Kaori Sohma is an award-winning graphic designer, creative director, and founder with over 15 years of creative leadership and experience in marketing, branding, and media. She leads 360 campaigns - from conception to execution across A/V, print, digital, social, editorial, events, and OOH. Her background and expertise give her unique solutions in today’s creative landscape.
Kaori is currently a freelance creative in New York City. She previously headed brand & design at Vox Media, NBCUniversal, and Viacom (now Paramount). She holds a BFA in Communication Design from Parsons School of Design.
Honors, Awards & Recognitions
Promax / BDA : Gold, Silver and Bronze winner
Clio Awards : Bronze winner
The One Club for Creativity / ADC Awards : Motion & Film Craft Juror
Le Book : Juror
International Color Photography Awards : Juror
Ideas in Motion hosted by Fable App : Guest Speaker
SVA MFA Fine Arts / Women in Animation : Guest speaker
FIT Communication Design : Final review guest critic
Pratt Institute of Design : Guest Speaker
AIGA Design Archives : The N Rebrand, Logo Design
Press / Publications
Daily Brief / Promax BDA
Spoon Tamago
Shoot Online, USA
Motionographer.com
CMYK Magazine, USA
Design Is Kinky : Semi Permanent 04 Australia
Jeremyville Sketchel : Artist bag design collection
Elle, Japan
8X8, Japan
H Magazine, Spain
Exhibitions, Festivals & Screenings
One Day on Earth, screened at United Nations: Film contributor
A Rift of Sunshine for you in the Head - Maxalot Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
BDA/Promax 20/120 “Chance”: New York City
Smilefacuet video collections: New York City 2003-2008
Group Show, te + te: New Handmade Co-curated with Spoon & Tamago: Brooklyn, NY
Apparel for Graniph: Tokyo, Japan
Naked - Gallery Show: New York City
Apparel for As Know As Tokyo, Japan