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"Design is thinking made visual." - Saul Bass

A multi-disciplinary designer blending design and strategy across product, brand, and marketing.

Cleo Sonski is a Los Angeles–based designer with a soft spot for typography, color, texture, and anything that feels a little bit magical. She earned her BFA in Web Design and New Media from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, then explored the Bay Area’s startup scene, accumulating experience, a caffeine habit, and a deep appreciation for clever digital experiences. Eventually, the gravitational pull of her hometown (and its unmistakable sparkle) called her back to LA.

When she’s not designing, Cleo can be found tinkering with her film camera, hunting down the perfect slice of pizza, getting lost in LA’s endlessly weird and wonderful neighborhoods, or curled up with Fry, her orange-tabby sidekick and unofficial creative director, binging the latest film or TV series obsession.

Her visual toolkit spans across product design, branding, print, UI, iconography, illustration, typography, and marketing—basically anything that lets her mix design with strategy.

Types of Work:

Identity & Branding, Print & Digital, Illustration, Social Media & Marketing

Years of Passion for Design:

34

(I secretly judge a restaurant's menu font choice, especially if it's Papyrus)

Years of Experience:

12

Years in the Industry

About Me

FACTS & FIGURES

Experience

AT-A-GLANCE

Education

2024

Cohort Course: 
Visual Identity Design From Strategy to Creative

Hoodzpah

2015

BFA in Web Design + New Media

Academy of Art University, San Francisco

Work

2021-Present

Senior Brand & Graphic Designer

Trustly, Inc (Remote)

2021-2022

Graphic Designer

Vish, Inc

2018-2020

Graphic Designer

QuanticMind (Redwood City, CA)

2014

Graphic Designer Intern

Atomic Wash (Atlanta, GA)

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