Employee Number 1
Keira Alexandra
About
Studio Size
Small (1-5)
Year founded
2001
Borough
Manhattan
Studio Bio/Philosophy
Bold, big, fast, loud.
Elsewhere
The Team
Employee Number 1 has 1 person. Of those, 1 is a studio head.
60% of studios are small-sized (1-5 people).
Studio Disciplines
Breakdown of Work
Primary Specialties
- Art Direction (58)
- Brand Strategy (42)
- Branding & Identity (77)
- Broadcast Graphics (18)
- Experience Design (33)
- Motion (29)
- Packaging (45)
- Print (75)
Clients’ Industries
- Fashion (45)
- Media & Publishing (58)
- Movies/Film (19)
- Restaurants & Food (29)
- The Arts/Cultural Institutions (71)
- TV (17)
Employee Number 1’s Clients
- CFDA
- Film (Robert Altman, Sofia Coppola, Todd Haynes)
- Huffington Post
- Robin Hood Foundation
- The New York Times (12)
- This American Life (2)
- Viacom (Nick, MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, TVLand) (2)
Keira Alexandra, Principal
What’s been the biggest influence on your design career?
From age 1-17, in order of appearance: Marimekko (as worn by my mother), Creative Playthings, Vladimir Ossipoff (grandfather, architect), FIMO clay, Colorforms, Amac plastic boxes, Jonathan Borofsky, Think Big.
Previous Design Employment
Teaching Design
- Yale University — 12 years
Board Member on Professional Design Organizations
- AIGA — 2 years