ALLIE LONG PORTFOLIO

Here for the art
of making things clear.

Good stories build worlds. Good design welcomes you into them. I spend my time where these two meet.

Seattle, Washington Available for collaboration
About

I’m drawn to the connective tissue between worlds: science and story, data and feeling, expertise and access. My work is the translation layer, making the complex familiar without flattening the nuance.

My background reaches across the humanities, environmental justice, and public health systems. Right now that means working alongside scientists to translate community-centered climate research into stories that make explicit what’s often left unsaid.

Across all of it, my work starts with the same question: how can I honor the people and places whose stories I’m trying to tell?

I write, design, and think strategically — often all three in the same project. I’m most useful early, when the shape of something is still being figured out.

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  1. Write Community-centered Storytelling
    Longform features · Profiles
    Reported essays · Human narrative
  2. Write Research Translation
    Science for general audiences · Policy communication
    Q&A · Practitioner voices
  3. Write Strategic Voice
    Impact reports · Program narratives
    Executive letters · Annual reports
  4. Design Editorial Design
    Report layout · Print-to-web
    Typography · Publication systems
  5. Design Creative Direction
    Art direction · Visual voice
    Overseeing contributors · Brand coherence

Good work, made with good people.

Open to writing collaborations, editorial partnerships, and communications projects with research institutions, nonprofits, and organizations doing work that deserves a better story than it's currently getting.

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