Abby JamesGraphic designer for film, TV and commercials
CV,  Instagram,  IMDb

Creating graphic details — big and small — to build worlds behind the camera. Sharp eye for layout and typography, from a decade in journalism and magazine publishing. Stuck in the late 20th century. Versed in period and contemporary. Lover of design high and low. Somewhere making books.

Former magazine journalist and print layout designer. Member of Graphics Union UK.

Based in London and the South East.
graphics@abbyjames.com
+44 (0) 7521 300 477




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RoleTypeByDate

Tomb RaiderGraphic designer
Season 1AmazonApril 2026 – May 2026

SiloSenior graphic designer
Season 4Apple TVApril 2025 – March 2026

Starling BankGraphic designerCommercialThe Corner ShopNovember 2025
PerkGraphic designerCommercial
Untold FableOctober 2025

Silo
Senior graphic designerSeason 3Apple TVAugust 2024 – March 2025

Urchin (Cannes)Lead graphic designer
Feature FilmBFI + BBC FilmApril 2024 – July 2024

Silo
Graphic designer
Season 2
Apple TVNovember 2023 – April 2024

BT BusinessGraphic designerCommercialSomesuchJanuary 2024
RSPCA
Graphic designerCommercialSomesuchNovember 2023

McDonaldsGraphic designer
CommercialSmugglerSeptember 2023

Surface
Graphic designerSeason 2Apple TVMarch 2023 – July 2023

The Crown Assistant graphic designerSeason 6NetflixJune 2022 – March 2023
Treason
Graphics assistantLimited SeriesNetflixJanuary 2022 – June 2022

Trying
Graphics assistantSeason 3Apple TVOctober  2021 – December 2021

A Spy Among Friends
Graphics assistant (dailies)Limited SeriesITVXSeptember 2021






BT Business
Graphic designer
Jan 2024



Somesuch
adam&eveDDB
‘Whatever Your Business, BT’s Got Your Back’
Commercial

Production designer: Anna Rhodes
Director: Raine Allen-Miller
Producer: Elly Camisa

In this BT Business campaign, we worked on ways to challenge the ‘& Sons’ tradition — and nod to the women in business. Here, I worked closely with the production designer and client to provide some options for very graphics-led storytelling.

The commercial visits a number of shopfronts, including a map shop, and a family law firm — for which I worked out some type solutions for the grandfather to add an “&GRANDDAUGHTERS” addendum sign, in action, to his existing “MILLER AND SONS” letttering.

Campaign: BT Business reveals first work from adam&eveDDB (Mar 2024)





Chosen concept for family law firm shopfront. Owing to a tight budget, a ‘Sackers Gothic’-style font was digitally rounded, and cut in gold vinyl, to give the illusion of signpainting. Model by Anna Rhodes.



Exploring type options for the fascia, and the addendum sign.


Designs for an earlier concept of a less aspirational, but well-loved, family business shopfront. Model by Anna Rhodes.


Concepted designs for a traditional antique map shop.












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