Creative and analyst in New York. I make art, campaigns and digital products for artists, movements and mission-driven teams.
Open to full-time + freelance
Four projects, four lanes: campaign video, art direction, product and brand.
Director, producer, editor · Campaign storytelling · video
Campaign videos for NYC-DSA candidates: a walking interview and a professionally shot edit for Aber Kawas, and a short interview with Darializa Avila Chevalier. Used across their campaigns' socials.
Art director, illustrator, photographer, designer · Art direction · visual identity
Cover art for my own releases and for other artists, drawn, shot, lit and finished in Photoshop by me.
Product design · UX · prototyping · pitch · Product · UX
An in-house app that turns a clinical lab's month-end commission spreadsheets into reviewed, encrypted reports for every sales rep, prototyped and pitched to the C-suite.
Product & data analyst · UX prototyping · Product · UX · data
LinkedIn meets ESPN for spelling bees, Science Olympiad and debate. I prototyped the social features (live scores, profiles, a network feed) for a startup's CEO using rapid AI build tools.
Brand designer · Brand systems · Figma
A football club identity built as a system: logo, components and three kits.
Earlier work that shows how I got here.
A design-class assignment to redesign an app I used every day. I started it in school and reworked it in 2022. The idea: put your money first, with balance, card controls and a faster send and request flow up front, and the social feed second. Try the prototype ↗
First screens for a founder who wanted creator budgeting built into a company-formation service: income, invoices and shortcuts, on desktop and phone. I met with the team about a founding designer role and passed. The product later retooled. Restyled in 2026 as a clickable prototype. Try it ↗
All cover art made in Photoshop.
Portraits and self-portraits. Unless noted, I styled, lit, shot and edited them myself. 16 plates.
I write, rap (and produce a little) and make the visuals too. My latest release is The Heartbreak Saga, an EP about falling in and out of love in the city.
The Heartbreak SagaEP · 2024 · 6 tracks
remember us (breonna's song)Single · 1 track
snapSingle · 2021 · 1 trackCommentary on politics, pop culture and identity. On TikTok, Instagram and YouTube as @thelifeofyahya.
As of Sept 2026
Art, organizing and product. One practice, all New York.
I'm Yahya, a creative and analyst in New York. I was born in Boston and moved here at 12, so New York did most of the shaping. I studied psychology and UX at Cornell, and I've worked where art, organizing and product meet ever since.
That means art-directing covers for my music and other artists, producing campaign video for candidates, building fundraising creative at LaunchGood, and shipping product work as an analyst and project manager. Lunar Lighthouse, my studio, helps artists and mission-driven teams find their visual voice. I make work about faith, community and identity, for the people it's meant for.
Art direction · Brand identity · Album art · Campaign video · Short-form content · Photography · UX · Product
Open to full-time + freelance
Full-time design, creative direction or content roles in NYC or remote, plus freelance cover art, branding and campaign video.
Hiring for a logo, brand or creative direction project? That's lunar lighthouse →
