About

Kim Graziano, better known by her pen name Kim Gee, is a New York-born designer and illustrator now living in the Isle of Man.

I began my creative career at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, studying Fashion Illustration and Communication Design. My early twenties were spent self-publishing autobiographical comics, before a fateful Kickstarter campaign led to a book deal illustrating Build Your Own Website: A Comic Guide to HTML, CSS, and Wordpress (No Starch Press, 2014), which has since been translated into several different languages.

After a collection of internships, I became the one-woman design department at Tasting Table, a Webby Award-winning food and drink website. I spent 4 years designing custom ad campaigns and websites for big name consumer brands (including Samsung, Mastercard, and Ikea), creating editorial illustrations, and eating whatever free food I could find in the Test Kitchen. 

In 2016 I moved from New York City to the Isle of Man and founded Kim Gee Studio, spending my days designing logos and websites for local small businesses, painting pet portraits, and creating illustrated products available in my online shop. Craving a creative social activity, I founded the Isle of Man Drawing Club, a community event series for friendly local artists. Along with regular life drawing sessions, I also lead small art workshops and host private life drawing parties for adults, doing my best to bring that New York City buzz to the Isle of Man.

In 2018 I was named one of the Isle of Man’s 30 Under 30 by local culture website Gef.im, and in 2021 I joined the team of its parent company, Media Isle of Man. In my role as Head of Brand & Creative, I led the rebrand from Isle of Man Newspapers to Media Isle of Man, designed new identities for Isle of Man Today, the Awards for Excellence, and the Gef 30 Under 30, elevated campaign partnership sales, and tripled social reach.

I now lead a creative team overseeing brand development, marketing strategy, and high-performing commercial campaign delivery. I create newsprint supplements, social content, digital and print advertising, marketing materials, and directly contribute to improved client conversion rates and increased advertising sales.