About

Jess Crowell Astrella

CREATIVE DIRECTOR, brand designer, illustrator

she/her

Portland, OR

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Jess Astrella has spent 13 years as a freelance creative, working for clients ranging from small local businesses to established national brands looking to stand out & tell their story more clearly. Her work across brand identity, digital design, print pieces, events, and illustration translates a client's vision into something clear, cohesive, & emotionally resonant, creating real value beyond aesthetics.

My work is to help you decide who your audience is, and then provide the tools to reach them materially and emotionally. Regardless of whether a business has a physical embodiment, my job is to give it a shape, and make it exist in the real world, digitally, and in the hearts and minds of your customers. I love to make cool stuff with smart people- and that usually results in the most financially impactful work.

• 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 (too much) time volunteering, yapping with my friends and updating our 1960's daylight ranch outside of Portland, OR.

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