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Carr Center Annual Reports

2022 & 2023
A comprehensive examination of the research, publications, events, podcasts, and webinars produced by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy over the past year. See the full 2022-2023 Annual Report here and the 2021-2022 Annual Report here.






Supporting social media graphics
HKS Magazine

Alumni magazine for
the Harvard Kennedy School

The Harvard Kennedy School Magazine comes out twice a year. During my three years as a graphic designer for the communications office, I worked on art direction, design, and production work for a wide range of feature stories on alumni and faculty, and developed templates for recurring sections like Class Notes.



Summer 2019 Issue: Lead art direction of cover art and corresponding feature spread (magazine work in collaboration with the HKS editorial team, the design director, and the cover illustrator for this issue, Israel Vargas).




Summer 2021 Issue: Lead art direction of cover art and corresponding feature spread (magazine work in collaboration with the HKS editorial team, the design director, and the cover illustrator for this issue, Ben Wiseman).



Spring 2019 Issue: Lead art direction of cover art and corresponding feature spread (magazine work in collaboration with the HKS editorial team, the design director, and the cover illustrator for this issue, Christian Northeast).
Branding for the HKS Human Rights film screening and discussion series, featuring programming that explores human rights challenges faced around the world.
HKS Commencement

2020 & 2021
Branding system and presentation design for the Harvard Kennedy School’s virtual graduations held remotely during the pandemic.



This campaign was created for the HKS virtual graduation celebration. The primary mark, which includes variants for each degree programs, was built out into an array of different assets, including a typographic system and motion graphics for a series of private and public-facing web events, the schools’ homepage, and social media platforms.

This event branding design has been carried over into the subsequent 2022 and 2023 commencement celebration materials as well.
HKS Campus Signage

2021 & 2022
Branding system, environmental graphics, and digital screens for the return to campus in the fall of 2021 & 2022, with frequently-updated safety protocols as the school welcomed back students, staff, and faculty after a prolonged closure during the COVID-19 pandemic.



Digital welcome screens for the HKS return to campus








Digital animated screens across campus keep everyone up to date on the most recent COVID-19 protocols at the Kennedy School.


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About

Rachel has over fifteen years of experience working at the intersection of information design, branding, and motion graphics. She has most recently worked as a designer for the Harvard Kennedy School, and Fathom, a data visualization studio.

Rachel holds a MFA from RISD in graphic design, and has taught classes and served as a visiting lecturer / guest critic at design programs around New England.

She is available for projects and collaborations, and would be glad to hear from you.
Clients

The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Harvard Kennedy School, the Yale School of Drama, Amazon, General Electric, iHeartRadio, Pretty Good Friends, The Village Voice, Chicago Magazine, St. Louis Magazine, and the Girl Scouts of the USA.