Jaya Nicely is an illustrator and designer based in Los Angeles. She is the art director for Unnamed Press, a leading independent publisher of fiction and non-fiction. She is also the co-creator of Compound Butter, a publication of art inspired by food that ran for ten years.

Clients she has worked for include The Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair, Bon Appétit, GQ, The Washington Post, Netflix, Barron’s, Vulture, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, Bloomberg, the Los Angeles Times, Men’s Health, Politico, Forbes, the Ringer, Variety, the Soho Press, HarperCollins and Penguin Random House.  

Contact her at jayanicely@gmail.com

Follow her on instagram @jayafish