Jessica Hische is a lettering artist, a New York Times Best-selling author and a Co-founder of Studioworks: invoicing software for creative studios. After graduating with a degree in Graphic and Interactive Design from Tyler School of Art, she worked for Headcase Design in Philadelphia before taking a position as Senior Designer at Louise Fili Ltd. While working for Louise, Jessica also maintained a busy freelance career and in 2009, after two and a half years of little sleep and a lot of lettering, she left to further her freelance career and embark on several personal projects.

Jessica has become as well known for her side projects as she has for her client work. While she doesn’t consider herself a web designer, many of her personal projects are web-centric. Her project Daily Drop Cap, is possibly the reason you first stumbled across Jessica’s work back in the mid-aughts, and she’s created several educational micro-sites including Mom This is How Twitter Works, Should I Work for Free? and Don’t Fear the Internet (a collaborative project with Russ Maschmeyer). Her most recent “side project” is actually a full-fledged software company called Studioworks, which she co-founded with former studio-mate Chris Shiflett. They are building business management software for creative studios beginning with the best (and certainly most “designy”) invoicing and payments software out there. She is actively involved in the design, illustration, and type communities (serving on the Type Directors Club board from 2012 to 2015) and is a prolific public speaker, appearing at colleges and conferences worldwide.

Jessica’s clients includes Wes Anderson, Tiffany & Co., The United States Postal Service, The New York Times, Penguin Books, Target, Starbucks, and Wired Magazine. She’s been named a Print Magazine New Visual Artist (20 under 30), one of Forbes 30 under 30 in Art and Design two years in a row, an ADC Young Gun, a “Person to Watch” by GD USA, and an Adweek “Creative 100”. She is the author of six books including two best-selling children’s books and “In Progress”—in which she details her creative process. The latter was re-released in 2025 with a decade’s worth of new work and material.

Jessica Hische is a lettering artist, a New York Times Best-selling author and a Co-founder of Studioworks: invoicing software for creative studios. She specializes in typographical work for logos, film, books, and other commercial applications. Her clients include Wes Anderson, The United States Postal Service, Target, Hallmark, and Penguin Books and her work has been featured again and again in design and illustration annuals both in the US and internationally. She’s been named a Print Magazine New Visual Artist (20 under 30), one of Forbes 30 under 30 in Art and Design, an ADC Young Gun, a “Person to Watch” by GD USA, and an Adweek “Creative 100”. Her studio is located in Downtown Oakland, California and she lives with her husband, three kids, and three cats in Berkeley.

Jessica Hische is a lettering artist, a New York Times Best-selling author and a Co-founder of Studioworks: invoicing software for creative studios.