J. "Frey" Hilliard

Designs worth more than the sum of their parts.

An engineer turned interactive designer. Making art from start to finish, whether it ends online or in your hands. Let's make something happen together.

Experience

Adasina Social Capital │April 2025 — Current

Contract Graphic Designer

Designed marketing emails and templated quarterly investment reports, social justice impact reports, and other related materials, while adhering to best practices and CSV integration for automation. Templated emails within Mailchimp including custom HTML/CSS and graphics for email campaigns. Communicated across multiple departments, effectively translating project requirements and objectives. Maintained a cloud library of created assets and editable document templates.

Greater Restoration │March 2020 — Current

Art Director and Event Coordinator

Spoken with volunteers for feedback gathering, and fostering healthy communication between staff and participants. Created marketing materials, graphics, and livestream production assets. Operated with a small team of artists, delegating work and ensuring standard quality across projects. Coordinated with core staff members routinely to create and execute plans. Maintained a cloud drive of created digital assets and branding, and media kit for 3rd parties. Updated the Greater Restoration website as needed.

SKILLS

Education

Millersville University │May 2024

Bachelor of Design in Interactive and Graphic Design
Graduated Magna Cum Laude — 3.84 GPA

Thaddeus Stevens │May 2020

Associate of Applied Science in Engineering CAD Technology
2019 A.D.D.A. Student Chapter Treasurer

  • Logo & Brand Design, Packaging, Illustration, Typography, Motion Graphics, Video Production

  • Website Development, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Wireframing

  • Information Architecture, UI UX Design, User Testing, Prototyping

  • Team Management, Client Outreach, Community Building

  • Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, ETC.), Figma, Visual Code Studio, Github, Mailchimp

Graphic Design

Recent and ongoing projects. Graphic Design and Illustration.
All done by hand.

GOAL

Create usable, polished assets that reinforce Adasina's Theory of Change and Social Justice Investment Criteria.

SOLUTION

Document templates were created to refine and build on Adasina's design system, quarterly reports were given a new workflow for .CSV integration and automation, email templates were made in Mailchimp that were received by investors, and custom graphics were made for both presentations and in marketing materials.

(Other materials subject to N.D.A.)

GOAL

Create the visual identity of this consulting firm with an elegant, clean image.

SOLUTION

The logo mark for Liyria was created with usable variants for web and print, an ongoing project for a light brand kit including a Style Guide, logo, and more.

GOAL

Illustrate and capture the brand image of a small cafe.

SOLUTION

Berry Sweet Cafe required an understanding of using product mockups, visual branding, and creation of an adaptive logo emphasizing a cute, playful tone.

© 2026 J. Hilliard. No work displayed has been made using generative AI tools. I do not consent to any scraping of content for AI model training purposes.

Well hello, hello!

Call me Frey. I'm a digital illustrator with an academic background in CADD and Interactive and Graphic Design. My work ranges from Digital Media Production, Branding, bespoke Illustrations, and Content Creation.I enjoy spending my free time caring for or learning about animals, playing indie RPGs, or analyzing creative media projects. There's plenty of trivia I can share about animals from polar bears to specific subspecies of turtles.

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© 2026 J. Hilliard. No work displayed has been made using generative AI tools. I do not consent to any scraping of content for AI model training purposes.