Janay Nachel Frazier
About Janay Nachel Frazier
Janay Nachel Frazier is a Senior Designer at Penguin Random House and an Adjunct Professor at Maryland Institute College of Art. She has extensive experience in print design, typography, and illustration, and has worked with various organizations including HarperCollins Publishers and NAACP.
Title and Current Positions
Janay Nachel Frazier currently holds the title of Senior Designer at Penguin Random House. Additionally, Frazier serves as an Adjunct Professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, a position she has held since August 2022.
Freelance Design Experience
Janay Frazier has notable experience working as a freelance designer. From 2021 to 2022, she worked as a Freelance Designer for Penguin Random House for 7 months. In 2021, she worked as a Freelance Designer for HarperCollins Publishers for 8 months, bringing her creative skills to a variety of design projects in the publishing industry.
Previous Design Roles
Before her current role, Janay Frazier was employed as a Designer at Penguin Random House from 2018 to 2022, accumulating 4 years of experience in the Greater New York City Area. Prior to that, she worked at Nomi Network as a Designer from 2015 to 2018 for 3 years, also based in the Greater New York City Area.
Early Career and Art Instruction
Janay Frazier began her professional journey as an Art Instructor with the Rockaway Artist's Alliance, a role she held from 2012 to 2016 in Rockaway Beach, New York. Her early experiences also include judging the 2020 NAACP-ACTSO Competition.
Educational Background
Janay Frazier pursued higher education at The City College of New York, where she studied Electronic Design and Multimedia and obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from 2012 to 2015. She also studied Graphic Design at Hofstra University for a year from 2011 to 2012.