time at Parsons, and my degrees in Communication Design and Fashion Studies.
As a journalist and educator, I worked in text-based and verbal storytelling. Now I bring those abilities to the visual playground as a graphic designer with a background in arts communication, love for picture books and an eye for detail.
EDUCATION
Society of Children’s Book
Writers & Illustrators, Member
Parsons The New School for Design
Communication Design, AAS / 2021
Fashion Studies, MA / 2017
Middlebury College
Political Science & Japanese, BA
Christie’s Education
Certificate: History of Jewellery Design
Inter-University Center for
Japanese Studies (Stanford University)
Certificate: Advanced Japanese
SKILLS
Design & Illustration: Procreate,
Adobe Creative Suite
Writing: Creative, News, Features,
Interviews, Editing, Copy Editing
Language: English (Native), Japanese
(Fluent / JLPT Level 1 Certified)
OTHER
Growing up as a third culture kid of
Japanese and Chinese descent, I spent
time in Tokyo, NYC, Saudi Arabia, and
Singapore. Now based in Brooklyn.
Society of Children’s Book
Writers & Illustrators, Member
Parsons The New School for Design
Communication Design, AAS / 2021
Fashion Studies, MA / 2017
Middlebury College
Political Science & Japanese, BA
Christie’s Education
Certificate: History of Jewellery Design
Inter-University Center for
Japanese Studies (Stanford University)
Certificate: Advanced Japanese
SKILLS
Design & Illustration: Procreate,
Adobe Creative Suite
Writing: Creative, News, Features,
Interviews, Editing, Copy Editing
Language: English (Native), Japanese
(Fluent / JLPT Level 1 Certified)
OTHER
Growing up as a third culture kid of
Japanese and Chinese descent, I spent
time in Tokyo, NYC, Saudi Arabia, and
Singapore. Now based in Brooklyn.
EXPERIENCE
10.2023 –
Freelance Writer
FEMALE Magazine
09.2022 –
Writer, Illustrator
Wernick & Pratt Agency
03.2021 –
Designer, Editor
parts:whole Anthology
05.2021 –
Studio Assistant
Pat Cummings Illustration
04.2022 – 06.2022
Junior Designer
Mindful Design Collective
2016 – 2021
Teaching Assistant
The New School
06.2018 – 09.2018
Contract Archivist
Tory Burch
02.2018
Exhibition Assistant
The Museum of Modern Art
2015 – 2018
Freelance Writer
The Straits Times
2012 – 2015
Fashion Journalist
The Straits Times
Previous
Rainbow Centre
Museum of the Moving Image
US Embassy Tokyo
The Museum at FIT
Ace & Jig
Atelier Dore
10.2023 –
Freelance Writer
FEMALE Magazine
09.2022 –
Writer, Illustrator
Wernick & Pratt Agency
03.2021 –
Designer, Editor
parts:whole Anthology
05.2021 –
Studio Assistant
Pat Cummings Illustration
04.2022 – 06.2022
Junior Designer
Mindful Design Collective
2016 – 2021
Teaching Assistant
The New School
06.2018 – 09.2018
Contract Archivist
Tory Burch
02.2018
Exhibition Assistant
The Museum of Modern Art
2015 – 2018
Freelance Writer
The Straits Times
2012 – 2015
Fashion Journalist
The Straits Times
Previous
Rainbow Centre
Museum of the Moving Image
US Embassy Tokyo
The Museum at FIT
Ace & Jig
Atelier Dore