Kiara Shardé Holley is a digital media professional experienced in art direction, visual content, and writing. Culturally curious and forever interested in the long story, she will most likely be found at a book club spearheading conversations about the humanities. She is interested in producing media that unearths multicultural stories embedded within the music, fashion, and films that connect society.

Experience

Universal Music Group (Verve, Impulse, Decca),
Art Director, 2023-2024

Blacktag, Art Director, 2021-2022

Beacon’s Closet, E-Commerce (Designer Vintage), 2016-2020

Racked NY, Fashion Writer, 2016-2016

Saint Heron, Culture Writer & Editorial Designer, 2013-2016

Talks and Workshops

Cannes Can Diversity, Cannes France, June 2022
SPAM!! X MoMA Teens Zine Workshop, New York, April 2021
Shear Reflection Collage Workshop with Powerplnt, Brooklyn, 2019

Education

Canidate for MFA, Integrated Media Arts & Documentary Production, Hunter College
New York City, New York

Museum Education Practicum, Studio Museum
New York City, New York

BA Applied Cultural Thought, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Greensboro, North Carolina