New York-based art director, designer, and illustrator, originally from Kansas. I’m currently a Deputy Director of News Design at The New York Times.


Work
The New York Times (6/15 - Present)
Deputy Design Director, News Design (2/21 - Present)
Art Director (1/19 - 2/21)
Staff Editor, News Design (1/17 - 12/18)
Freelance Staff Artist, Features (8/15 - 1/17)
Art Department Intern (6 - 8/15)

Select Awards
  • Society of Publication Designers (SPD56) — Gold Medal: newspaper front page design; Gold Medal: newspaper section, not feature; Gold Medal: newspaper feature.
  • Pulitzer Prize in Public Service (contributing) — 2021
  • Society for News Design (SND42) — Various; Award of Excellence, News Portfolio, 2021
  • Society for News Design (SND41) — Silver Medal Portfolio; Various; Best Designed Newspaper, 2020
  • Society for News Design (SND40) — Various, Best Designed Newspaper, 2019
  • American Illustration 38, 2019
  • Society for News Design (SND39) — Various, Best Designed Newspaper, 2018

Select Jury, Talks
  • Pratt Institute — visiting speaker, Typography and Information Design, 2023
  • Rhode Island School of Design — visiting speaker, Graphic Design, 2023
  • School for Visual Arts — visiting speaker/guest critic, Visual Storytelling, 2021
  • Rhode Island School of Design — visiting speaker/guest critic, Graphic Design, 2021
  • Art Directors Club — Judge, Illustration Competition, 2021
  • School for Visual Arts — visiting speaker/guest critic, Visual Language, 2020
  • Society for News Design (SND41) — Judge, 2020
  • Pratt Institute — visiting speaker/guest critic, Graphic Design, 2019
  • Society of Publication Designers — Judge, Spots Competition, 2019
  • Parsons School of Design — Guest Critic, Graphic Design, 2019
  • Society of Illustrators — Judge, Student Competition 2019

Contact
For freelance work: standardregular@gmail.com
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For promotional work: andrew.sondern@nytimes.com
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Mark