RACHEL FAZIO

Rachel is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Los Angeles who specializes in branding, publication, and music packaging design. They graduated with their Bachelor of Design from University of Washington and are currently completing their MFA in Graphic Design at CalArts.

Rachel is currently working as the Social Media Manager for Organic Control, Inc. (2024–present) and creating merchandise for various local musicians like Janna Jamison and Underexposed (Garrett Rahn). They worked as a Content Creator for Forem, DEV, and Codenewbie (2022–2024) and as an Art and English Teacher at Fusion Academy (2021–2022). Rachel has been working as a professional graphic designer, mostly centered around brand design in collaboration with local brands and artists since 2018.

SELECTED WORKTYPEYR
9
I WAS SEDUCED BY GAY TYPE!
Publication
2026
8
THE UNKNOWN
Publication
2026
7
ROOTED TERRITORIES
Branding
2025
6
ADDING SOIL AMENDMENTS
Publication
2026
5
JANNA JAMISON
Branding
2024–2026
4
DEV
Branding
2022–2024
3
LA CHIMERA
Title Sequence
2026
2
I FOUND THE F
Music Video
2025
1
MUSIC BOX SANS
Type Design
2025
4    DEV
TYPE: BRANDING
2022–2024

I operated as the sole graphic designer for three open-source communities for over two million software developers: DEV, Forem, and CodeNewbie. 

During my time,  I was responsible for:
  • Leading brand redesigns and building brand systems for DEV and CodeNewbie
  • Managing and creating content for eight total social media profiles
  • Redesigning shop website
  • Creating visual and written assets for email campaigns to our 300,000+ subscriber newsletter
  • Designing marketing campaigns for hackathons with GitHub, Cloudflare, Supabase, Refine, Netlify, AWS Amplify, + more
  • Coordinating marketing and producing all visual assets for CodeNewbie Podcast for three seasons
  • Art directing internal campaigns for yearly community events including we_coded, Pride, and Hacktoberfest
  • Managed Facebook and Instagram, including content creation, content calendar, and social media strategy
  • Responsible for: managing Trello boards, setting KPIs, coordinating influencer marketing, organizing paid social, formatting newsletter, and maintaining website via WordPress
  • Instagrams managed: @thepracticaldev @codenewbies