Jillian Rees



Brand designer and writer based in New York City and raised across eight cities on three continents: Nassau, Beijing, Cebu, Osaka, Macau, Bali, Beirut, and Dubai. Currently: Design Director, Actum LLC.

Let's create 
digital experiences
brand worlds
visual identities
real sh*t for humans.




EMAIL — LINKEDIN – INSTAGRAM



PRESS & PUBLICATIONS:

Bravo Bravo Guessing Bravo
Resorts World – Spectrum News NY1 TV Ad
Resorts World – Empire Report Op-Ed
Syllo’s 2025 in Review – Blog
Environmental Health Trust (EHT) Site
GoAero Prize Site 
“You Haven’t Lived Until You’ve Died In New York”*
The Depths To Which We Sink
 Wikibook: Gothic fiction
"My Head is a Kind of Buzz" Parsons Notes
Distance – Collaborative Book
The Library of Babel – Stories As Networks
The Coronation of Emperor Kuzco – Poster


© 2026 JILLIAN REES
SELECT CLIENTSChelsea F.C. Women / MLB / Parkwood Entertainment / BeyGood / Angel Reese / LA 28 Summer Olympics / Syllo / Women Engaged / Congressman Gregory Meeks / Environmental Health Trust / GoAero Prize / Jessica Ramos for NYC Mayor / Johanna Carmona for Assembly / Bryce Wilson / Leap Advance

RESORTS WORLD NYC

ACTUM LLC
2025

STORRIE TIME

Speech Language & Literacy, PLLC
2026


COWBOY CARTER ULTA BEAUTY TOUR

ACTUM LLC (formerly Skai Blue Media)
2025


SIRAJ RESTAURANT

Bright Polka Dot (Kelly Walters, Founder)
2022


NBCUNIVERSAL

Team: Gillian Hally, VP of Product & UX, Entertainment Brands; Ed Mazzucco, Director of Design, Digital
2022–23


BUBBA BAKERY

Bright Polka Dot (Kelly Walters, Founder)
2022


BUBBA TYPE BROCHURE

Zaino Design (Carmille Zaino, Principal Creative Director)
2020


CHRISTOPHER NOLAN FILM FESTIVAL

BBDO NY (Azusa Kobayashi, Associate Creative Director)
2021


VISIT PHILADELPHIA

ACTUM LLC (formerly Skai Blue Media)
2025


ALICE TAM TIEN FOR CIVIL COURT

HZQ CONSULTING
2024


ST. JOHN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH

ACTUM LLC
2025–26


MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL

Team: Mark Satterfield, Chief Operating Officer (Africa Region); Christian Abell, VP Food & Beverage, Middle East & Africa
2018–19


THE BRONX ZOO

Zaino Design (Carmille Zaino, Principal Creative Director)
2020


WOMEN MAKE MOVIES

Team: Kendra Hodgson, Managing Director (Formerly Director of Strategy & Innovation)
2020–21