Angela Navarra is a New Jersey born, Italian bred, art director, and illustrator. She has a BFA in Graphic Design and Advertising from the School of Visual Arts and just about 20 years of experience with major brands and small studios providing illustration, design, and art direction services.

Her specialties include hand-lettering, branding, book design, and illustration. However, the range of projects Angela has worked on is broad and extensive; spanning from branding and corporate identity, packaging, posters, digital, and product design. She is always looking to explore and apply her philosophy to new areas of design and illustration.

Currently, Angela is a Senior Art Director for Callisto Publishing. Previously, she has collaborated with companies such as Disney, Nickelodeon, Scholastic Books, Simon & Shuster, CNBC, and many more. Angela also created her own stationery company, Doo Daa Studio, which was in full swing for just about 4 years. She created and sold products wholesale to retailers across the USA. When she is not working, Angela enjoys baking, thrifting, yoga, exploring with Maddox (her son), singing in cars, conversing in Italian, writing in the third person, and traveling to new places.

If you'd like to see what you and Angela can create together please feel free to say hello! You'll find that she is easy to work with, highly motivated, and always has a joke or two up her sleeve! Until then, thanks for stoppin' by!

RECOGNITION

Illustration Dept Podcast Interview
How to Get Work as an Illustrator P1 & P2
for The Love of Paper Volume 1
Paper Crave
365 Calendars (Tastee Toaster Calendar)
Invitation Crush
Print & Pattern
I HEART LOGOS Book 3 (Dom & Tom logo)
Design Crush
CMYK Magazine 54 Pro Showcase (Dom & Tom logo, Wander print)
HOW Top 10 Websites for Designers
PRINT Design Annual 2009, 2010 (Greeting Card, Astroblast Kids Book)
Communication Arts FRESH TALENT
My parents refrigerator