Hi, I'm Leigh!
I'm a visual designer who loves crafting distinctive brand identities and creating compelling assets for creative and innovative businesses especially.
I'm passionate about weaving authentic brand stories that truly resonate with and captivate target audiences. I also love to bring a touch of illustration and a little bit of magic to my projects whenever the chance comes up.
I'm also a...
tour guide,
My days as a tour guide at Syracuse University and The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum are long over but I still love history and showing people around.
In 2018, I created a sold-out AirBnB Experience Tour covering the typography and signage in Boston's North End, and in 2019, I organized a networking trip to London for students in my design program for a week of studio tours and workshops with amazing UK creatives. It was a blast and inspired one of my last student portfolio projects, too (below).
painter,
Outside of design, painting has always been a big passion of mine. I love to paint in watercolor but a new challenge has been painting outdoors en plein air.
In 2023, a streaming giant purchased one of my seascapes for the set of a new series filming in Massachusetts. The set design kid in me was over the moon!
I can't wait to see if the piece made the literal cut in 2024 - but even if it doesn't, I still framed the contract...
& career changer
After graduating, I worked in marketing roles for art museums and non-profits before spending a few years doing email marketing for tech companies.
I always wanted a creative role, and after working with talented designers in other capacities, I knew visual design was what I wanted to do instead. So back to school I went, and designing ever since.
Below is one of my favorite student projects, an event rebrand of the annual Cambridge Science Festival (2019).
