I currently am a Senior Advisor focusing on Design at SYPartners, an independent design consultant and teacher at School of Visual Arts, MFA Design.
I have spent decades devoted to design: working alongside designer Milton Glaser, for the transformation consultancy SYPartners and teaching at School of Visual Arts in New York City. In addition to being a practitioner, I have juried with many design organizations, have spoken internationally about the role and value of design and have won industry awards.
Recent Highlights
Short-listed for the 2026 D&AD awards in the Magazine and Newspaper category for my work, Now & Next
Presented my paper From Now to Next: Hope as the First Act of Regenerative Transition at the Transition Design Conference in Mexico City, July 2026
Presented at SEGD’s XLab, July 2026
Participation in International Design Day with SEGD, May 2026
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Professional Experience
Independent Design Consultant
Collaborates with select organizations to design experiences, workshops, visual expressions, editorial projects and dream up new realities together.
SYPartners
Senior Advisor, Design, 2026–Present
Leads and elevates various consulting projects from a design perspective.
Principal, Design, 2021–Present
Led and co-led consulting projects and the Design discipline. Mentors and manages designers.
Creative Director, 2016–2020
Led the design of consulting projects, partnered with team leads, set the vision and intention of work, and mentored designers.
School of Visual Arts
Faculty and Thesis Advisor, MFA Design 2019–Present
Faculty, Continuing Education Design Division, 2014–Present
Milton Glaser Incorporated
Art Director, 2011–2016
Senior Designer, 2007–2011
Responsible for partnering closely with Milton to shape each stage of the design process from conception to production of print, digital and dimensional projects.
Independent Designer
2004–present
Design for a variety of nonprofits, arts organizations and cultural institutions.
The New York Times
Assistant Art Director, 2006–2007
Designed layouts for Arts & Leisure and House and Home sections.
Museum of Modern Art
Intern, 2004–2005
Assisted with research and communication for the exhibition Safe: Design Takes on Risk, lead by Curator Paola Antonelli.
Education
School of Visual Arts
Masters of Fine Art in Design
New York, New York; May 2006
University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana
Bachelors of Fine Art in Graphic Design with Honors
Champaign, Illinois; 1997–2001
University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; January–May 2000
Recognition
Speaking Engagements
Avenues
Columbia University
D&AD
FutureText
CUNY Hostos Community College
Parsons
School of Visual Arts
SEGD
St. Francis University
Transition Design Conference, Mexico City
West Point
Selected Juries
D&AD, Spatial Design
D&AD, Branding
D&AD, Packaging
DPI Magazine
New Jersey Art Directors Club
Selected Awards
D&AD 2026 Finalist
Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design
Communication Arts
Graphis
AIGA
Type Directors Club
Publications
Fast Company
Communication Arts
D&AD
In Search of the Miraculous, Milton Glaser
Observer
Modus, by Medium
Print Magazine
The Start Up, by Medium
Things I Have Learned in my Life so Far, by Stefan Sagmeister