Jeanelle Petrillo is a designer, illustrator, creative thinker, and maker of things. She is passionate about crafting thoughtful experiences that extend through every impression and interaction.
For over 20 years, she has created digital and tangible experiences across education, entertainment, media, technology, consumer products, retail, and cultural institutions. Her work spans interactive products, platforms, games, campaigns, brands, and experiences designed to inform, engage, and delight.
She is based in New York state and currently at Tinybop and PictureStudio. Previously, at Big Spaceship and Isobar.
Selected Clients
Tinybop · Google · Sonos · Guggenheim · Sotheby's · Teleflora · Chobani · Finish Line · Samsung
Press + Features
2022 / Tinybop Light & Color / 2022 Digital Ehon Award - Yoichi Sakakihara Prize
2021 / Tinybop Earth / Earth Day Apple Feature
2019 / Tinybop Things That Go Bump / Apple Feature
2019 / Tinybop States of Matter / School Library Journal · Common Sense Media · Cute and Kids
2018 / Tinybop Apps / App Store Preview · Behind the Scenes: Nurturing the Environmentalists of Tomorrow
2018 / Tinybop Coral Reef / IYOR 2018 · Common Sense Media · Cute and Kids
2017 / Tinybop Creature Garden / Wired · School Library Journal · Design Week · Geeks with Juniors · Common Sense Media · Vogue
2017 / Tinybop Mammals / Children’s Technology Review · School Libary Journal · Product Hunt · Swiss-miss.com · Macworld · CreativeReview.co.uk
2017 / Hope & Healing: Celebrate Art & Life event with Toni Fukuda / northjersey.com
2015 / Big Spaceship / AdAge
2010 / Instructables.com
2009 / TheDieline.com
2009 / Goollery / PrintMag.com · swiss-miss.com
Achievements + Accolades
2021 / Tinybop Me: A Kid’s Diary / Apple Design Award Finalist
2020 / Tinybop States of Matter / Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award, Honors
2018 / Tinybop Creature Garden / Bologna Children's Book Fair Shortlist
2017 / Guggenheim.org / MUSE Award, Webby Honoree for Cultural Institutions
2015 / Featured on PSFK · Little Black Book Online
2005 / USA Funds Scholarship
Published
2011 / Published in The Language of Graphic Design
2010 / Published in The Art Directors Annual 88
2010 / Graphis New Talent Annual, Merit
2008 / Featured in The Young & The Banging Yearbook
2002 / Featured in The Baltimore Sun
Experience
Mar 2023–Present / PictureStudio ‧ New York, New York
Nov 2016–Present / Tinybop ‧ Brooklyn, New York
2016 / Isobar ‧ New York, New York
2012–2016 / Big Spaceship ‧ Brooklyn, New York
2007–2012 / Various Freelance ‧ On-site & Remote
2008–2011 / Pixels+Points ‧ Baltimore, Maryland
2005–2009 / School of Visual Arts ‧ New York, New York
Exhibitions + Workshops
2017 / Hope & Healing: Celebrate Art & Life with Toni Fukuda ‧ John Theurer Cancer Center, Weehawken, New Jersey ‧ MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
2014 / Draft + Draw Workshop ‧ Big Spaceship, Brooklyn, New York
2011 / Art Love Japan ‧ In Rivers Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2006–2009 / Celebrate Art ‧ Union City, New Jersey
2008 / These Are Nice ‧ Visual Arts Gallery, New York
2007 / Chumchurum Soju ‧ Chaum Street Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Colophon
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