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Hi, I'm Emily Mendoza, a Mexican-American freelance illustrator who thrives on vibrancy and diversity. I specialize in children's books and educational illustration, bringing bold colors, playful characters, and engaging typography to every project. I love collaborating with publishers and brands to create visuals that resonate with readers of all ages. When I'm not drawing, I explore texture, motion, and design systems to keep stories lively and inclusive.…Hi, I'm Emily Mendoza, a Mexican-American freelance illustrator who thrives on vibrancy and diversity. I specialize in children's books and educational illustration, bringing bold colors, playful characters, and engaging typography to every project. I love collaborating with publishers and brands to create visuals that resonate with readers of all ages. When I'm not drawing, I explore texture, motion, and design systems to keep stories lively and inclusive.

Emily Mendoza

Illustrator, Book Illustrator, Children’s Book Illustrator, +3

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Hi, I'm Emily Mendoza, a Mexican-American freelance illustrator who thrives on vibrancy and diversity. I specialize in children's books and educational illustration, bringing bold colors, playful characters, and engaging typography to every project. I love collaborating with publishers and brands to create visuals that resonate with readers of all ages. When I'm not drawing, I explore texture, motion, and design systems to keep stories lively and inclusive.…Hi, I'm Emily Mendoza, a Mexican-American freelance illustrator who thrives on vibrancy and diversity. I specialize in children's books and educational illustration, bringing bold colors, playful characters, and engaging typography to every project. I love collaborating with publishers and brands to create visuals that resonate with readers of all ages. When I'm not drawing, I explore texture, motion, and design systems to keep stories lively and inclusive.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Emily Mendoza, a Mexican-American freelance illustrator who thrives on vibrancy and diversity. I specialize in children’s books and educational illustration, bringing bold colors, playful characters, and engaging typography to every project.

I love collaborating with publishers and brands to create visuals that resonate with readers of all ages. When I’m not drawing, I explore texture, motion, and design systems to keep stories lively and inclusive.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Editorial Illustration

Expert

Animation

Expert

GIF

Intermediate

Lettering

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Spanish; Castilian

Advanced

Work Experience

Illustrator at The Cat Agency

January 1, 2023 - November 14, 2025

Creating children’s books and illustrations for clients such as HarperCollins, Highlights, Lee & Low, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House

Contract Illustrator at Amplify Education

January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024

Illustrating educational children’s books/readers for print.

Illustrator at Dotdash

January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019

Designing illustrations for multiple online media companies. Illustration subjects range from travel, food, technology, business, and healthcare. Brands include The Spruce, The Balance, Verywell Healh, Tripsavvy, and Lifewire.

Production Intern at Simon & Schuster Children’s

January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019

Working for both Production and Management departments. Completing/organizing sales materials, gathering materials and reports for weekly meetings, reviewing Blues & Slugging.

Online Marketing Intern at HarperCollins

January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018

Create newsletter design layouts, social media posts for instagram and pinterest, illustrated typographic design, merchandise design, logo design.

Contract Illustrator at Amplify Education

December 31, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Illustrating educational children’s books/readers for print.

Illustrator at Dotdash

December 31, 2019 - December 31, 2019

Production Intern (Children's) at Simon & Schuster

December 31, 2019 - December 31, 2019

Working for both Production and Management departments. Completing/organizing sales materials, gathering materials and reports for weekly meetings, reviewing Blues & Slugging.

Online Marketing Intern at HarperCollins

December 31, 2018 - December 31, 2018

Create newsletter design layouts, social media posts for Instagram and Pinterest, illustrated typographic design, merchandise design, logo design.

Contract Illustrator at Amplify Education

January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2024

Illustrating educational children’s books/readers for print.

Simon & Schuster Children’s Production Intern at Simon & Schuster

January 1, 2019 - Present

Working for both Production and Management departments. Completing/organizing sales materials, gathering materials and reports for weekly meetings, reviewing Blues & Slugging.