Rachel Gogel LLC

Rachel Gogel (she/hers) is a Parisian creative director, designer, speaker, and educator whose career has followed the rise and dominance of an entire era of digital design. She runs her own small consultancy as an independent design executive and has led major brand initiatives at GQ, The New York Times, Meta, Godfrey Dadich, Airbnb, Warner Bros., and Dropbox. Now working as a solopreneur, she has influenced many exciting projects for her clients — from launching editorial publications from scratch, to leading org design efforts, to designing TV show pitch decks for influential public figures, to building brand systems for global media and entertainment companies in a fractional capacity. As an experienced people manager and queer leader, she is committed to designing teams that build brands — with a focus on culture and technology. When she's not consulting, she teaches at the California College of the Arts (CCA) and run the Women in Leadership & Design (WILD) initiative as Chair and AIGA SF Board Member. Beyond this, she is a mentor on ADPList and Talk To A Creative Director and an active member of Queer Design Club and Neol. Nominated for a 2022 Webby for her work on Departures, she has also been recognized by Inc. as one of 2016’s “30 under 30 Movers and Shakers” and by Forbes as one of 2015’s “30 under 30” in media. She has been featured in publications such as PRINT Magazine, Design by Women, Fast Company, among others. She lives with her wife Susannah Hainley — fellow CCA faculty, designer, and comics creator — in San Francisco, California.