Jess Crowell Astrella

CREATIVE DIRECTOR, brand designer, illustrator

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hello@jrocro.com

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Hi, I’m Jess-

A detail-oriented creative with a heart for client relationships, communicating big ideas clearly, and making it all beautiful in the process. I love to make an idea into something we can see and understand. All I want to do in life boils down to: make pretty stuff for cool people.

• Previous invaluable corporate experience at Fortune 500 companies (IGN Entertainment and HP Enterprise Services) from 2008-2013.

• When I'm not at my desk, I'm an active mom of two, spending my time volunteering, yapping with my friends and updating our 1960's daylight ranch house.

I also have a ton of print and creative direction experience from my years owning a bespoke paper goods + invitations company, Boarding School Collective, which I’ve now shuttered to move on to other projects.

I love to work with collaborative, focused,
thoughtful clients who aim to bring something
beautiful, creative, fun, and empowering to market.

(An aside: my full name was Jessica Rose Crowell, which is where the nickname/old brand "J.RoCro" comes from - but I got married and blindly fell into the trap of the patriarchy and changed my name and chaos reigns supreme in the branding department of my life. Something something the cobbler’s kids have no shoes something something.)

Want to work with me? I’m looking to:

• Create graphic content for your brand or business in both digital + print
• Freelance contract work with creative agencies here in Portland
• Accept only select custom, private-client art commissions + portraits per year

Select Client List

Starbucks

David Yurman

TRUVANI

Vital Farms

willamette sauna festivaali

the wellmont theater

paper epiphanies

parkwood clinic

HIVE

CRAFT + BOOGIE

steepmeadow

SO FRESH N’ SO GREEN/ Lauren chambers

Join me, a real MilleNnial, over on Instagram, because you sure as sh*t won’t find me on TikTok

@j_ro_cro