Hi, I'm Jez Burrows, a British designer, illustrator, and writer. You can find me on Instagram, Threads, or you can send me an electronic mail.

Currently I'm a free agent, and I probably want to work with you. I also write a charmingly sporadic email newsletter called Dept. of Enthusiasm where I share great things (and occasional updates on what I'm working on).

Previously I was the iconography lead at both Instagram and Threads, where I also worked on brand and illustration. I published And Introducing, a Kickstarter-funded book collecting 3,000 unsung, unlikely, or unfortunate casting credits from over fifty years of cinema history. Buy it here. Before that, my first collection of short stories, Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings, was published by Harper Perennial and remains available at all reputable bookstores, and probably some disreputable ones too. I collaborated with some magnificent people on three short films about the book, and talked about it on The Allusionist, NPR, and The Believer.

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