Speakers

JH

Josh
Higgins

Former Design
Director for
President Obama’s
2012 campaign

San Diego, CA

@joshwhiggins

Josh is a creative who works across multiple mediums including digital, print, apparel, packaging, identity, broadcast, and environmental design creating consistent experiences between brands and consumers. For over thirteen years, he’s been refining the art of connecting brands to people with a concept-driven visual style that has earned him national honors.

He recently concluded his role as Design Director for President Obama’s 2012 campaign. As the Design Director, Josh built and led the design team for the historic 2012 political campaign in which the web, design, and technology played a pivotal role. The responsibility of Josh and the team was to design the Obama 2012 campaign both online and offline. A main focus of his was on creating a uniform message and consistent visual language across all mediums. With roots in both advertising and graphic design, he has done extensive work for brands including Fender Guitars, The Tony Hawk Foundation, HP, Asics Footwear, CBS Radio, Perry Ellis International, IHOP, New Castle Beer, PF Changs, Yamaha, and Life Technologies.

Josh dedicates a percentage of his time to social causes. Finding creative ways to support them has manifested into successful exhibits and charitable projects, like The Hurricane, So-Cal and Haiti Poster Projects in addition to lecture series with photographers, designers and film makers with proceeds donated to various charitable organizations.

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Presenting Sponsors

SVA Masters in Branding
Squarespace
Neenah Paper
MailChimp
Monotype Imaging
FontShop
Behance
MOO
Quantum Group

Event Sponsors

Hoefler & Frere-Jones
CustomInk

After-Party Sponsors

The Public Society

Local Sponsor

AIGA/NY

In-kind Sponsor

Uber