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Hello! I am a graphic designer, web designer, illustrator and artist with an emphasis in print, typography, illustration, and semiotics based in San Francisco, California. 

I am excited by all things profane, arcane, weird and everything in between. My work draws from tattoo traditions, folk art, and counter-culture aesthetics. While I embrace digital practices, I often break away from the screen and hold myself accountable to meticulous standards of craftsmanship and hand work. My goal is to disrupt the lines between digital construction and bespoke handiwork. For me, the most compelling work emerges from the study of these trade and craft traditions shaped by diverse cultural perspectives. My approach to design must involve the rigorous understanding of the systems that serve workers, designers and clients. I am passionate about work for inclusive, accessible communities. 


       
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Education
University of San Francisco
Spring 2024 – Spring 2026
Design, BA
Cum Laude

◦ Dean’s List, 4 Semesters

◦ Visual Communication, Web Design,   Typography, Community Engaged Design, Publication Design, Print Making

San Francisco City College
Spring 2023 – Fall 2023

Santa Rosa Junior College
Fall 2021 – Fall 2022
Employment
Design Student Assistant
July 2025 – May 2026
University of San Francisco

◦ Designed multi-department newsletters     distributed biweekly to 200+ students and staff, responsible for layout, typography and editorial consistency
◦ Produced promotional materials for 5+ exhibition and academic events, ensuring visual cohesion across print and digital assets

Barista
May 2023 – July 2025
Blue Bottle Coffee, San Francisco

◦ High volume environment, multitasking,            communication
◦ Delegated tasks in an organized workflow
◦ Crucial member of one of the highest sales locations in the company

Skills
Design Tools
◦ Adobe Illustrator
◦ Adobe Photoshop
◦ Adobe InDesign
◦ Adobe AfterEffects
◦ Adobe Lightroom
◦ Cavalry

Web + Digital Tools
◦ HTML
◦ CSS
◦ VS Code
◦ Figma

Productivity
◦ Google + Microsoft

Office Software
◦ Excel
◦ Notion
◦ Evernote



Parker Leabo
Designer, Illustrator, Artist
Born, raised and based in San Francisco Designer and Illustrator specializing in 
Print Media, Publication Design, and Typography Contact

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The Shape of the Book, Alberto Manguel

March 2026

Publication Design
Book includes 9 spreads, featuring original photography shot and composed to best embody the text. The Shape of the Book is a visual book redesigned around Alberto Manguel’s essay from A History of Reading, treating typography as a visual and textural element rather than a neutral carrier of text.

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Each spread was designed to best embody its passage. For example, a section describing mass print production is anchored by dense, large-scale type performing the proliferation it describes, a passage on italic type sets type in cascading, overlapping, italic letterforms that enact the very slowing of the reader’s eye as described in the text. Photos of abstracted library shelves, unconventional angles of printed materials, and close details of ornamented books reinforce the central argument that a printed object’s aura lives in the finer details rather than its contents alone. Abandoning conventional grid logic in favor of this experimental approach demanded rigorous compositional discipline, requiring every decision of leading, tracking, type size, negative space and image placement to be carefully negotiated. Final publication is a 6” x 9” saddle stitched soft cover with full flaps, printed in full color CMYK on high quality stock. 
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