The GDUSA Podcast: Conversations About Graphic Design

Stephanie is a strategic, data-driven sustainability, ESG and communications leader who is currently Sr. Director, ESG at global talent solutions firm Robert Half.  She collaborates across the enterprise to find ways to continue and amplify the company's focus on ethics, integrity, innovation and inclusion, and she stands firm in the belief that she must learn and work each and every day on how to show up as a supporter and collaborator to act in allyship with historically excluded groups. She is passionate about our planet, politics, and plant-based food (feminism doesn't start with a P but it's in there too), and she spends her free time outdoors on various modes of human and wind-powered conveyances and/or devouring books and puzzles of all kinds.You can find Stephanie on LinkedIn.You can find the Robert Half ESG Webpage here and ESG Report here.Lucy is Executive Director of the marketing and creative practice at Robert Half. In this role, she oversees strategy and operations for the company’s marketing and creative talent solutions teams across U.S. locations. Since joining Robert Half in 1999, she has helped to advance Robert Half’s marketing and creative and technology practices throughout a number of geographies. With her passion for people and solutions, and a deep understanding of the industry, she has advised thousands of company leaders on talent solutions and guided thousands of individuals on the next steps in their careers. She also serves in board-level roles for organizations and has contributed her time and expertise to many local design schools and other creative organizations.You can find Lucy on LinkedIn.You can find Robert Half Marketing & Creative here.Robert Half Marketing & Creative Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Sign up to receive our monthly GDUSA Newsletter!https://gdusa.com/resources/newsletters/recent Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Podcast art by Maliya Naz

Over the course of three decades, Debbie has built her Northern New Jersey-based firm into a hub that embraces the philosophy of great ideas that genuinely work.“When we meet with a client, we really tune in. We brainstorm, we collaborate, and we develop something that is wonderfully tailored to the client’s goals—a finished product that conveys why your company, brand or product is different—and why your own clients and customers should choose you and not the competition,” she says.Having honed her skills at Federal Paperboard, where she worked with brands such as Klondike, Nutella, Polly-O, and Dunlop, Debbie doesn’t turn off her designer’s instincts when she leaves the office. In fact, a trip to the grocery store is just as likely to be for product-packaging research as it is for stocking the pantry.As an entrepreneur, a wife, a mother, a frequent university lecturer and even a black belt, Debbie looks at every new opportunity as an exciting puzzle to be solved.You can find Debbie at: https://barnettdesign.comor follow her at:www.linkedin.com/in/debbiebarnettideasthatworkhttps://www.instagram.com/barnettdesigninc/https://www.facebook.com/barnettdesigninc/Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Sign up to receive our monthly GDUSA Newsletter!https://gdusa.com/resources/newsletters/recent Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Podcast art by Maliya Naz

Paper is Michele's world. With 25+ years in the industry, she's seen a lot of changes. Watching technology infiltrate every aspect of our lives, she believes paper and print has evolved to a point where it can be considered a new medium. People respond to beautiful print, unique substrates and tangible things more than ever before. The right paper can be the critical factor that not only elevates a brand but helps define it - increasing shelf presence, brand equity, and response rates while driving sales. As the Marketing Manager at Neenah, Michele works on strategies, new ideas and tactics that keep Designers, Brand Managers and others who specify paper confident in paper specification, connecting them with Neenah's sales team and resources to provide solutions for packaging, print collateral, label, gift cards, direct mail and digital printing.You can find Michele on LinkedIn and Neenah on Instagram and on their website.Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Sign up to receive our monthly GDUSA Newsletter!https://gdusa.com/resources/newsletters/recent Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Podcast art by Maliya Naz

Studio on Fire is a Midwestern company based in St. Paul, Minnesota; owned by husband-and-wife-team Ben and Stacy Levitz. Their printing operation started in 1999, when Ben rebelled against the grind of designing behind a computer and bought his first printing press. This early basement studio stationed a Chandler & Price platen press between the boiler and the clothes dryer and just a step away from the cat box. Fast-forward twenty-one years— that basement hobby is now a truly unique commercial print shop with a battery of presses and a crew of talented people. That first press still sits  in the entryway of their shop.They proudly represent the best version of craft manufacturing here in the United States of America. They own the 19,000 square foot building that has been their home for the last five years. Above all else, THEY LOVE MAKING THINGS.You can follow them on Instagram.Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Sign up to receive our monthly GDUSA Newsletter!https://gdusa.com/resources/newsletters/recent Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Podcast art by Maliya Naz

Alex Moulton works with brands to inspire transformation and creativity through design, music, art, and technology. Since 2016, he has been Chief Creative Officer at branding and design studio Trollbäck+Company where he helps businesses communicate with purpose, shape culture, and become more sustainable. Rosie Garschina recently returned to Trollbäck+Company as Creative Director, leading the studio's creative global branding and campaign initiatives. Garschina has been at the helm of many recent branding initiatives, including creative directing the 2021 reinvention of Paramount’s BET, the rebrand of A+E’s History Channel, the launch of streaming service AMC+, and the creation of Audible's content branding system.Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Sign up to receive our monthly GDUSA Newsletter!https://gdusa.com/resources/newsletters/recent Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Podcast art by Maliya Naz

Paul Flaharty is executive director of the marketing and creative practice at global talent solutions firm Robert Half, which connects professionals with companies hiring in marketing, creative, digital, advertising and public relations. His primary responsibility is to develop and oversee the growth strategy for the company’s marketing and creative contract talent solutions teams across the United States. In this podcast, Paul shares his insights on the how 2023 is shaping up for both creative hiring managers and job seekers, what are key trends in hiring today, and why Robert Half is deeply committed to advancing inclusion and diversity in the workplace and the community – including its sponsorship of GDUSA’s inaugural “Designing For Good” category which is featured in our 59th annual graphic design awards annual showcase.Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Sign up to receive our monthly GDUSA Newsletter!https://gdusa.com/resources/newsletters/recent Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Podcast art by Maliya Naz

Christine Gaspar is a designer and planner with over 15 years of experience in community engaged design practice. Since 2009, she has been CUP’s Executive Director.Before that, she was Assistant Director of the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio in Biloxi, Mississippi, where she provided architectural design and community planning services to low-income communities of color recovering from Hurricane Katrina. She is a founding member of the Design Futures Leadership Forum Advisory Board and holds Masters in Architecture and in Urban Planning from MIT and a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies from Brown University.As a first generation American whose parents worked as a domestic worker and in a factory, she experienced some of the ways marginalized communities face barriers to accessing rights, services, and a political voice and deeply believes in CUP’s mission to change that. She is also deeply committed to expanding who has access to design and how it is used as a tool for community-led change.Follow CUP at:Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/welcometocupInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/we_are_CUP/Twitter:  https://www.instagram.com/we_are_CUP/LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-center-for-urban-pedagogy-cup-Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Sign up to receive our monthly GDUSA Newsletter!https://gdusa.com/resources/newsletters/recent Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Podcast art by Maliya Naz

An update on our next series of interviews.Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Sign up to receive our monthly GDUSA Newsletter!https://gdusa.com/resources/newsletters/recent Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Podcast art by Maliya Naz

Gordon talks to Diane Domeyer, Executive Director of The Creative Group, about in-demand design skills, the need women and minorities in creative leadership positions,, and why it's a job seeker's market.Diane Domeyer is the executive director at The Creative Group, a creative staffing firm. She has spent over 24 years at Robert Half, helping to connect interactive, design, marketing, and public relations professionals to the companies that want to hire them. Diane is called upon often to provide career and workplace advice and present on hiring and management topics. She is passionate about the creative industry and loves working with organizations and individuals alike on career and workplace trends and opportunities.Follow The Creative Group on Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and Twitter.This episode was produced by Sasha Kaye-Walsh.Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Sign up to receive our monthly GDUSA Newsletter!https://gdusa.com/resources/newsletters/recent Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Podcast art by Maliya Naz

Gordon talks to Robin Colangelo, Global Director of Creative Services at law firm White & Case, about creative leadership, design education, and the challenges of working inhouse.Robin is experienced in developing brand, marketing and creative strategy with extensive in-house leadership expertise building new teams and processes. She has led several rebrand efforts and also writes and speaks on creative leadership topics throughout the industry. In her current role, Robin leads a global in-house creative team for White & Case, where she manages the visual identity and oversees a diverse team across six offices and five countries. Robin's team of creative professionals design and produce all touch points to support the Firm's strategic goals; from marketing collateral, branding, digital, social media to video and animation.Learn more about Insource.This episode was produced by Sasha Kaye-Walsh.Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Sign up to receive our monthly GDUSA Newsletter!https://gdusa.com/resources/newsletters/recent Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Podcast art by Maliya Naz

Gordon talks to Brett Traylor, cofounder and senior partner at creative agency Thinkso, about growing up in a printing family, designing for good, and the derivation of his firm's name.Brett cofounded Thinkso and, as senior partner, provides creative leadership on every project. He has attracted a diverse clientele of corporate, cultural, and nonprofit organizations with his conceptual strength and bold execution. Throughout his career, Brett has worked on high-profile projects for a variety of clients. His work has been widely acclaimed in Communication Arts, Print, ID, Wired, Metropolis, and The New York Times. His work is included in the permanent collection of SF MoMA and has garnered an array of awards. He has been recognized by AIGA, SEGD, the New York Art Directors Club, Black Book AR100, REBRAND 100, and has twice been nominated for a British Design and Art Direction Award. Brett is a past GDUSA Person To Watch.Follow Brett on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Follow Thinkso on Twitter and Facebook.Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Sign up to receive our monthly GDUSA Newsletter!https://gdusa.com/resources/newsletters/recent Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Podcast art by Maliya Naz

Gordon talks with Megan Flood of boutique design studio Marine Lane about design school, bipartisan politics and her love of Serendipity ice cream.Megan Flood is CEO, Founder and Creative Director of NYC-based design studio Marine Lane. Under Megan's leadership, the firm continually creates compelling and award-winning work for a range of clients. A past GDUSA Person To Watch, Megan is a regular guest speaker at her alma mater, University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and Parsons The New School for Design.Follow Marine Lane on Instagram and Twitter.This episode was produced by Sasha Kaye-Walsh.Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Sign up to receive our monthly GDUSA Newsletter!https://gdusa.com/resources/newsletters/recent Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Podcast art by Maliya Naz

Host Gordon Kaye speaks with Janet Odgis, president and creative director of Odgis + Company, an award-winning, woman-owned design firm based in New York City, that has worked with some of the world's most prestigious corporations.Janet Odgis is President and Creative Director at Odgis + Co., an award-winning, woman-owned branding firm in New York City. She founded Odgis + Co. in 1985 after receiving her MFA from Yale University. Previously, she had been a Special Projects Designer at Random House, Knopf and Vintage and art directed and designed in the advertising, pharmaceutical and magazine sales promotion industries. She has taught graphic design for five years at Parsons The New School for Design and for 12 years at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Janet believes good design is essential for human happiness and her goal is to make business beautiful.Read Janet's HuffPost blog here.Find out more about Odgis + Co: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter & Instagram: @odgisandcoThis episode was produced by Sasha Kaye-Walsh.Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @gdusa or Twitter @GDUSAmagazine.Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Sign up to receive our monthly GDUSA Newsletter!https://gdusa.com/resources/newsletters/recent Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Podcast art by Maliya Naz

Host Gordon Kaye speaks with Scott Starrett, co-founder and creative director of Tandem Design, the firm responsible for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 2018 campaign design.Scott Starrett is co-founder and creative director at Tandem in New York City. As a child he was fascinated by the fact that everything in the man-made world is made up of a series of ideas and choices. He realized human beings were making it up as they went...and he wanted in on it.Tandem's Instagram: @tandem.nycScott's Instagram: @gaptoothgrinFind out more:Ocasio-Cortez website: https://ocasio2018.com/splashHidalgo website: https://www.linahidalgo.com/Brand New Congress: https://brandnewcongress.org/Progressive Hacknight: http://www.progressivehacknight.org/Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.Sign up to receive our monthly GDUSA Newsletter!https://gdusa.com/resources/newsletters/recent Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Podcast art by Maliya Naz