I am currently at The Atlantic, where I art direct the print magazine.

Previously, I designed digital editorial experiences for The Atlantic’s Experimental Storytelling team, including Caitlin Dickerson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning investigation into family separation at the U.S.–Mexico border. I spent seven years at The Washington Post, art directing and designing across A1, Opinion, Arts & Style, Food, Health & Science, and Outlook, creating work that spanned print, digital, and experimental storytelling.

I take on select freelance illustration and design projects. Recent clients include Clarkson Potter's Maxi’s Kitchen, for which I created illustrated guides and visual assets for the cookbook, a New York Times bestseller.

I am available for freelance illustration, editorial design, creative direction, and special projects. For inquiries, please contact lizzie.c.hart@gmail.com.

Illustrators interested in sharing portfolios can reach me at ehart@theatlantic.com.

Speaking Engagements & Involvement

Society of Publication Design

Judge, design competition, 2026
Illustration Portfolio Review Co-Chair, 2021

Inkygoodness Collective

Speaker and Mentor, 2025

Shillington Education

Guest Lecture, 2023

Society of News Design

Judge Print design competition, 2022

Maryland Institute College of Art

MFA Illustration Critique & Lunchtime Lecture, 2021

Madrid Association of Illustration Professionals

Jury, 2020

Society of Illustrators

Jury, 2017

Selected Recognition

National Magazine Awards

Best Print Illustration, for the portrait of Jenisha Watts by Didier Viode, 2024

Society of Publication Design

Silver Special Category “Timeless" January/February 2024, “If Trump Wins”

Society of News Design

Finalist World’s Best Designer, 2021 

Silver Print features portfolio, 2021

Silver Features cover, 2021

Silver Print illustration, 2020 Eiko Ojala

Silver Digital use of a single illustration, 2020 Wayne Brezinka

Silver Digital use of a single illustration, 2021 Jin Chung

Bronze Digital art direction portfolio, 2020

Bronze Digital art direction portfolio, 2021

Award of Excellence Print portfolio, 2016, 2017, 2020

Award of Excellence Digital portfolio, 2019, 2022