Anna Raff
Illustrator
New York, NY, USAAfter 20 years designing in children's publishing, Anna decided to pursue a career in illustration. She quit her job, went back to school for an MFA and started drawing.
Work Experience
School Of Visual Arts
Faculty, Illustration as Visual Essay MFA
August 2018
- Present
New York, United States
Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Graphic Designer, Art Director
As a one-person department, art directed and designed 40 to 50 titles a year including children’s books, pop-up books, book-plus packaging, craft kits, games, novelty gift books, anthologies, watches and calendars for the Museum’s merchandise publishing program.
June 1996
- August 2007
New York, New York, United States
Golden Books
Senior Designer
Art directed and designed children’s novelty, trade and educational books and merchandise packaging. Established branding for series formats and designed new early readers’ series. Selected and art directed illustrators; supervised freelance designers.
1996
- 1997
New York, New York, United States
HarperCollins Children's Books
Staff Designer, HarperFestival
Designed product and packaging for merchandise imprint including book and doll packages, lift-the-flap books, board books, audio packages, and other children’s novelty products. Art directed illustrators; worked with editors, manufacturers; supervised freelance designers.
1991
- 1996
New York, New York, United States
Education
School Of Visual Arts (SVA)
MFA Illustration
New York, New York, United States
Connecticut College
BA, cum laude
New London, Connecticut, United States
Skills
Adobe Fresco,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
AfterEffects,