Anna is a multi-disciplinary creative and Art Director at Refinery29. She joined Refinery29 in 2015, tasked with bringing the brand's visual language to the UK market. During this period she has collaborated with an array of visual artists creating award-winning projects and editorial campaigns.
Alongside this, she balances personal creative work including photography, design, and collage. In 2020 she founded Tourist Tees, a side project celebrating travel, colour, typography and the unity of Europe via the medium of sustainable t-shirts each dedicated to a different European city.
With a background in photography after studying at the University of Plymouth, she has also freelanced at MACK, The Times, FT Weekend, Grazia, ELLE Collections, New Statesman and InStyle, among others, before working as the lead creative on The Debrief aged 22.
If you’d like to talk about any collaborations please email: anna@annajay.co.uk
Projects
- Why We Turn To Flowers In Times Of CrisisFeature on why we turn to flowers in a time of crisis, pegged to the COVID-19 pandemic and purchasing trends. Anna curated a selection of work by artists around the concept, as well as some self-shot work to create large scale layouts for the editorial. - Curating and Design by Anna Jay Written by by Sadhbh O’Sullivan
- Tourist TeesTourist Tees is a personal project by Anna Jay, with collaborations from Montse Tanùs, Sian O’Flaherty and Luke & Nik. The concept is to play with the idea of the tourist t-shirt, a souvenir of a place and Anna’s love for travel and merchandise design. The editions celebrate different cities through an evocative shade of colour, custom type designed by Montse Tanùs, and they serve as a momento of the unity of the EU. The t-shirts are all long sleeve, made from certified 100% organic cotton, GOT
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Projects credited in
- Top 10: career advice tips for 2023Job hunting? Thinking of pivoting your career? Struggling with motivation? Working with a tricky client? We’ve got you! We’ve put together our top 10 career-related questions for 2023 to help you navigate through the year ahead, no matter if you’re just starting out, or already have experience in the industry. Click through to see insights, advice and top tips from industry mentors and our brilliant Dots community. Got some thoughts of your own? Please add your own wisdom if you have anything33
- Top 10: career advice tips for 2022Job hunting? Thinking of pivoting your career? Struggling with motivation? Wanting to grow your network? We’ve got you! We’ve put together our top 10 career-related questions for 2022 to help you navigate through the year ahead, no matter if you’re just starting out, or already have experience in the industry. Click through to see insights, advice and top tips from industry mentors and our brilliant Dots community. Got some thoughts of your own? Please add your own wisdom if you have anything56
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Work history
Art DirectorRefinery29
London, United KingdomFull Time
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Creative EditorThe Debrief
- London, United KingdomFull Time
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Skills
- Photography
- Art Direction
- Graphic Design
- Branding
- Identity Design
- Creative Direction
- Adobe Create Suite
- Illustration
- Creative Consultancy
Education
BA(Hons) PhotographyUniversity of Plymouth
- Plymouth, United Kingdom
Awards
Photography AnnualCreative Review
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New Talent: Art Director Of The YearPPA Awards