Ariela Gittlen

Ariela Gittlen has over 7 years of experience in graphic design and art direction. Ariela started as a Design Intern at Doyle Partners in 2015 and worked as a Digital Design & Production Assistant at Victoria's Secret before joining BlouinArtinfo Corp as a Graphic Designer and later as an Art Director. In 2017, they worked as a Graphic Designer at Watson & Company and then moved on to J.Crew where they worked as a Graphic Designer, designing promotional emails, landing pages, digital ads, and direct mail. In 2018, they joined Thinx Inc. as a Brand Designer and led design direction for brand campaigns, managed the development of brand guidelines and art direction, and designed the first Thinx retail packaging. Ariela moved on to Freshly as a Senior Brand Designer, where they evolved the company's entire rebrand, launched sub-brands, and managed a team of in-house and freelance designers. In 2019, they worked as a Contributing Art Director at CULTURED Magazine. In 2021, they joined Kenshō Health as a Design Lead, where they led a design rebrand. Ariela is currently working as a Senior Designer at Galileo.

Ariela Gittlen earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History of Art from the University of Michigan in 2007. After that, they attended the Fashion Institute of Technology from 2012-2015 and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Design and Visual Communications, General. In 2014, Ariela attended the University of the Arts London for a brief period to study Graphic Design & Communication, but did not earn a degree.