Shay Leonora
Zimbabwean born Creator and Designer.
Zimbabwean-born, NYC-based Communications designer Shay Leonora, has over 20 years of design and visual communications experience delivering innovative and captivating branding and design for a range of companies, products, services and events.
Shay is also the co-founder of Storytellers Magic, a global communications company that provides tools and strategies to help businesses rethink and promote their brands. Through this company, she co-authored The Storytelling Business Journal, a guide that simplifies the branding process for small businesses. She has also founded The Creator Lifestyle, a platform which includes a fashion line and podcast that features and promotes the inspired expression of artists, designers and all who identify as creatives.
Check out: The Creator Lifestyle . Storytellers Magic
Expertise
Visual Brand Identity Design, Creation, Development + Refresh Brand Application Design . Corporate Design . Website Design . Marketing Design . Event Design . Merch / Swag Design . Graphic Design . Creative Consulting
Work
Clients + Projects
ABFF Ventures
American Black Film Festival (ABFF)
ABFF Honors
African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
Africa Institute of Mediation and Arbitration (AIMA)
Hadiiya Barbel
Astra International
Belvedere Agency
Black Enterprise Magazine
Impact Marketing
Impact Consulting
Kick The Can Entertainment
Number One London Tours
Kevin Hart LOL Productions
NAACP Image Awards
Aspire TV
Odyssey Media Co
Tuckahoe Union Free School District, NY
Turner
TV One
ID (Investigation discovery)
Monami Entertainment
Reviews
Jeff Friday
CEO
ABFF Ventures Shay Leonora has created outstanding brand visuals for diverse areas of ABFF Ventures, including ABFF Honors, our programs, and partnered events. She has a full understanding of our company mission, voice, brand identity and the functioning day-to-day collateral. We value her creative input as it always puts our company in the best light possible.”
Imani Johnson
Digital Marketing Manager “Impactful–Clean–Visionary… all words that come to mind when asked about Shay Leonora. Shay Leonora is my preferred graphic design and creative consulting firm. Working with Shay Leonora is the best part of my work day because of her keen sense of creativity and brand representation. Her style is simple, clean and yet, impactful and elegant. Her versatile style allows her to use her discretion to best determine how to position multifaceted brands in a unique manner. Shay’s talent is unmeasurable, she is simply an artistic genius.”
Gil Robertson
President/Co-Founder
African American Film Critics Association “Shay Leonora personifies excellence in graphic design. I depend on the creative skills and intuition that she brings to each and every project she works on for my company. I am always confident that Shay Leonora creates packages that will deliver eye-popping messages representing my company.”
Shante Bacon & Saptosa Foster
Founder & Partner
ONE/35 Agency There are many reasons why we love working with Creative Director and Graphic Designer extraordinaire Shay Leonora. For one, shes’s super talented. Her work on projects for Google, Warner Brothers, OwnTV, TVOne, Kevin Hart and more has earned her a reputation for creative excellence. You can always count on Shay to be professional, to pay attenttion to detail and meet deadlines. But what really sets her apart from others is her ability to listen to the needs of her clients and therefore deliver thoughtful, effective designs. We highly recommend Shay Leonora.
Let’s work together to bring your vision to life.
Please email shayleonora@gmail.com to schedule a 15 min free consultation to discuss your design needs. Look forward to meeting you!
