Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender

Josh Sender

Hey, I'm Josh - an artist ↗ and an occasional award-winning graphic designer. Over the last nine years, I’ve worked across different sized design agencies, ranging from 5 people to 300. I’ve re-branded companies, I’ve designed wayfinding for institutions, and I’ve designed many many dozens of websites and design systems (some award-winning). I’ve worked with clients in higher education, non-profits, e-commerce luxury fashion brands, arts institutions, and federal government projects.

At least 3 people, that I know of, have tattoos of logos I've done, AND once I was recognized on the street in NYC by someone who had recently stumbled onto my website through a design showcase.

 

For more details feel free to reach out ↗. I'm working on updating this site with my recent work. In the meantime, you can take a peek an old old portfolio ↗.

Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
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Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender
Design / Josh Sender

Current

January 2022 - Present
Senior Interactive Designer, Fastspot
Helping lead the design team at Fastspot - designing websites and design systems for cultural institutions, higher education, and multinational corporations.

January 2023 - Present
Adjunct Professor, Maryland Institute College of Art
Teaching Interaction Design (Figma, prototyping, texture of the web and of screens, ux, etc).

Past

May 2021 - January 2022
UX Design Director, Friendly Design Co.
Shaping the web process – discovery sessions, IA, wireframes, determining what to build and how to build it, building out the design system, QA, and occasionally re-branding.

February 2020 - May 2021
Senior Visual Designer, Fjord (part of Accenture Song)
Small part of a big company. Doing product & interaction & service design - designing things for a big, bloated, and hopefully more thoughtful and empathetic federal government. Just a designer, standing in front of a government, asking it to love working people. During my time at Fjord, I almost exclusively worked as a Product Designer on the Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid project.

September 2018 - February 2020
Senior Designer, Friendly Design Co.
I was a small part of a small team collaborating with non-profit, education, arts, and political organizations who look to repair our world and strengthen our communities. Working with a small, but mighty, team collaborating with progressive organizations on their brands and websites.

November 2017 - September 2018
Senior Designer, idfive
Designing websites, wayfinding, and branding for clients that do good (non-profits & higher education).

June 2016 - May 2017
Digital Designer, Black & Black Creative
Led the design, wireframing, and prototyping on over a dozen client websites, and explored new branding initiatives for a few. Clients mostly sat comfortably under the "luxury fashion" label, but occasionally extended to digital startups. 

June 2014 - November 2014
Digital Designer, Hello Cheri
Hello Cheri was an affordable adult toy e-commerce startup based in New York. As the only designer on a small startup team, I designed the digital assets, communications, expanded the brand’s visual language, and refined the existing e-commerce website.

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Webby Honoree
Anthem Award Winner
Site Inspire x2
Typewolf x2
CSSDSGN x8
klikkenthéke x3
Shopify.gallery x3
One Page Love x4
ilikethisart
Mind Sparkle Mag x2
Web Designer Depot x4
Maxi Best Of x10
Smashing Magazine
Mind Sparkle Mag
Smashing Magazine
Design Made in Germany x2

Josh Sender

Hey, I'm Josh - an artist ↗ and an occasional award-winning graphic designer. Over the last nine years, I’ve worked across different sized design agencies, ranging from 5 people to 300. I’ve re-branded companies, I’ve designed wayfinding for institutions, and I’ve designed many many dozens of websites and design systems (some award-winning). I’ve worked with clients in higher education, non-profits, e-commerce luxury fashion brands, arts institutions, and federal government projects.

At least 3 people, that I know of, have tattoos of logos I've done, AND once I was recognized on the street in NYC by someone who had recently stumbled onto my website through a design showcase.

 

For more details feel free to reach out ↗. I'm working on updating this site with my recent work. In the meantime, you can take a peek an old old portfolio ↗.

Current

January 2022 - Present
Senior Interactive Designer, Fastspot
Helping lead the design team at Fastspot - designing websites and design systems for cultural institutions, higher education, and multinational corporations.

January 2023 - Present
Adjunct Professor, Maryland Institute College of Art
Teaching Interaction Design (Figma, prototyping, texture of the web and of screens, ux, etc).

Past

May 2021 - January 2022
UX Design Director, Friendly Design Co.
Shaping the web process – discovery sessions, IA, wireframes, determining what to build and how to build it, building out the design system, QA, and occasionally re-branding.

February 2020 - May 2021
Senior Visual Designer, Fjord (part of Accenture Song)
Small part of a big company. Doing product & interaction & service design - designing things for a big, bloated, and hopefully more thoughtful and empathetic federal government. Just a designer, standing in front of a government, asking it to love working people. During my time at Fjord, I almost exclusively worked as a Product Designer on the Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid project.

September 2018 - February 2020
Senior Designer, Friendly Design Co.
I was a small part of a small team collaborating with non-profit, education, arts, and political organizations who look to repair our world and strengthen our communities. Working with a small, but mighty, team collaborating with progressive organizations on their brands and websites.

November 2017 - September 2018
Senior Designer, idfive
Designing websites, wayfinding, and branding for clients that do good (non-profits & higher education).

June 2016 - May 2017
Digital Designer, Black & Black Creative
Led the design, wireframing, and prototyping on over a dozen client websites, and explored new branding initiatives for a few. Clients mostly sat comfortably under the "luxury fashion" label, but occasionally extended to digital startups. 

June 2014 - November 2014
Digital Designer, Hello Cheri
Hello Cheri was an affordable adult toy e-commerce startup based in New York. As the only designer on a small startup team, I designed the digital assets, communications, expanded the brand’s visual language, and refined the existing e-commerce website.

Select Features

Webby Honoree
Anthem Award Winner
Site Inspire x2
Typewolf x2
CSSDSGN x8
klikkenthéke x3
Shopify.gallery x3
One Page Love x4
ilikethisart
Mind Sparkle Mag x2
Web Designer Depot x4
Maxi Best Of x10
Smashing Magazine
Mind Sparkle Mag
Smashing Magazine
Design Made in Germany x2