Carr Center Annual Report

2021-2022
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 report.






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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).
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.



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).

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.

HKS Branding

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




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About

Rachel currently works at the Harvard Kennedy School, and previously spent several years as a designer at Fathom. She loves making things, particularly at the intersection of motion graphics and information design.  

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.
Clients

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