Kellyn Nettles

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Brooklyn-based designer with a background in editorial design and publishing. Current explorations in design expand into physical space, conceptualizing spatial design solutions that enable communities to co-create and learn in engaging, sustainable, and nurturing ways.

Education

Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)
Master of Fine Arts — Exhibition
and Experience Design
2024

Pratt Institute
Certificate in Exhibition Design
2022

University of Missouri
Bachelor of Journalism (Design)
2019

Employment

Àrokò Cooperative
Steering Committee Member + Designer
June 2021 - Present

San Francisco Bay View
Editorial Designer
June 2022 - April 2023

Rutgers University
Teaching and Design Assistant
September 2021 - May 2022

Weight Watchers
Graphic Designer
August 2020 - June 2021

Time Out North America
Junior Designer
August 2019 - July 2020

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

VectorWorks

Enscape

Google Suite

Notion

Writing

"Is God Is" and "Sinners": An offering to the Ibeji Twins
AROKO.WORLD

Paul Thomas Anderson Hate Study
AROKO.WORLD

Queering Del Toro’s Creature Features
AROKO.WORLD

Creative Growth in a Cooperative Ecosystem: A Conversation with the Àrokò Design Department
AROKO.WORLD

Creating With Community: Imagining Collaborative, Justice-Oriented Spaces
FIT School of Graduate Studies Exhibition and Experience Design Qualifying Paper

'Mr. SOUL!' showcases black excellence and black power in television
VOX Magazine

Engagements

Creating With Community: SEGD Academic Summit
2025

Social Impact Design Studio Development: Dent Education
2021

Digital Art Specialist: New York Edge
2022

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【my resume】 【my thesis】 【my style】

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multidisciplinary designer based in brooklyn working at 【àrokò cooperative】

【my resume】【my thesis】【my style】

multidisciplinary designer based in brooklyn
working at 【àrokò cooperative】