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.
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.
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