InDesigner: Tamara Khalaf

Hannah Peterson

A quick look at designer Tamara Khalaf’s resume will give you two very different impressions. On the one hand, Khalaf has been working at Walt Disney Animation Studios for 27 years—an impressive display of commitment and focus! On the other hand, outside of her full-time job she’s busy with a range of unexpected ventures, including her Doctorate of Ministry in Theology and Spirituality and her side gig as a certified Enneagram coach. When I sat down to talk with Khalaf about her life and work, her passion and curiosity for everything from InDesign tricks to feminist theology to screenwriting just leapt off the screen. It turns out that this range of work and hobbies isn’t accidental. Instead, it’s part of Khalaf’s philosophy on how to have a happy career (and life!).

“All of us are multifaceted individuals,” she explains. “While my day job fulfills some aspects that I need it to, it can’t account for my interests in things like music, wine, or fine art! Thankfully I have other places to engage those parts of my brain.”

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