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Kiara S. Holley is a multimedia creative with a designer’s eye and an editor’s instincts.

Culturally curious and always interested in the long story, Kiara is drawn to both global pop culture and underground movements— with a focus on their social implications and their visual languages that transcend across music and film. She developed her approach to design as a collage artist before working across editorial, brand/packaging design, and digital through full-time roles with Verve Records, Blacktag, and Saint Heron.

You’ll most likely find her at a dinner party, book club, or panel spearheading conversations around the humanities and history. Kiara’s point-of-view is grounded in her hands-on technical skillset combined with an interdisciplinary academic background in cultural thought and documentary production.




Professional Experience

Art Director, Shardé Studio – NY
August 2023 – Present

Art Director, Universal Music Group,
Verve Label Group –  NY
July 2023 – August 2024

Art Director, Blacktag –  NY
October 2021 – July 2022

Fashion Content, Vox Media, Racked – NY
April 2016 – August 2016

Web Operations (Graphic Design, Writing), Saint Heron –  NY
January 2013 – August 2016Education

MFA Documentary Production
Relevant courses:  grant writing, storyboarding, visual culture, post-production editing, archival research, multichannel video installation
Hunter College
2020

Museum Education Practicum
Studio Museum Harlem
2018

BA Liberal Studies
(Applied and Cultural Thought)
NC. A&T State University
2012Workshops and Fellowships

Whose Land
Research Fellow
Hunter College, New York, 2021

SPAM!!
Zine Workshop Facilitator
Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2021

Shear Reflection
Zine Workshop Series Facilitator
POWRPLNT, Brooklyn, 2019