Haley Kluge

Haley Kluge

Current job: Art Director, Netflix

What’s your superpower? Multitasking.

3 things you can’t live without: Diet Coke, Broadway Cast Albums, TSA Precheck.

Name an inspiring Instagram feed: The typography on @ticketsplz.

What’s on your bucket list for 2022? Cheering on Michigan State basketball in the Final Four.

A mistake you made early in your career: Not asking for enough feedback.

Favorite streaming TV show: Anything Marvel.

What's your advice for young creatives? Be open to direction from others (and save files often.)

What (or who) inspires you? Flipping through old magazines and scrolling on Instagram.

Ed Levine

Ed Levine

Current job: Creative Director, Psychology Today Magazine

What’s your superpower? Creative problem solving.

3 things you can’t live without: Cute cuddly animals, tasty foods, and my family.

Name an inspiring Instagram feed: @NYTimes

What’s on your bucket list for 2022? Spend more time with close friends and make new ones.

A mistake you made early in your career: Not recognizing setbacks are just part of the process.

Favorite streaming TV show: Dexter

What's your advice for young creatives? Believe in yourself.

What (or who) inspires you? My children, nature, and kind people.

David Matt

David Matt

Current job: VP Creative, Content & Strategy, Foundry 360, Meredith

What’s your superpower? Oddly enough, I'm one helluva salesman...

3 things you can’t live without: My family, the outdoors, and now frighteningly, TikTok.

Name an inspiring Instagram feed: @svabfadesign...love seeing what the next gen is thinking...

What’s on your bucket list for 2022? In-person meetings & brainstorming with our amazing team...

A mistake you made early in your career: I allowed things to make me angry.

Favorite streaming TV show: I have never, nor will I ever stop watching Adventure Time.

What's your advice for young creatives? Be yourself, hang with people smarter than you, hit the design gym as often as possible.

What (or who) inspires you? The wattage of the team here at Foundry 360 inspires me daily, for sure.

Ryan Mesina

Ryan Mesina

Current job: Photo Director, Martha Stewart Living

What’s your superpower? I'm great with my hands. Whether I'm crafting, baking, or tiling a bathroom, I can usually do a pretty excellent job. Not a surprise I guess, considering where I work!

3 things you can’t live without: There is only one thing....PRINT MAGAZINES

Name an inspiring Instagram feed: @mccormickcharlie, @metpaintingsconservation, and @marthastewart48 (she's the real deal...always up to something!)

What’s on your bucket list for 2022? Travel. Lots of travel. And I'd like to get back to making pottery, which I took a quarantine break from.

A mistake you made early in your career: I thought I made a mistake by leaving my first job at a great title for a better salary and position at a completely different title I had zero interest in, but it ended up being an amazing experience that really broadened my scope and helped me grow in so many ways. I ended up staying for four years and eventually moved on to a great job at The Wall Street Journal. It's all about what you make of things.

Favorite streaming TV show: I like to watch GBBO or BBC Gardener's World with Monty Don before going to bed. They're like lullabies for adults...and educational!

What's your advice for young creatives? Work hard, stick with it, and be patient — things don't happen overnight. And don't burn any bridges — you never know who you will run into ten years down the line.

What (or who) inspires you? Biographies and backstories — I love hearing about how people got to where they are today.

José Reyes

José Reyes

Current job: Founder, Executive Creative Director, Metaleap Creative

What’s your superpower? Asking questions.

3 things you can’t live without: Coffee. The outdoors. Travel.

Name an inspiring Instagram feed: @trendland

What’s on your bucket list for 2022? Attempt something so outside of my skillset that I know I will fail.

A mistake you made early in your career: Living in fear.

Favorite streaming TV show: Succession

What's your advice for young creatives? A posture of humility is more attractive to just about everyone than one of pride. Bonus: Find a mentor!

What (or who) inspires you? Deeply curious people.

Corliss Elizabeth Williams

Corliss Elizabeth Williams

Current job: Creative Director + Stylist of The Lowry Estate Premier Vintage + Resale Boutique

What’s your superpower? Setting boundaries.

3 things you can’t live without: The sun, coffee, and my daughter Amelia who is the best little human in the entire world.

Name an inspiring Instagram feed: Oy veys. Too many to name. I am bombarded with so many other vintage seller's IGs who are ALWAYS doing new things and reinventing the visions of their brands on a daily basis--it's too hard to nail one down!

What’s on your bucket list for 2022? Taking a trip somewhere far, far away all alone to get over my fear of traveling alone, to a place that is far, far away.

A mistake you made early in your career: Taking it for granted. I look back now at all of the people that were mentors, and the endless talent that I was surrounded by–and often think that I did not take full advantage of what I was exposed to in office environments each and every day. I didn't always live in the moment, I guess--which is what I have learned to do now!

Favorite streaming TV show: Pose

What's your advice for young creatives? Don't think that you should continue to work anywhere because you think that you *should* stay there...open your mind, your heart, and live and work hard towards your passions and dreams, even though you think and other people might tell you that it won't lead to anything. You will be surprised to find that putting as much effort in to what you truly love can also build bridges and open doors to other opportunities that will feed your soul and pay your bills at the same time, which is priceless.

What (or who) inspires you? Other women who have walked similar paths of life that I have, in my personal life and being a woman of color who has owned her own business. Seeing how other women, and women who are mother's thrive during these times is incredibly inspiring. It has also given me the opportunity to share my experience and offer support to those who need it, and are embarking upon similar journeys.

Keisha Dean

Keisha Dean

Current job: Executive Director, SPD

What’s your superpower? Being a Jedi.

3 things you can’t live without: My mom (don’t tell her I just referred to her as a thing), TV, Bacon

Name an inspiring Instagram feed: I don’t have time for IG :-)

What’s on your bucket list for 2022? To play beach volleyball without passing out as I pretend that I’m 16 again but my body rejects that delusion.

Favorite streaming TV show: Sense 8

What's your advice for young creatives? Join SPD!

What (or who) inspires you? Kick-ass, bone-crushing, sharp-tongued female leads in TV & film.

Chelsey Lamwatt

Chelsey Lamwatt

Current job: Communications Director, SPD

What’s your superpower? I have a good memory for people.

3 things you can’t live without: Family, my phone, and a good book.

Name an inspiring Instagram feed: Collage artist Sharlene Kayne - @skaynedesigns and Punk History - @punk_history

What’s on your bucket list for 2022? Fingers crossed I'll be able to travel out of the country in 2022 🤞🏼

A mistake you made early in your career: Not being confident enough in my skills and what I bring to the table.

Favorite streaming TV show: Criminal Minds

What's your advice for young creatives? The importance of networking: talk to people and continue to stay in touch with colleagues throughout your career.

What (or who) inspires you? My friends who are fearless in chasing after their dreams; they inspire me to do the same.

Meet The Board: 2020 - 2021

Each year, the members of the Society vote on the officers and directors of the SPD Board. We’re excited to welcome six new board members this year (Corliss Elizabeth, Ed, Emem, Katie, Lauren, and Natalie) and congratulate our new officers (Mike, Agnethe, Trevett, Lan Yin, and Jeff). Get to know the 2020-2021 Board of Directors by clicking on each photo below!

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Mike Schnaidt
PRESIDENT
Creative Director
Fast Company

Creative crush Badass women of design: Rosmarie Tissi, Elaine Lustig Cohen, Jacqueline Casey

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Lan Yin Bachelis
SECRETARY
Creative Director, Consultant


Quarantine hobby: What hobby? Been working around the clock.

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Corliss Elizabeth Williams
Creative Director + Proprietor
The Lowry Estate

Book you'd take to a desert island: Sketch book

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Emem Offong
VP, User Experience Design Lead
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Album you need to listen to while cleaning: Podcasts count right? Pop Culture Happy Hour, Death, Sex & Money, Robinhood Snacks, and Back Issue.

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Lauren Brown
Senior Visual Editor
Glamour and Allure

Book you'd take to a desert island: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 

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Agnethe Glatved
VICE PRESIDENT
Executive Creative Director
Parents and Parents Latina

Worst job? Doing a lifestyle photoshoot in the Wyoming wilderness—having our campsite surrounded by bears!

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Jeff Glendenning
TREASURER
Creative Director, Brand Identity
The New York Times

Quarantine location: Upstate / Manhattan / Denver

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David Matt
VP Creative, Content & Strategy
Foundry 360, Meredith Corp's Content Agency

What inspires you? Brilliant executions of anything...from a meal to a cover to a car to a label to a....

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Jamie Prokell
Creative Director
Men's Health

Quarantine hobby: Creating Weekly Playlists on Spotify under the name thelittlestboombox

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Natalie Gialluca
Visuals Director + Producer

Quarantine hobby: Home improvement tasks. Power washing, snaking bathroom drains, sanding wood, painting, even using a power drill, which was a housewarming gift 3 years ago and never took out of the box until quarantine!

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Trevett McCandliss
VICE PRESIDENT
Creative Director
Earnshaw's, Footwear Plus, and MR Magazine

What inspires you? Shadows on the wall

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Ben Grandgenett
Art Director
The New York Times Magazine

Book you'd take to a desert island: Crime and Punishment so I can finally finish it.

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Ed Levine
Creative Director
Psychology Today

Worst job? None; I learned something from each about culture, team work, and skills.

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Katie Belloff
Art Director
Popular Science

Album you need to listen to while creating: Welcome to The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance

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Raymond Ho
Creative Director
Women’s Health

Album you need to listen to while cleaning: Any "elevator music" playlist 

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Mike Schnaidt

Mike Schnaidt

PRESIDENT

Current job: Creative Director, Fast Company

Worst job: Pet store poop scooper

Quarantine location: Jersey City represent

Quarantine hobby: Yoga

Book you'd take to a desert island: Two-Dimensional Man by Paul Sahre

Album you need to listen to while cooking: The Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps

…while cleaning: Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

…while creating: Hum - Inlet

What inspires you? Running. It turns my brain off. I solve design problems better when I don't think too hard about them.

Creative crush: Badass women of design: Rosmarie Tissi, Elaine Lustig Cohen, Jacqueline Casey

Agnethe Glatved

Agnethe Glatved

VICE PRESIDENT

Current job: Executive Creative Director, Parents & Parents Latina

Worst job: Doing a lifestyle photoshoot in the Wyoming wilderness—having our campsite surrounded by bears!

Quarantine location: Brooklyn

Quarantine hobby: Drinking wine

Book you'd take to a desert island: A book on Scandinavian architecture and design

Album you need to listen to while cooking: Mix of African music

…while cleaning: My daughter’s Spotify playlist with The Velvet Underground, Led Zeppelin and Nico.

…while creating: Anything Philip Glass

What inspires you? Gen Z

Creative crush: Creative freedom of Gen Z

Trevett McCandliss

Trevett McCandliss

VICE PRESIDENT

Current job: Creative Director of Earnshaw's, Footwear Plus and MR magazines

Worst job: Telemarketer

Quarantine location: Brightwaters, LI

Quarantine hobby: Playing guitar

Book you'd take to a desert island: Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch

Album you need to listen to while cooking: American Beauty by the Grateful Dead

…while cleaning: You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr

…while creating: Atlas by Real Estate

What inspires you? Shadows on the wall

Creative crush: Bradbury Thompson

Lan Yin Bachelis

Lan Yin Bachelis

SECRETARY

Current job: Creative Director, Consultant

Worst job: May share when I've had a few too many

Quarantine location: Manhattan

Quarantine hobby: What hobby? Been working around the clock.

Book you'd take to a desert island: Can read this again: Not Pretty Enough: The Unlikely Triumph of Helen Gurley Brown by Gerri Hirshey

Album you need to listen to while cooking: Billie Eilish

…while cleaning: CNN or MSNBC

…while creating: Anything on my Spotify playlist

What inspires you? SPD books, shopping, walking around the city and other creatives

Creative crush: None at the moment

Jeff Glendenning

Jeff Glendenning

TREASURER

Current job: Creative Director, NYTimes Brand Identity

Worst job: Unnamed mag that folded 3 months after my arrival as DD. (Condé!!!)

Quarantine location: Upstate / Manhattan / Denver

Quarantine hobby: Rock Climbing

Book you'd take to a desert island: Jonathan Franzen's Freedom

Album you need to listen to while cooking: Sharon Van Etten, Are We There

…while cleaning: This Will Destroy You, S/T

…while creating: The Beatles, Revolver

What inspires you? Architecture

Creative crush: David Adjaye

Ben Grandgenett

Ben Grandgenett

Current job: Art Director, The New York Times Magazine

Worst job: Temporary worker at Best Buy

Quarantine location: Brooklyn, NY

Quarantine hobby: Cooking

Book you'd take to a desert island: Crime and Punishment so I can finally finish it.

Album you need to listen to while cooking: Bon Iver — Bon Iver

…while cleaning: Tame Impala — Currents

…while creating: J Dilla — Donuts

What inspires you? Travel, mezcal, and bodega signage

Creative crush: Abby Chen, of course!

Corliss Elizabeth Williams

Corliss Elizabeth Williams

Current job: Creative Director + Proprietor, The Lowry Estate

Worst job: Waitress at a country club. I am clumsy, and it was horrible.

Quarantine location: (Historic) Farmington, Michigan

Quarantine hobby: Going to estate sales

Book you'd take to a desert island: Sketch book

Album you need to listen to while cooking: NPR

…while cleaning: 90s cheesy pop albums

…while creating: NPR—It's just always on in my house!

What inspires you? Hearing stories about people, namely women–who are making it, and continuing to make it during these difficult times.

Creative crush: She's not a designer or photographer, per say, but I am madly in love and obsessed with Grace Jones.

David Matt

David Matt

Current job: VP Creative, Content & Strategy, Foundry 360, Meredith Corp's Content Agency

Worst job: I get paid to do this, even a bad day is good.

Quarantine location: Hoboken / Manhattan

Quarantine hobby: An unhealthy addiction to an unhealthier news cycle

Book you'd take to a desert island: Sand: 1,001 Uses

Album you need to listen to while cooking: Random setting on iTunes

…while cleaning: No music—somehow use this as thinking time...

…while creating: Random setting on iTunes

What inspires you? Brilliant executions of anything...from a meal to a cover to a car to a label to a....

Creative crush: Paula Scher, Raymond Loewy, Max Ernst, almost everyone in MoMA, endless list…

Ed Levine

Ed Levine

Current job: Creative Director, Psychology Today Magazine

Worst job: None; I learned something from each about culture, team work, and skills.

Quarantine location: New York City

Quarantine hobby: Guitar and Photography

Book you'd take to a desert island: One Hundred Years of Solitude

Album you need to listen to while cooking: Doc Watson

…while cleaning: Cream, Disraeli Gears

…while creating: Nothing

What inspires you? Nature and good people

Creative crush: Cindy Sherman and Milton Glaser

Emem Offong

Emem Offong

Current job: VP, User Experience Design Lead, JPMorgan Chase

Worst job: Freelance art director, Affluent Page magazine

Quarantine location: Brooklyn, NY 

Quarantine hobby: Making everything in the NYT Cooking app

Book you'd take to a desert island: Anything by Junot Diaz, Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Album you need to listen to while cooking: Playlists count right? Spotify's Afropop, Release Radar, and New Music Friday.

…while cleaning: Podcasts count right? Pop Culture Happy Hour, Death, Sex & Money, Robinhood Snacks, and Back Issue.

…while creating: Once again, playlists are my jam. Spotify's Classical Focus, Jazz in the Background, and Vissi d'Arte - Opera for Orchestra. I tend to concentrate better listening to music without lyrics.

What inspires you? Music, color, relationships, risk, exercise

Creative crush: Antionette Carroll, Founder, Creative Reaction Lab 

Jamie Prokell

Jamie Prokell

Current job: Creative Director, Men's Health 

Worst job: The one I did what I thought the client wanted, instead of what I thought was right. 

Quarantine location: Maplewood, NJ

Quarantine hobby: Creating Weekly Playlists on Spotify under the name thelittlestboombox

Book you'd take to a desert island: The Power of One

Album you need to listen to while cooking: Anything new and good

…while cleaning: Bob Dylan - Blood on The Tracks

…while creating: Anything new and good

What inspires you? Seeing work where someone has come to a successful solution that is one that I would not have come to myself. It reminds me to continually try new things and not become complacent. 

Creative crush: Astrid Stavro, Alex Hunting, and Matt Willey