Lucia Barnum is a designer, illustrator, and multimedia producer based in Chicago, Illinois. While they specialize in editorial design, they have worked in all things multimedia, from video editing to podcast production to event photography.
Lucia is currently a designer and editor at Encyclopædia Britannica, where they have produced 100+ interactives, illustrations, and data visualizations. Before that, they were traveling the world with the Circumnavigator Foundation Grant, conducting research in remote, disaster-effected communities. And before that, they were a reporter on Capitol Hill. They also have a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University.
In their free time, Lucia paints, goes bikepacking, and reads mystery novels.