Jory Raphael is an icon-focused designer and illustrator with over eight years leading icon design at Font Awesome and a career spanning product, studio, and startup roles. He co-founded Notabli and has led design teams at Cubspot and Parent Co., blending hands-on craft with product leadership. His portfolio includes work for high-profile clients such as Sesame Street and Apple, reflecting both playful illustration chops and rigorous brand sensibilities. Trained in performing arts and theater, he brings a storyteller’s eye to visual systems and user-facing metaphor. Based in Vergennes, Vermont, he pairs small-town perspective with global reach in iconography and design systems. Outside design he’s an occasional actor, a detail that informs his empathetic, character-driven approach to icons.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Performing Arts, Graphic Design, BA, Performing Arts, Graphic Design at Colby College
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