Hi, I'm Jen Kristen Taylor

I unite images and text to make beautiful stories.

About me

A former high school English teacher, I use my writing and teaching background to inform my visual communication decisions. My current interests include type, book, motion, and ix/ux design. (Yes, that's a serial comma.)

  • Type Design

  • Book Design

  • Motion Graphics Design

  • User Experience Design

  • Writing

  • Concepting

Jen Kristen Taylor

Writer / Visual Communication Designer

I've always been fascinated by stories--told in words, images, moving images: it doesn't matter. A good story will always be a good story, and a great story can remind us of our own humanity. And if you tell the right story at the right time, it's magic. Let me help you tell your story.

Resume

Download a PDF copy instead.

MA in Publications Design, University of Baltimore

2013-2016

Significant Courses: Typography I and II, Advanced Graphic Design, Advanced Web Development, Motion Graphics for Film & Video, Book Design, Interface and Interaction Design, Special Topics: Designing Type

MFA in Creative Writing, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

2010-2012

Significant Courses: Structure of Fiction, Structure of Verse, Contemporary Publishing, Seminar on Publishing

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1999-2004

MAT in Secondary English Education; BA in English with Honors in Creative Writing minor

Academic Program Specialist for Advising, Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences, University of Baltimore

2013-present

Manage advising-related college communications, both in print and online; Update college website using CMS & ensure accuracy of online messaging; Coordinate annual Merit Award event celebrating exceptional students; Redesigned Merit Award event materials

Poetry Editor, The Greensboro Review, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

2011-2012

Reviewed over 300 submissions for biannual literary magazine; Communicated acceptances, rejections, copyedit queries & permissions with authors; Managed volunteer staff for copyediting & proofreading poems & stories; Copyedited content using Chicago Manual of Style & instructed volunteers in copyediting processes

Graphic Design Intern, Boson Books

Fall 2011

Researched content management systems & wrote user guides for author websites; Designed e-book covers & example website for e-book author

Portfolio

Take a look at some of my recent work.

  • All
  • Case Study
  • Web
  • User Experience
  • Motion Graphics
  • Identity
  • Type
A mock-up scene of a magazine ad, postcard, and website for the Storybook Saturdays campaign

Storybook Saturdays

Case Study
Mockup of Sergei Diaghilev website design, Youtube channel, and logo design

Sergei Diaghilev

Case Study
a set of branded materials for the Invisible Cities salon

Invisible Cities

Case Study
photo of Merit Awards ceremony program

Merit Awards

Print, Environmental
photo of book cover design for The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene

The Heart of the Matter

Book Design

Prodigal Summer

Digital
paper prototyping

Duck Hunters Survey

User Experience Research
Mockup scene with posters designed using the Mrs. Dalloway typeface that I designed.

Mrs. Dalloway Typeface

Type Design
Close-up detail of cover of high school unit plan for STEAM arts project

STEAMARTS

Motion Graphics, Print
Cover for short story Eva is Inside Her Cat

Eva is Inside Her Cat

Book Design

Get In Touch

I'd love to hear from you.

Awesome! Your Message has been sent.

Uh oh! Something went wrong. Please try again.