Tyler Kemp-Benedict
Education
Boston University’s Center for Digital Imaging Arts
Certificate in Web Design Aug 2009
The Art Institute of Boston
(Lesley University College of Art and Design)
Advanced Professional Certificate
in Design 2004
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science in Biology 1986
Design Experience
Self-employed graphic designer 2004–present
Specializing in clear, professional, informative and engaging design for educational institutions and publishers, nonprofits and NGOs, environmental research and advocacy groups, arts-related small businesses, and humanitarian programs
- Design educational and promotional publications including books, brochures, posters, curriculum and outreach materials, and packaging
- Develop and refresh logos, branding and identity systems
- Create and style tables, graphs, maps, and other information graphics
- Clients have included Arctic Council, Cambridge Women’s Commission, Davis Publications, Design that Matters, Facing History and Ourselves, International Cryosphere Climate Initiative, Spectrum Media, Stockholm Environment Institute, and Union of Concerned Scientists.
WGBH Educational Foundation Boston MA
Designer Feb 2007–Jan 2009
Associate Designer Jun 2004–Feb 2007
- Designed print and online documents and premiums for instructional, editorial, and promotional purposes. Developed and maintained visual branding for WGBH programs and outside clients.
- Projects included textbooks, activity guides, and other curriculum materials, information graphics and forms, stationery systems, templates, invitations, brochures and other marketing collateral and premiums, video and CD packaging, signs, posters and fliers, logos, annual reports, and exhibits.
- Collaborated with art directors, writers, editors, account managers, illustrators, photographers, and others. Participated actively in project management to meet goals, deadlines, and budgets.
- Projects included textbooks, activity guides and other curriculum materials, information graphics and illustrations, stationery systems, invitations, brochures and other collateral, packaging, signs, exhibits, posters, logos, and annual reports.
- Clients included Abt Associates, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Cambridge Science Festival, Harvard Business School, and Museum of African American History, as well as WGBH in-house partners.
Harvard Graduate School of Education Cambridge MA
Assistant to the Director, Arts in Education Program Aug 1997–Jan 2002
Designed publications, presentation graphics, and posters; created and maintained websites and databases; coordinated production of book series.