Hi, I’m Sarah Harrison, a graphic designer and illustrator who loves turning ideas into visual stories. I’m currently a freelance illustrator at PrincessPJs.com, creating portrait commissions, caricatures, book illustrations, character designs, and website designs, as well as developing online courses and curriculum materials. I also design branding assets and help clients build online presence through websites and visual storytelling. Beyond client work, I’ve helped build communities and brands for climate-focused initiatives—co-founding Climate Designers (2018–2021) and The Determined (2016–2021)—and I’ve taught design and social innovation as an adjunct professor at California College of the Arts. I’ve mentored students, led product and UX teams, and helped startups shape their product design and branding.

Sarah Harrison

Hi, I’m Sarah Harrison, a graphic designer and illustrator who loves turning ideas into visual stories. I’m currently a freelance illustrator at PrincessPJs.com, creating portrait commissions, caricatures, book illustrations, character designs, and website designs, as well as developing online courses and curriculum materials. I also design branding assets and help clients build online presence through websites and visual storytelling. Beyond client work, I’ve helped build communities and brands for climate-focused initiatives—co-founding Climate Designers (2018–2021) and The Determined (2016–2021)—and I’ve taught design and social innovation as an adjunct professor at California College of the Arts. I’ve mentored students, led product and UX teams, and helped startups shape their product design and branding.

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Hi, I’m Sarah Harrison, a graphic designer and illustrator who loves turning ideas into visual stories. I’m currently a freelance illustrator at PrincessPJs.com, creating portrait commissions, caricatures, book illustrations, character designs, and website designs, as well as developing online courses and curriculum materials. I also design branding assets and help clients build online presence through websites and visual storytelling.

Beyond client work, I’ve helped build communities and brands for climate-focused initiatives—co-founding Climate Designers (2018–2021) and The Determined (2016–2021)—and I’ve taught design and social innovation as an adjunct professor at California College of the Arts. I’ve mentored students, led product and UX teams, and helped startups shape their product design and branding.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Freelance Illustrator at PrincessPJs.com
January 1, 2021 - Present
Portrait commissions, caricatures, book illustration, character design, website design, online courses, curriculum design, live streaming, social media, and email marketing.
Co-founder at Climate Designers
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2021
Instructional design, event facilitation and community management, building a community of designers focused on ecologically sustainable design practices, producing online classes, workshops, and a podcast.
Co-founder at The Determined
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2021
Branding, website design, and workshop facilitation for climate-focused startups and organizations.
Adjunct Professor at California College of the Arts
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2021
Teaching Social Innovation in the Interaction Design graduate program.
Mentor at Design Lab; WhiteSpace; Bloc; General Assembly
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2020
Curriculum development, teaching, and advising UX design students.
Head of Product at True & Co
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2015
Led the design and development teams through feature development of a robust custom ecommerce website.
Director of UX at TaskRabbit
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2013
Led UX/UI design of web & mobile application to increase task posting, improve 'tasker' loyalty, and build business use cases.
Product Designer at TokBox
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2010
Led UX/UI design of web application to build business use cases. Developed marketing & education collateral for API platform.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Graphic Design and Interface Design at University of Idaho
August 12, 1996 - January 1, 2002

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Software & Internet, Professional Services
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    Self-published, personal project
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    Personal project
    uniE621 Digital Illustration
    Personal project
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    Personal project
    uniE621 Character Portrait: Scarlet, Lady of Darkness
    Fan art, personal project
    uniE621 Team Portrait, Selling Like a Champion
    I illustrated this team portrait of fun caricatures for Tom Duffy’s self-published book, Selling Like a Champion.
    uniE621 Caricatures, Selling Like a Champion
    I illustrated more than 50 caricatures for Tom Duffy’s self-published book, Selling Like a Champion.
    uniE621 Caricatures, Selling Like a Champion
    I illustrated more than 50 caricatures for Tom Duffy’s self-published book, Selling Like a Champion.
    uniE621 Caricatures, Selling Like a Champion
    I illustrated more than 50 caricatures for Tom Duffy’s self-published book, Selling Like a Champion.
    uniE621 Caricatures, Selling Like a Champion
    I illustrated more than 50 caricatures for Tom Duffy’s self-published book, Selling Like a Champion.
    uniE621 Caricatures, Selling Like a Champion
    I illustrated more than 50 caricatures for Tom Duffy’s self-published book, Selling Like a Champion.
    uniE621 Book Illustrations: Caricatures for Selling Like a Champion
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