TaxStatus — Jackson Kruse

Jackson Kruse is an independent graphic designer and design historian based in Los Angeles.

info@jacksonkruse.com
@jacksonkrusestudio

C.V.

Education

M.A. History of Design
Royal College of Art
London, UK
2027

B.S. Journalism, Sociology
Northwestern University
Evanston, US
Cum Laude
2025

Experience

Independent Designer
Self-Titled Studio
Los Angeles, US
Active

Studio Design Intern
Club Studio
Los Angeles, US
2025

Graphic Design Resident
TaxStatus
Chicago, US
2024

Design Specialist Intern
Aon
Chicago, US
2024

Graphic Design Intern
Los Angeles 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Games (LA28)
Los Angeles, US
2023

Graphic Design Intern
Marquee Sports Network
Chicago, US
2022

Services

Brand Identity
Art Direction
Information Design
Logotypes
Print and Layout
Mapmaking
Wayfinding

Collaboration

Club Studio
Holiday Studio
Long Weekend
MSCHF

Recognition

William H. Exum Award (H.M.)
Northwestern University
Evanston, US
2024

STA 100 (Shared)
Society of Typographic Arts
Chicago, US
2021

Last Updated February 2026

Work, Index, Etc.

Description

A startup at a critical moment in its growth, TaxStatus seeks an infrastructure that could support an oncoming go-to-market strategy.

Date

2024

Services

Brand Identity
Iconography

TaxStatus is a one-of-a-kind IRS account monitoring platform for financial professionals and the clients they serve. With a simple digital consent process, advisors can access client information from official IRS records.

Anchored by a refurbished, geometrically sound monogram logo mark, TaxStatus employs an expanded color palette and custom icon library to explain its complex product with simplicity in mind.

From user experience assets, to displays of safety and security, to explanations for actions that are simply hard to explain, a robust custom icon library allows TaxStatus to tell its unique story.

An expanded color palette delivers flexibility not only for in-portal user experience with familiar correspondance to classic calls-to-action but also for distinct services and processes within the TaxStatus suite of services: blue signals data; gold, insight reports; red, account monitoring; purple, enterprise clients.

2026