COLLINS welcomes renowned designer Astrid Stavro as VP, Creative Director. Stavro brings experience from posts at Camper, McKinsey, AB InBev, Atlas and Pentagram, and is current president of the ISTD.
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Akira Kobayashi To Receive TDC Medal
The Type Directors Club’s highest honor recognizes individuals and institutions who have made outstanding contributions to typography. This year’s recipient will be Akira Kobayashi of Monotype.
Saltzman Steps Up To Senior Designer
New Jersey designer Alex Saltzman continues to advance through creative and leadership strides while being honored for her exceptional design prowess.
Ellen Lupton Is Cooper Hewitt Curator Emerita
Ellen Lupton receives honorary designation to celebrate the conclusion of her tenure as Senior Curator of Contemporary Design at Cooper Hewitt.
WPP Merges Firm Led by Morris and Prior
WPP’s Design Bridge and Superunion will merge to create a single design company in January 2023. John Morris is CEO and Jim Prior is Chair of the merged firm.
Elmwood NY Appoints Manuli And Young To Senior Team
Elmwood has made two senior appointments to its management team in the US. WIth Jeanne Manuli and Natasha Young, women now make up 75% of the leadership team.
Former Chef Is Lead Food Stylist
Equator has appointed former chef Joe Wright to the role of Lead Food Stylist, further expanding its in-house photography and food styling capabilities. His main goal is to help elevate the content.
Chris Ertel Joins Equator’s US Team As Strategy Director
Equator has appointed Chris Ertel as Strategy Director. He brings extensive experience in developing brands in both retail and CPG sectors to the role, and is known for championing the consumer mindset.
Ranke To COLLINS as VP of People
COLLINS is bolstering its talent development strengths with the addition of VP of People Lauren Ranke. A leading voice in creative talent and culture development, Ranke will foster advancement and growth of the branding firm’s people.
Designer Anushka Suji NAIL’s It
Anushka Suji is the newest Studio Designer for Nail Communications. Suji will support the 24 year old agency’s design work and help develop creative assets for client programs and internal efforts.
Pentagram Co-Founder Colin Forbes Passes
The celebrated designer and co-founder of Pentagram has passed away at age 94. During his career Colin designed graphics and visual identities for a wide range of clients and industries.
Gericke, Beeler, Johnson, Jacobson Are SEGD ‘Classmates’
SEGD’s class of Fellows for 2022 includes Michael Gericke of Pentagram, Julie Beeler and Brad Johnson of Second Story, and Alan Jacobson of Exit Design. Past Fellows include Ed Schlossberg, Paula Scher and Massimo Vignelli.
Jessica Parker Gilbert To Head Of Product For WaPo
Jessica Parker Gilbert now leads the Product and Product Design teams working on the entire suite of Washington Post branded products.
Pearlfisher Promotes Former Intern Jess Phillips To Creative Director
Jess Phillips becomes Pearlfisher London’s new Creative Director following an internal promotion. She has been with the firm since an internship in 2012.
Jenna Capobianco For The Common Good
Common Good, formerly LRXD, has named Jenna Capobianco as the agency’s first executive creative director. She has worked at Wieden + Kennedy, Fallon, and Hal Riney San Francisco.
Colossus Makes Big Time Addition of Allison Waters Doherty
Boston-based creative agency Colossus has made an integral addition to its Executive Leadership team, hiring Allison Waters Doherty as general manager of Design.
Vault49 Hires Susan Levy To Head Client Management
Susan Levy joins the team with a wealth of experience from the likes of JKR and Pearlfisher. She will be based in the New York Studio, but will be heading up the department across Vault49’s London Studio, too.
Graeme Williams To Equator As Creative Director
Equator has appointed Graeme Williams as Creative Director. He has more than 20 years experience in brand and retail strategy, visual storytelling, art direction and packaging creation.
Equator Appoints Martin DiFrisco To Account Director
Equator appoints Martin DiFrisco to the role of Account Director. Joining the Chicago studio, DiFrisco brings 25 years experience in package design, much of this devoted to building private brands.
Scott Beffort Heads New Landor & Fitch Toronto Studio
Landor & Fitch announces a new studio at the Waterfront Innovation Centre in Toronto to serve clients and to contribute to the thriving creative community. Scott Beffort is Executive Director.
Eric Mower Helps Open Doors
Eric Mower has been honored by the One Hundred Black Men in New York for, among other things, the Mower agency’s pro bono creative and media for the non-profit.
Tenazas Is MICA Designer-in-Residence
MICA has named Lucille Tenazas — whose groundbreaking creative career opened up graphic design to diverse influences – as this year’s William O.Steinmetz ’50 Designer-in-Residence.
Chelsea Conrad Joins WaPo Design Department
Chelsea Conrad is joining the Design Department of The Washington Post as a news designer. She comes over from NPR and is a graduate of MICA and the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.
Roxane Gay Keynotes SVA Commencement
SVA is going to have its first in-person commencement ceremony in two year with guest speaker Roxane Gay at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, May 22.
Equator Names New VP of Client Services
Equator Design has appointed Adam Sears as VP of Client Service (UK/IE/AUS). Sears is prepared to build strong relationships across key clients, driving growth initiatives and service innovation.
Steve Cousins Joins Sockeye Agency
Sockeye, a brand strategy and design firm based in Portland OR, has tapped Steve Cousins as creative director of design. Cousins has run his own design studio, ReallyBigCool, and held creative posts at lululemon and Cinco.
ArtCenter Names First Woman President
Educator and industrial designer Karen Hofmann named President and CEO of ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, CA. She is the first woman president in the College’s 90+ year history.
David Ramskov To Digital Director Role At Pearlfisher
Pearlfisher has appointed David Ramskov, former Managing Director of Pearlfisher Copenhagen, to the new role of Digital Director. He began his career by starting his own digital agency out of high school.
Maria Nicanor To Lead Cooper Hewitt
Maria Nicanor, executive director of the Rice Design Alliance (RDA) at Rice University’s School of Architecture, has been named the director of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, effective March 21.
Jeff Hale Is First Head of Design for Walrus
Independent creative agency Walrus has named Jeff Hale its first Head of Design. In his new role, Hale will oversee Walrus’s design output across both the agency’s full-service and design-only clients.
6 Decades of GDUSA People To Watch
In anticipation of our 2022 GDUSA People To Watch annual feature, now at the printer, here is a roster of past People To Watch since 1963. You will find undisputed historical giants, legends and legends-to-be, as well as a few one-hit-wonders.
Riden Heads Deutsch NY Art & Design
Deutsch New York announces two key leadership appointments: Melatan Riden as EVP, Head of Art and Design and Miriam Franklin as EVP, Head of Integrated Production.
Ksenya Samarskaya Is TDC Managing Director
The Type Directors Club appoints designer, strategist, and educator Ksenya Samarskaya to serve as the first managing director in the club’s 75-year history. Her vision runs from branding and vision to diversity and inclusion.
Jen Cole Gets Social At Greteman Group
Jen Cole joined marketing agency Greteman Group where she will use her role as social media manager to help the agency’s clients build their brands through socially engaged online communities.
Jessica de Jesus Initiates At LA Times
Jessica de Jesus has been named deputy design director of initiatives for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she was the creative director at Bitch Media, a pop culture-focused feminist nonprofit media organization.
Crystal Williams Named RISD President
A teacher, leader, advocate, poet, and Boston University’s current veep and associate provost for community & inclusion, Williams believes that education, art, equity and justice are essential to transforming our society.
Ruki Neuhold-Ravikumar To KCAI Head
Ruki Neuhold-Ravikumar, Acting Director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, was named the 25th President of Kansas City Art Institute and will begin her term July 1, 2022.
Global CMO At Landor & Fitch
Landor & Fitch appoints Jane Bloomfield as Global Chief Marketing Officer. Bloomfield develops new business, marketing, and communication strategies, oversees the global Marcoms team and PR agency relationship, and fosters collaboration across the firm’s 1200 people in 19 studios.
Marks Names Morris SVP Global Strategy
Brand experience agency Marks has announced the appointment of Elle Morris to the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Global Strategy. Her role at Marks will focus on enhancing and growing the agency’s strategic capabilities. She will be based in the Cincinnati office.
The Many Becomes Even More
The Many has welcomed ten new designers to its design studio. The expansion allows the agency to enhance its existing capabilities from social and digital content to brand identity while expanding its design services to include packaging, UX/UI, key art, illustration, and animation.