Keirsten Geise

Keirsten Geise is an accomplished art director and designer with extensive experience in the publishing industry. Currently serving as Associate Art Director at Hachette Book Group since January 2023, Geise focuses on strengthening the brands of BrainQuest and Big Fat Notebook while supervising young adult and middle grade novels for the AYR imprint. Previous roles include Art Director at Callisto Media, where Geise created cover designs and developed branding guidelines, and Art Director at Scholastic, where significant contributions included developing a narrative nonfiction imprint and managing design for The 39 Clues series. Early career highlights feature roles as Freelance Designer at Simon and Schuster, Marketing Art Director at Time Inc., and positions at Hearst Magazines and PRIMEDIA. Geise holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature with a minor in Design from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and has participated in a Summer Art Program at Rosemont-Villanova.