Creative director anddesigner by trade.Host because I can’tstop asking questions.

9+ years across agency and in-house creative teams. I concept, design, art direct the shoot and cut the content. When the brief is right, I’m your on-camera talent.

Open to part-time creative contracts, 3–6+ months

Rising Voices campaign creative
“Her creativity, agility, hosting and flawless editing elevated every piece of content we produced.”
Kiser Barnes, Chief Creative Officer at Red Antler

Most brands hire three people to make one interview series.

A creative to shape the idea. A designer to make it look like something. A host to carry it in the room. Then the day itself gets spent translating between the three of them.

I have done all three jobs for eight years, so the idea, the look and the questions come out of one head. The series sounds like one voice because it is one.

That is the whole pitch. Everything below is proof.

Cate Jarrett interviewing Nadine Ezzie

Hosting and interviews

Festivals, activations, founder interviews, panels. I ask the follow-up question everyone else skips, and I keep people sounding like themselves.

  • Festival and conference hosting
  • Founder and executive interviews
  • Panels and moderation
  • Owned interview series

See the hosting work

Glossier For the Love of Lips campaign on a brick wall

Creative and art direction

Campaign identity, series branding, social systems. Three years leading art direction on Indeed's Rising Voices with Hillman Grad and 271 Films.

  • Campaign and series identity
  • Social-first creative systems
  • Brand and event design
  • Concepting and pitch direction

See the design work

Creative by trade. Conversational by nature.

More about Cate

I am an art director and host based in New York. Eight years in, I have worked both sides of the table: in agencies and in-house, shaping how brands look, then being the person who brings that story to life.

On the design side that means Indeed, Red Antler, United Airlines and MetLife, including three years leading art direction for Rising Voices, Indeed's award winning BIPOC filmmaker programme with Hillman Grad and Lena Waithe's 271 Films.

Hosting has taken me to Cannes Lions, SXSW, Tribeca Film Festival, NYFW and Female Quotient events, asking the follow-up questions others skip.

The through line is that I am deeply curious about what makes people and brands the way they are. Designing a system, running an interview, shaping a story: I am looking for what feels most true underneath.

8+

Years across agency and in-house creative

4

Festivals hosted: Cannes Lions, SXSW, Tribeca, NYFW

3+

Years leading art direction on Rising Voices

Let's make something together

Share the dates, the format and a little about the room, and I will come back with availability and a clear number within one business day.

Cate Jarrett

Host, interviewer and art director. New York City.

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Currently

Booking Q4 2026 and Q1 2027, in New York and wherever the work is.

© 2026 Cate JarrettHost, Interviewer, Creative