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Hi, I’m Julie Sauerwein, founder of Little by little Studio. I design visuals for social change, translating complex ideas into accessible narratives in collaboration with cooperatives, NGOs, and UN agencies. My field-based, multilingual practice centers community-led design and collective action, drawing on twenty years of experience across South India, Europe and Vanuatu. I love collaborating with local musicians, performers, and filmmakers to create culturally nuanced tools that make information visible and inclusive in areas such as Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, Gender-Based Violence, and Economic Empowerment.…Hi, I’m Julie Sauerwein, founder of Little by little Studio. I design visuals for social change, translating complex ideas into accessible narratives in collaboration with cooperatives, NGOs, and UN agencies. My field-based, multilingual practice centers community-led design and collective action, drawing on twenty years of experience across South India, Europe and Vanuatu. I love collaborating with local musicians, performers, and filmmakers to create culturally nuanced tools that make information visible and inclusive in areas such as Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, Gender-Based Violence, and Economic Empowerment.

Julie Sauerwein

Designer, Illustrator, Artist, +4

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Hi, I’m Julie Sauerwein, founder of Little by little Studio. I design visuals for social change, translating complex ideas into accessible narratives in collaboration with cooperatives, NGOs, and UN agencies. My field-based, multilingual practice centers community-led design and collective action, drawing on twenty years of experience across South India, Europe and Vanuatu. I love collaborating with local musicians, performers, and filmmakers to create culturally nuanced tools that make information visible and inclusive in areas such as Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, Gender-Based Violence, and Economic Empowerment.…Hi, I’m Julie Sauerwein, founder of Little by little Studio. I design visuals for social change, translating complex ideas into accessible narratives in collaboration with cooperatives, NGOs, and UN agencies. My field-based, multilingual practice centers community-led design and collective action, drawing on twenty years of experience across South India, Europe and Vanuatu. I love collaborating with local musicians, performers, and filmmakers to create culturally nuanced tools that make information visible and inclusive in areas such as Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, Gender-Based Violence, and Economic Empowerment.

Next availability:

August 1, 2026

Brussels, Belgium

Hi, I’m Julie Sauerwein, founder of Little by little Studio. I design visuals for social change, translating complex ideas into accessible narratives in collaboration with cooperatives, NGOs, and UN agencies.

My field-based, multilingual practice centers community-led design and collective action, drawing on twenty years of experience across South India, Europe and Vanuatu. I love collaborating with local musicians, performers, and filmmakers to create culturally nuanced tools that make information visible and inclusive in areas such as Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, Gender-Based Violence, and Economic Empowerment.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Watercolour Illustration

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Editorial Illustration

Intermediate

Logo

Intermediate

Photo

Intermediate

Language

French

Fluent

English

Fluent

Italian

Fluent

Bislama

Fluent

Spanish; Castilian

Intermediate

German

Intermediate

Work Experience

Art Director / Visual Communication Designer at MINISTRY OF HEALTH VANUATU

January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2024

MHPSS Visual Communication Art direction and collaborative design development with communities for MoH outreach project on Mental Health.

WaSH / Climate Change Program Designer at CROIX ROUGE FRANÇAISE Vanuatu

January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018

WaSH, Climate Change, Land Management, Rainwater Tank Manual, Maintenance Manual for surface water, groundwater and rain water supply.

Identity & Communications Designer at UNICEF Vanuatu

January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2022

ECCE, Post-disaster children books, WaSH, Child Protection, Immunisation campaigns; concept of the first National Health book.

Identity Designer / Communications Lead at WORLD VISION Vanuatu

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2022

Nutrition, Community Sanitation, Business Resilience, Menstrual Hygiene, Cross-sector Health, Local Economy and Justice Narratives.

Disability & GBV Policy Visual Designer at MINISTRY OF JUSTICE Vanuatu

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2021

Disability Policy, GBV Policy, Vanuatu Constitution and Institutions visuals.

Collaboratory Visual Identity Designer at NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF VANUATU

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2022

Collaboratory Visual Identity, Conference Proceedings, Catalogues, Invitations, Programs.

Identity Designer / Cultural Co-creator at UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA (Australia)

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021

Identity design for the Collaboratory Podcasts and the Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity Project.

Visual Communications / Branding Designer at ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE Vanuatu

January 1, 2011 - Present

Visual Communication and branding for cultural events, book fairs, exhibitions, concerts; ongoing collaboration.

Photographer / Archive Researcher at CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE Paris

January 1, 1995 - January 1, 1999

Assistant to the Director and Exhibition Assistant; archive sourcing and exhibition coordination.

Exhibition Organiser / Magazine/Photo Assistant at MAGNUM PHOTOS Paris

January 1, 1991 - January 1, 1993

Selection & Distribution of Photos for Magnum; Assistant to Director Ayperi Karabuda.

Exhibition Organiser / Festival Coordinator at FRENCH EMBASSY Rome

January 1, 1993 - January 1, 1994

Exhibition organiser and festival coordinator in French Institutes and private galleries.

Visual Designer / Project Coordinator at The Commons Network

January 1, 2020 - Present

Supports multi-stakeholder programs through visual communication, co-creation with communities, and art-based tools; focuses on social housing, feminist skills sharing, and art as a vector for social change.

Visual Designer / Communications Designer at IOM UN MIGRATION Vanuatu and Solomon Islands

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2023

Contributed to shelter, waste management, forestry, traditional architecture, human trafficking, GBV, disaster preparedness and reconstruction communications and visual storytelling across Vanuatu and Solomon Islands programs.

WaSH / Climate Change / Manual Designer at CROIX ROUGE FRANÇAISE Vanuatu

January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018

WaSH, climate change, land management, rainwater tank manual, and groundwater/surface water maintenance materials.

Communications & Community Development Designer at WORLD VISION Vanuatu

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2022

Nutrition, community sanitation, business resilience, menstrual hygiene, cross-sector health, local economy and justice narratives.

Visual Communications Designer at UNICEF Vanuatu

January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2022

ECCE, post-disaster children’s books, WaSH, child protection, concept design for the first national health book and immunisation campaigns.

Policy & Public Information Designer at MINISTRY OF JUSTICE Vanuatu

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2021

Disability policy, GBV policy, Vanuatu Constitution and institutions communications design.

Identity Designer / Collaboratory Designer at UNIVERSITY OF CAMBERRA

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021

Identity design for Collaboratory Podcasts and Scaffolding Cultural Co-creativity project.

Visual Communications & Branding Specialist at ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE Vanuatu

January 1, 2011 - Present

Visual communication and branding for cultural events, book fairs, exhibitions, concerts, new logo and books, leaflets, stickers, posters.

Visual Campaign & Branding Specialist at ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE Lesotho

January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2022

Visual campaign and branding promoting bilingualism, capacity building with Basotho designer, rebranding for local marketing campaign.

Assistant to Director / Project Manager (Photography Exhibition) at INSTITUT FRANÇAIS Rabat, Morocco

January 1, 2000 - Present

Assistant to the Director and project manager for a photography exhibition at Dar M’Rini and workshop with the women convicts of the prison Rabat Salé.

Exhibition Assistant / Curator Assistant at CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE Paris (Jeu de Paume)

January 1, 1995 - January 1, 1999

Assistant to the Director Robert Delpire and Régis Durand; exhibition assistant curator.

Exhibitions & Festival Coordinator at FRENCH EMBASSY In Rome, Italy

January 1, 1993 - January 1, 1994

Exhibition organizer and festival coordinator in French Institutes and private galleries.

Photo Selection & Distribution at MAGNUM PHOTOS Paris

January 1, 1991 - January 1, 1993

Selection & distribution of photos for Magnum International; assistant to director Ayperi Karabuda.

Assistant to Photographer at SEBASTIAO SALGADO Paris

January 1, 1992 - January 1, 1993

Assistant to the photographer for print sales and exhibition coordination.

Assistant to Chief Photo Editor at GEO MAGAZINE Paris

January 1, 1991 - January 1, 1991

Assistant to chief photo editor.

Archive Assistant / Researcher at SONNABEND GALLERY New York

January 1, 1990 - January 1, 1990

Archive assistant and researcher.

Archives Assistant at LAWRENCE WEINER STUDIO New York

January 1, 1990 - Present

Archives assistant.

Art Workshops Facilitator at Korean travelling school of Mikyung Kang (Seoul)

November 1, 2007 - Present

Art workshops with teenagers (12-17 years) in India; facilitated creative making and storytelling.

Art Classes (Afterschool) at Little by little Studio, Port-Vila, Vanuatu

January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2019

Afterschool art classes for primary students, including students with learning disabilities.

Capacity Building for Curriculum Designers at MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Vanuatu

January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021

Capacity building for designers and illustrators of the Curriculum Development Unit; training in technical and conceptual skills, marketing, post-colonial visual identity.