ABOUT

Josh is a designer, art director, and burgeoning educator based in Chicago, IL who recently received his MDes from the University of Illinois Chicago. Prior to moving to Chicago he worked as an art director in Cleveland, OH. Josh designs with an eye towards craft, ephemerality, distortion, chance operation, and the interplay of analog and digital modes of production and specializes in print design, publication design, branding, campaign conception and execution, printmaking, JavaScript (p5.js and basil.js), bookbinding, illustration, and a bit of web design.


    EDUCATION

University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
MDes Graphic Design
    2019-2021

Ohio University
Athens, OH
BFA Graphic Design, Business Minor
    2009-2013


    ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Loyola University
Chicago, IL
Instructor
    July 2022–Present
Adjunct Instructor
    January 2022—May 2022

Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, IL
Adjunct Instructor
    August 2021—May 2022

UIC School of Design
Chicago, IL
Adjunct Instructor
    January 2020—May 2022

Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL
Adjunct Instructor
    September 2021—December 2021

International Society of
Typographic Designers
North America
Annual Student Assessment
  Scheme Assessor
    2019, 2020, 2022


    PROFESSIONAL POSISIONS

UIC College of Architecture, Design and the Arts
Chicago, IL
Internal Designer
    June 2020—May 2021

UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
Chicago, IL
Internal Designer — Illinois 2020 Census
    December 2019—June 2020

Marcus Thomas
Cleveland, OH
Designer / Art Director
    December 2013—July 2019

Vicarel Studios
Denver, CO
Freelance Designer
    October 2017—July 2019

AIGA Cleveland
Cleveland, OH
Community Outreach Committee
    June 2018—July 2019


    EXHIBITIONS

Typeforce 12, Co-Prosperity, Chicago IL, 2022


    COURSES TAUGHT


    COURSES YET TO BE TAUGHT