Hi, I’m Annie. I’m a freelance designer and typographer based in Southern California, creating editorial experiences across the web and print.

I’ve spent over 10 years designing in-house, working across brand and interactive teams as an IC, building up brands and designing websites. I have worked on talented design teams at Mixpanel, Compass, Saatchi & Saatchi, Everlane, and Eventbrite.

In 2024, I dedicated time to learning type design and became a student at Type West, a year-long type design program through the Letterform Archive. It has been a long-awaited dream, and am now officially part of the graduating class of 2024! The program has helped me see typography and my design practice in a fresh and inspiring way. I have since become a TA for Type West 2025 and ventured out to freelance full-time—working on a mix of brand, web, and type-related work. With that, I welcome new opportunities for contract and freelance work, as well as new collaborations, and friendship!

Outside of graphic design pursuits and away from my computer, I love to walk around and take photos, peruse the library, and of course, watch movies.

This website is a work in progress and so am I. I’ve removed most older and in-house work to make room for the new, but will happily share a PDF on request.

For freelance & contract inquiries, email annieszaf@proton.me

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This static website is designed and built by Annie Szafranski using Astro and GitHub pages—it is a work in progress. The logotype is set in Pirelli designed by Masahiro Nakamura and Weichi He. The Headline copy is set in Resonay by Andrej Dieneš. The body copy is set in Spline Sans by Eben Sorkin and Mirko Velimirović.