Graphic Design

Melody Hirsch

Art Director | Designer | Maker of Things™

Hello there! I am a curiosity driven creative who loves crafting cultural resonance for brands, reinventing outdated visual languages, and working in both digital & physical spaces. My mission is to build positive, impactful designs that emphasize the role of emotion and human connection.

Let’s build something great together!

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Creative Direction for a Story-Driven Podcast

Brand identity, podcast cover, website and social assets for Origin Story, a podcast about the creative journey.


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Imagining a Social Network for Climate Resilience

Brand design, copywriting, pitch assets and initial product screens for a new platform focused on community resilience.

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Launching a Shape-Shifting Design Studio

Strategy, creative direction, web design and launch assets for a multidisciplinary design studio.

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Building a Visual World for a Hot Summer Album

Album and single release identity for Mega Dose.

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Aws Reinvent Expo

Restructuring a Behemoth Expo Hall for a Sustainable Future


Reworking the strategic and design approach for bringing hundreds of AWS offerings to their largest in person Expo, the end result reaching 70,000 guests.


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Branding a Progressive City Attorney Campaign

Creative direction, campaign marketing and website design for a progressive city attorney campaign.

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Packaging with a Little Bite

Packaging design for a line of THC-infused edibles from Hot Sugar.

Best Paw Forward

Brand and digital pitch assets for a contemporary veterinary practice.

Cider for the Wild at Heart

Brand strategy and identity for Wild State Cider, founded by friends with a taste for good cider, the outdoors and doing things differently.



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Go Ahead, Spill the Tea

Creative direction and layout for a spring catalog designed to showcase bold flavors with a light attitude.

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Bringing New Life to a Neighborhood Institute

 Brand identity and communications design for a high end community-focused neighborhood real estate agency.

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3D Mural Design for T-Mobile3

Environmental graphic design for a large-scale T-Mobile installation.

Launching a Pop-Up Bakery with a Pared-Down Scope

Brand identity, packaging and web design for a pop-up bakery.






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Brand identity, packaging and web design for a pop-up bakery.

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Gavin Turek — Capitol Hill Block Party Poster design for the 2018 Capitol Hill Block Party.



Packaging + Photo Art Direction for Collins Chicago

Packaging design and photo art direction for Collins Chicago.

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From The Grounds Up

Brand positioning and identity design for an innovative French press company.


DataCloud logo with Know the Rock text below an image of a mining site.

Digging into the future of mining. A refreshed brand and set of assets for DataCloud.

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Poster for Capitol Hill Block Party 2019.

Illustration and created for Alleycat Acres.

Illustration + Custom Type for Alleycat Acres

Illustration and custom typography created for Alleycat Acres.

The Brine Shrimp Renaissance

An illustration series celebrating the tiny aquatic icons of the 1960s.



The Brine Shrimp Renaissance

An illustration series celebrating the tiny aquatic icons of the 1960s.


House of Sorcery

A series of posters for Afrocop's recurring show at Vito's

A series of conceptual illustrations for Electric Coffin's Exhibit Discover + Disrupt at The Center for Architecture and Design

Reimagining Washington State Ferries

Brand strategy and identity concept for Washington State Ferries, focused on reinforcing the system's reliability, comfort and role as a regional icon.

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A Magazine for Powerful Stories

Editorial concept and identity for a magazine centered on women's stories and perspectives.

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Environmental Graphic Design for T-Mobile

Tile floor graphic design and visualization for a T-Mobile space.

Pattern + Product Design for Thule

Pattern and product designs created for Thule's annual City to Summit event.