CONTACT
lesliekaylim (at) gmail.com
Good writing and design excite me as an individual and a working professional. I discovered and honed my aesthetic appreciation at Parsons School of Design and through my degrees in Communication Design and Fashion Studies.
A former journalist and educator, I now bring my text-based and verbal storytelling abilities to the detail-oriented visual playground. I am hoping especially to apply them in the field of illustrated publishing.
lesliekaylim (at) gmail.com
Good writing and design excite me as an individual and a working professional. I discovered and honed my aesthetic appreciation at Parsons School of Design and through my degrees in Communication Design and Fashion Studies.
A former journalist and educator, I now bring my text-based and verbal storytelling abilities to the detail-oriented visual playground. I am hoping especially to apply them in the field of illustrated publishing.
EDUCATION
Society of Children’s Book
Writers & Illustrators, Member
Parsons The New School for Design
Communication Design, AAS
Fashion Studies, MA
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: Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, XD,
Procreate
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
Fashion Studies, MA
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: Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, XD,
Procreate
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
09.2022 –
Author, Illustrator
Wernick & Pratt Agency
03.2021 –
Creative Director
parts:whole Anthology
05.2021 –
Studio Assistant
Pat Cummings Illustration
10.2023 – 02.2025
Editorial Contributor
F ZINE
04.2022 – 06.2022
Junior Designer
Mindful Design Collective
2016 – 2021
Teaching Assistant
The New School
06.2018 – 09.2018
Archivist
Tory Burch
02.2018
Exhibition Assistant
The Museum of Modern Art
2012 – 2018
Fashion Journalist,
Freelance Writer
The Straits Times
Previous
Brooklyn Book Festival
Rainbow Centre
Museum of the Moving Image
US Embassy Tokyo
The Museum at FIT
Ace & Jig
Atelier Dore
09.2022 –
Author, Illustrator
Wernick & Pratt Agency
03.2021 –
Creative Director
parts:whole Anthology
05.2021 –
Studio Assistant
Pat Cummings Illustration
10.2023 – 02.2025
Editorial Contributor
F ZINE
04.2022 – 06.2022
Junior Designer
Mindful Design Collective
2016 – 2021
Teaching Assistant
The New School
06.2018 – 09.2018
Archivist
Tory Burch
02.2018
Exhibition Assistant
The Museum of Modern Art
2012 – 2018
Fashion Journalist,
Freelance Writer
The Straits Times
Previous
Brooklyn Book Festival
Rainbow Centre
Museum of the Moving Image
US Embassy Tokyo
The Museum at FIT
Ace & Jig
Atelier Dore