Ashleigh Axios

Art Director, Rock Creek SM & The White House

Washington, D.C.

Ashleigh is an Art Director at Rock Creek SM, working full-time at the White House for the past two years. On a design team that only recently grew from two to three people, Ashleigh does a bit of everything, including: digital strategy, art direction, content strategy, web design, branding, responsive design, data visualization, illustration, and occasional hand animation.

She is also the Vice President, Treasurer and Co-Sponsorship Chair for AIGA DC, the local chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design. On the board of directors, she works with the chapter president and various directors on the board to amplify and enhance the value of design, enhance professional development for designers, plan and execute events for designers, and mobilize the local design movement in the DC-metro area — government designers included.

Ashleigh has a BFA in Graphic Design from Rhode Island School of Design. Since art school graduation, she has worked in the DC-area for companies such as Fleishman-Hillard Digital, Openbox9, and Cortina Productions. While she didn’t think she would be in DC as long as she has, her appreciation for the district and all it has to offer has only grown over time.