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I’m Emily, a graphic designer and
art director based in St. Louis, MO 👋

I currently work as a graphic designer at the nonprofit, charity: water. Before that, I spent 4.5 years as a designer and art director at The Washington Post. In my free time, you can find me curled up with a good book, cheering on the St. Louis Cardinals, or hanging out with my two cats, Albus and Rusty. (Photos available by request 🐈)

Scroll down to see my work. Interested in working together? Send me a message.

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BRANDING, ART DIRECTION

🌎 The Washington Post

climate rebrand

In 2022, I was tasked with leading the visuals for the newly expanded Washington Post climate section.

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SOCIAL MEDIA DESIGN

📱 The Washington Post

on Instagram

A collection of posts I designed for The Washington Post’s Instagram accounts

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SOCIAL MEDIA DESIGN, VIDEO EDITING

📚 Bond & Grace on Instagram

A collection of posts I’ve created as a designer for the publishing house Bond & Grace

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SOCIAL MEDIA DESIGN, EMAIL DESIGN

💧 charity: water

I currently work as a graphic designer for charity: water, where I focus on social media design, email design and web design.

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ART DIRECTION, ILLUSTRATION

🎨 The Washington Post illustrations

A collection of illustrations I art directed, as well as a collection I created, during my time at The Washington Post

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PRINT DESIGN

📰 The Washington Post
print edition

I designed print layouts for a variety of sections at The Washington Post, including Style, Metro, Travel, Health and Science as well as the main news section.

© 2025 Emily Sabens

This website was built with Figma and Wix.

It is set in Nanum Myeongjo and Fira Sans.

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