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Allison Smith (she/her) is a multidisciplinary designer based in Chicago, IL. She has worked with governmental agencies, businesses, and non-profit organizations, honing her ability to center audiences and their lived experiences.

Currently designing at a5 Branding & Digital. Previously at Banyan Communications and freelancing at Kareracter Creative Studio.
NOTABLE CLIENTS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Last Mile Health / Spelman College / Creme Collective / Emory University With Kareracter Creative Studio / Therapy for Black Girls / Poetry Foundation / Mielle Cares / Chicago Foundation for Women / Arts Alliance Illinois

01        a5 DIGITAL AND BRANDING           2026

02        KAREACTER                      2025
03        BANYAN COMMUNICATIONS         2021-2025
04        Golin                     2020-2021

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allison @ helloallieaura.com


Southern Suns

2025
Southern Suns is a living archival project, dedicated to illuminating the lives and legacies of Southern, Black American women—especially those from the Flournoy and Smith maternal lines. Through photographs, oral histories, and personal artifacts, this project aims to weave together and preserve generations of memory, resilience, and heritage. While Southern Suns pays special tribute to my own matriarchal lineage, it also exists as an open love letter and invitation to all—to witness, explore, and remember the lives of the women who have shaped us, both Earthside and in spirit.

In rememberance of my direct ancestors, and others such as, but not limited to: Audre Lorde, Assata Shakur, Zora Neale Hurston, Faith Ringgold, and Toni Morrison. Inspired by the works of: Saint Heron, Shantrelle P. Lewis, Theaster Gates, Tre Seals, and Renata Cherlise.