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Leslie is a seasoned art director and published author.
Experienced in brand marketing, print editorial design, digital news design, UI/UX, game design, and experiential design.
Me and my son, Archibald.
Currently the Art Director at Invesco.
They were previously the Art Director at Millie, Associate Art Director at Men’s Health and Web Art Director at VICE News and a Graphic Designer at Fast Company.
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Email me at:
thelesliexia@gmail.com
🏆 Awards 🍹
Leslie has the honor of not so humble bragging about recognition from the Financial Communications Society, the Society of Publication Designers, the Newswomen Club Front Page Awards, the Print Magazine Regional Design Awards, and the Fast Company Innovation by Design Awards.
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Extra Bold is the inclusive, practical, and informative (design) career guide for everyone! Part textbook and part comic book, zine, manifesto, survival guide, and self-help manual, Extra Bold is filled with stories and ideas that don't show up in other career books or design overviews. Both pragmatic and inquisitive, the book explores power structures in the workplace and how to navigate them. Practical guides cover everything from starting out, to wage gaps, coming out at work, cover letters, mentoring, and more.
A new take on the design canon. Opens with critical essays that rethink design principles and practices through theories of feminism, anti-racism, inclusion, and nonbinary thinking.
Written collaboratively by a diverse team of authors, Ellen Lupton, Leslie Xia, Farah Kafei, Jennifer Tobias, Josh A. Halstead, Kaleena Sales, and Valentina Vergara.