Kareem Dimitrious Collie
Kareem
Dimitrious
Collie
Kareem Dimitrious Collie
Design Director & Educator
As a Design Director I bring years of leadership experience in branding, advertising, user-experience and design education
I am interested in the ideas driving the narratives expressed through design and the way they shape how we think, see ourselves, and engage one another. And, I aspire to design things and experiences that change and expand minds, move folks to action, or simply reveal what’s unseen.
EDUCATION
New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study | MA in Culture and Communication, 2016
Pratt Institute, Communication Design Department | BFA in Visual Communication Design, 2001
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Design Director | IBM, 2021-Present
Director of Design and Creativity | the Hive (The Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity) at the Claremont Colleges, 2017-2021
Human-Centered Design Coach | d.school (Hasso Plattner Institute of Design) at Stanford University, 2016-Present
Teaching Fellow | d.school (Hasso Plattner Institute of Design) at Stanford University, 2016-2017
Art Director of Live-Action Series and Movies | Nickelodeon, 2011-2013
Partner & Creative Director | Dimitrious II, 2006-2012
Design Director | Studio Red at Rockwell Group, 2004-2006
Art Director | USA Network, 2002-2004
Designer | Radical Media, 2001
Jr. Art Director | Deutsch Inc, 2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Clinical Professor of Visual Communication Design | Harvey Mudd College, 2017-2021
Lecturer | Stanford University’s d.school, 2016-2017
Visiting Instructor | Pratt Institute, 2006-2013
EXHIBITIONS + PUBLICATIONS
Editor, Contributing Writer | The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression, and Reflection, 2022
Contributor | Creative Acts for Curious People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways (Stanford d.school Library), 2021
Exhibition, “Campus Mail Art: The Claremont Colleges” Art Studio HalI | Pomona College, 2019
Essay, “Portraits of Obama: Media, Fidelity and the 44th President” | Dialectic, the journal of the AIGA Design Educators Community, 2018
Interview | Prattfolio Spring, Summer 2018, Leadership, 2018
Exhibition, “Portraits of Obama” | Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre at NYU, 2014
Exhibition, “Portraits of Obama” | Lorimoto Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, 2014
Contributor | “Guide to Graphic Design”, 2013
Exhibition, Various works | The Puck “Art & Design” Show, 2000
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Speaker, AIGA San Deigo | Y24 Conference, 2019
Speaker, AIGA Cal Poly Pomona | Careers in Design, 2019
Panelist, San Francisco Design Week | SYPartners, 2018
Speaker, Identity Intersections | Office of Inclusivity and Diversity, Harvey Mudd, 2018
Panelist, Re-Imagining the University Through the Arts Series | Claremont Graduate University, 2016-17
Panelist, San Francisco Design Week | SYPartners, 2017
FELLOWSHIPS + AWARDS
Award, Design Incubator, Educators Communication Design Awards 2017, Scholarship Creative Work | 2017
Fellowship, Stanford University, d.school "Teaching Fellow" | 2016-17
Award, Gallatin Special Service Award | 2016
Fellowship, NYU’s Global Research Initiative (Shanghai, China) | 2015
Fellowship, Gallatin-Newington-Cropsey Foundation “In-Residence” | 2014
Award, Gallatin Dean’s Scholarship | 2013-15
Award, Graphics System contributes to the clients Environmental Quality Award | 2010
Award, Event Design Magazine, Best Outdoor Consumer Exhibit Environment | 2006
Award, Gold Broadcast Design Award, Special Events Promo | 2004
Award, Gold Broadcast Design Award, Topical Promo Campaign | 2004
Award, Gold Broadcast Design Award, Out-of-Home Campaign | 2003
Award, Silver Broadcast Design Award, Bound Piece | 2003
Award, Pratt Outstanding Merit In Communication Design | 2001
Grant, Advertising Club Of New York | 1999