The Society of Publication Designers is excited to announce the jury for SPD 61!
Virtual judging will take place in February 2026.
The Chairs
Mike Schnaidt
Creative Director
Fast Company
Haley Kluge
Creative Director
Variety
Digital Chairs
print JURY
Rui Abreu, Principal, R-Typography
Eve Binder, Director, Design Operations, Lightspeed Commerce
Jenn Brumer, Principal Designer, McDonald's
David Cooper, Illustrator and Photo Director
Sara D’Eugenio, Art Director, Texas Highways
Fernada Didini, Art Director, The New York Times
Ahmed Fakhr, Director of Photography, AMC Networks
Gail Fletcher, Photo Editor/Producer, The Guardian
Phoebe Flynn Rich, Creative Director
Sandra Garcia, Senior Design Manager, Netflix
Kathryne Hall, Visuals Director, Allure/Self
Jennifer Halper, Deputy Photo Editor, Variety
Nicola Hamilton, Creative Director, Serviette and Founder, Issues Magazine Shop
Dian Holton, Art Director, AARP, AARP The Magazine, TheGirlfriend.com, Sistersletter.com, AARPEthel.com
Supriya Kalidas, Senior Art Director, The New Yorker
Emily Kimbro, Creative Director, Texas Monthly
Rachael Lieberman, Creative Producer
Brian Lutz, Illustrator and Adjunct Professor, University of Hartford
Radim Malinic, Founder and Executive Creative Director, Brand Nu studio
Richard Maltz, Photo Editor & Producer
Chelsea Mamerow, Creative Director, Milwaukee Magazine
James Martin, Creative Partner, Lincoln Design Co
Rashida Morgan-Brown, Creative Director
Nicole Motta, Senior Art Director
Andrea Nasca, Director of Design, National Geographic
Sandra Navarro, Illustrator
Eryn Norton, Senior Photo Editor, WWD
Emem Offong, Executive Director, Experience Design, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Thom Payne, Visuals Director, SAVEUR
Christine Reilly, Global Creative Producer, Wayfair
Josef Reyes, Design Director, Bloomberg Markets
Angela Riechers, Director of Education, Letterform Archive
Jaspal Riyait, Associate Creative Director, Apple
Mallory Roynon, Creative Director
Faith Stafford, Senior Deputy Design Director, Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Wert, Senior Producer, Getty Images
digital JURY
Peter Allen, Art Director, Magneto Magazine
Michael Bucher, Deputy Director of Photography, The Wall Street Journal
Matthew Cooley, Senior Art Director, Rolling Stone
Victoria Escobar, Designer, The New York Times Magazine
Jeff Glendenning, Designer & Educator, MICA
Liz Hart, Art Director, The Atlantic
Kathryn Hurni, Photo Editor, Garden & Gun
Ángel Perea Malo, Art Director, Condé Nast Traveler, GQ, Vanity Fair Spain
Alyssa Walker, Creative Director, WIRED
Armando Zaragoza Le Mollé, Digital Designer, GQ
brand of the year JURY
Phil Guthrie, Executive Creative Director / Founder, Two Fresh Creative
Heather Haggerty, Creative Director
Marshall Mckinney, Creative Director-in-Residence, Metaleap Creative
Suzanne Sykes, Creative Director
Victor Williams, Design Director, Time
