Design that makes your brand easy to understand—and hard to ignore

Kisira Hill Designs—offering graphic design services that combine market strategy, visual storytelling, and hands-on design.

I help brands clarify their positioning and translate ideas, or existing branding, into informed, engaging visuals—making them easier to understand and harder to ignore!

My work supports brands at launch, in growth, or in refinement, with design systems that function across digital, print, and real-world experiences.

If you’re looking for thoughtful, collaborative design grounded in strategy and creative execution, you’re in the right place.

Creativity + Intention

Building a brand isn’t just about how it looks—it’s about how clearly it shows up, how it blends brand continuity with creativity, and how effectively it connects with the people it’s meant to reach. My work helps eliminate the guesswork by bringing strategy and execution together from the start.

Sticker with a orange graphic, green leaves, pink and white bunny ears, featuring text 'Focus on Health No Laugh 2025' in stylized fonts.
Bright, colorful graphic posters advertising NiLau events, featuring tropical-themed illustrations, pink, orange, blue, and purple colors, with details about dates, times, and locations, set against a background of green trees and a sidewalk.
Open menu with colorful, tropical-themed design featuring a drink, a coconut, a cocktail glass, a soda can, and a straw, with sections for titles and descriptions.

What does working together look like?

Hands-on, efficient collaboration:

You work directly with me—no departments, no handoffs, no waiting in a queue. This allows for faster turnarounds, clearer communication, and design that stays close to the vision.

High-impact without agency overhead:

My process offers the thoughtfulness and expertise of an agency, with the flexibility, accessibility, and cost-efficiency of an independent designer.

Creative execution with depth:

From custom brand illustration to campaign visuals, I translate creative references, brand guidelines, and loose ideas into informed, original designs that feel cohesive and intentional.

Strategy-informed design:

I approach graphic design with an understanding of market positioning, launches, and audience behavior—so visuals aren’t just attractive, they’re purposeful and aligned with your goals

LET'S CREATE

Get to know your designer

Hi there—I’m Kisira Hill, a graphic designer and Founder of Kisira Hill Designs. I have a background in event production, brand design, and visual storytelling across hospitality, beverage, and culture-driven industries. I blend market awareness and hands-on design to help brands and businesses communicate clearly, show up consistently, and connect across digital, print, and in-person spaces.

A woman with black wavy hair and tattoos on her arm sitting at a desk with a tablet and a laptop, smiling at the camera in a cozy home office with a dark blue wall, a framed portrait above, a brown table lamp, some plants, glasses, and notebooks.

I work with both established brands and emerging businesses, offering collaborative, efficient, and thoughtful design that translates ideas and brand guidelines into informed visuals built to last.

“My Lane”

I create intentional visuals that bring brands and ideas to life — from full brand systems to one-off creative collaborations. My work spans brand packages and guidelines, event series design, campaign design, on-call graphic support, and custom merchandise and illustration. Whether you’re building from the ground up or amplifying an existing identity, my focus is on designing with strategy, culture, and community in mind.

  • Starting a new business or ready to establish your visual branding for your company?

    I am biased, but if you ask me, it’s better to do it right the first time than launch your business without a visual identity to capture your audience, a plan for your marketing, and a clear aesthetic for your website and social media presence.

    I offer branding packages that include front-to-back design of the brand logo, fonts, color palette, web integration, merchandise design, promotional graphics, and brand social media templates.

  • Event orientated businesses and brand collaborators have too much on their plate to worry about event visuals and intentional promotion.

    But I promise an event is always more successful in establishing and sustaining its audience with great branding.

    I bridge the gap between brands, collaborators, and production companies to create event designs and accompanying promotional assets that have apply a “big budget look” with lasting impact and reach.

    Including, but not limited to, event logo, various marketing promotions and event posters, launch graphics and social media campaign assets, event signage, menus, and merchandise.

  • Interested in raising funds for your non-profit, a short film, a new business venture? Or maybe you just need help creating a visual campaign for your brand’s social media.

    I have worked with many businesses and non-profits to create unique campaign visuals for social media, email and website integration.

    With my experience in brand design, I have a particular ability to expand on existing branding to churn out campaign imagery that shows continuity and a wide variety of assets to work with.

  • Who even knows a graphic designer??

    If you’re a business owner, brand manager, or marketing director, you know that sometimes there’s just too much to do!

    You may find yourself strapped for time designing a bit of this and that on Canva, or hiring a one-time designer who solved an immediate need but not your long-term problem.

    Hi—HELLO! It sounds like you need a graphic designer like me on contract. We can negotiate a working contract at an established monthly rate for 1-6 months to take care of all of your design needs.

  • Pretty straight forward — we want to design one-off, artist focused “merch” or expand our existing branding into some sick merchandise for our audience.

    I gotcha!

    One of my many passions turned commodity are dynamic, digital illustrations.

    Whether you’re looking to create custom glassware for your next cocktail pop-up, a dope label for your latest spirit brand, or create unique wearables for your team, I’ve worked with many clients to translate art/ illustrations into unique pieces of merch.

Let's Create

Recent Works

Each project I undertake is rooted in storytelling — transforming ideas into visuals that connect people to their purpose. From brand identities and event experiences to full-scale campaigns, my recent work demonstrates how design can captivate audiences and leave lasting impressions.

Explore a curated selection of projects that blend strategy, culture, and creativity.

rencent branding
Overlay design for Seattle Black Film Festival with the event logo, featuring a stylized outline of the Space Needle and a person with dreadlocks holding a microphone, set against a purple background.
A pink tote bag filled with Chicago-themed stickers and merchandise, with various stickers and signs promoting Chicago, local food, and the future of food, against a cloudy sky background.

Seattle Black Film Festival

Annual Seattle film festival

Branding, logo, website, event promotion, event campaign, event signage, and printables design

EDIBLE CHICAGO

Chicago branch of the Edible food publication

2025 Merch Drop: T-shirt, Sticker Sheet, Tracksuit, and Tote Bag

Logo design and branding for Dandelion BevEd overlayed on a picture of a group of people sitting at tables in a conference room, listening to a woman speak at the front, with some smiling and taking notes.
Three people standing outside a building with a large sign that says 'Bar Snack. Logo design for Bar Snack New York.

Dandelion BevEd.

Chicago-based event production consultant

Branding, logo, website, event promotion, event campaign, event signage, and printables design

Bar Snack

NYC-based cocktail bar

Branding, logo, event promotion, menu, promotional poster, specialty event, and merch design

Receive designs informed by real-world experience.

Work with a strategic and creative partner, not just a designer.

Walk away with a brand you can build with.

RECENT BRANDING PROJECTS -

RECENT BRANDING PROJECTS -

A colorful graphic design for a bar snack product featuring a variety of snack packs, a beverage illustration with a woman, and a stylized bunch of grapes on a black background
A colorful menu for a bar and snack restaurant, a picture of a bowl of pasta on a wooden table, a takeout bag, and decorative stickers of a cocktail and food items.
Image featuring three event posters and two T-shirts on a wooden surface. The posters advertise bar and snack events at a yacht club, with dates, times, and details about drinks, food, shooters, and entertainment. The T-shirts display a graphic of a
A collage of images including a black sweatshirt with white illustrations and text reading 'Bar Snack,' images of a beer glass with foam, a drink with a skull and a menu, a pint of dark beer, and a creamy green dessert with a lime garnish. There are
Event poster for a Single Village Snack bar snack and tales of the cocktail event at Anna's Nola on Wednesday, July 23 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. The poster features graphics of a building, a bar truck, and photos of cocktails and two smiling bartender
A logo with the text 'Chocolate City's Best Presents Future Giants' with a martini glass replacing the dot in the 'I' in 'Giants' on a brown background, and two smaller versions of the logo on a pink background, one in black and pink and the other in
Collage of promotional posters, photos, and graphics for Future Giants, a bar or restaurant event. Features images of cocktails, food, and people dining, with bold text and colorful designs.
A woman wearing a mustard yellow hoodie with graphic prints of various household items including a lamp, cocktail glass, martini, TV, and a zipper. To the right, there is a graphic with the same household items and the text "FUTURE GIANTS".
Poster advertisements for a future event called 'Giant's Future Giants' with a theme of inspiring professional community and innovation, featuring a woman with sunglasses and a speech bubble with the event details, alongside a badge with event brandi

RECENT POSTER DESIGNS -

RECENT POSTER DESIGNS -

Three event posters featuring vibrant, colorful designs. The first poster promotes a show at Sleeping Village on August 17 with performances by Empress Darling Shear, Miss Angelica Grace, and Thair, with ticket prices between $12 and $20. The second
Three colorful event posters for Pride celebrations in May and June, featuring vibrant designs with abstract art, fruit imagery, and cartoon animals in festive attire.
Three event posters side by side. The first is for a music event with a red and purple illustration of a tattooed woman with long hair, featuring information about a show called 'Coven Classic III' on October 28, 2023, at Sleeping Village. The second
Colorful event poster for Pride Jam, hosted by Priyanka, at Millennium Park in Chicago on June 2nd, 2024, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, featuring performances, activities, and arts and crafts.
Three colorful event posters side by side. The first promotes a community night market on July 22 at Common House with featuring hustle vendors. The second advertises a holiday event on December 19 supporting hospitality workers with colorful illustr
A collage of three event posters. The first promotes the Sisters in Cinema Media Arts Center, featuring black-and-white photos of women filming with cameras, and text inviting viewers to join from March 15-17, 2024. The second advertises a Paper Plac
2025/26 portfolio

Let’s Browse

Interested in browsing my independent work? Or maybe, you’re like me, and just love a good scroll?

Although I specialize in bringing brands to life (mostly), I like to hone my design skills through various creative outlets, most notably in past work producing and designing a 60+-page magazine!

A round table with a dark green tablecloth, holding a pink cocktail glass, a string of white pearls, a colorful magazine titled '', a small statue bust of a woman, a square perfume bottle, and a small glass container. In the background, there is a green plant and a dark curtain.
Take a look!