Erik Evensen

I am currently a tenure-track faculty member in the Department of Design within the School of Art & Design. I teach a wide variety of courses, including design drawing, design foundations, graphic design, and color theory. Additionally, I am the coordinator for the interdisciplinary Color Specialization, an advisor for the Graphic Design BFA program, and a member of the Graduate faculty for the cross-disciplinary MFA in Design.

Evensen Creative is a strategic design + creative consultancy focusing on graphic design, brand development, web development, illustration, multimedia, and product innovation and development. We follow a design-driven, user-centered process to identify and execute the best creative solutions for our partnering clients. Frequent consultation and collaboration with other creative studios such as The Phuse, Red Zest Design, and Brown & Company Design.

Visiting faculty appointment, teaching visual communication design, design foundations, design drawing, and typography. Implementing and refining the new Design Foundations curriculum following conversion of quarter system to semester system. Supervision of Teaching Associates and Lecturers.

Sabbatical replacement, teaching Design Foundations (2010). Courtesy roles included substitute class instruction, instructing and mentoring students in digital illustration and sequential art, and acting as external member for BFA committees, portfolio reviewer, and internship supervisor.

Served as drawing instructor while in graduate school. Taught all 3 courses in the Design Drawing sequence. Redesigned and implemented new material for conceptual drawing course.

In addition to standard studio tasks, position included acting as liaison between the agency and print vendors, managing the internship program, and acting as lead designer and project manager on various client projects.

Teaching design foundations to Digital Media, Graphic Design, and Animation majors.

Part of a large, in-house advertising department in a Fortune 1000 company. Individually responsible for catalog production, publication design, and advertising campaigns worth approximately $1.85M per quarter, with a circulation of about 400 million. Notable projects include award-winning illustrated advertisements, animated JumboTron promotions at Boston's TD Garden, the creation of an ongoing comic strip for PEAK-award-winning Connect Magazine, and the ongoing process of rebranding the company. After leaving the position, was contracted twice for on-site consulting residencies in 2005.