Toronto Star head of UI/UX design between 2005 to 2018. Video game designer. CEO of Pixelmanmarketing.ca.
Metro News senior graphic designer.

JD is an international award-winning creative director, mentor and professor. His goal is to lead, teach and empower others to grow into the next generation of advertising, marketing and design professionals.

Tyler is a freelance copywriter with a decade of agency experience. His work includes traditional media (print, billboard, TV), but his focus has been on social media and digital strategy. Clients he's worked with include RBC, Maple Lodge Farms, Zabiha Halal, Amica Senior Lifestyles, and Lone Star Texas Grill.

Lea Conte is an experienced designer, art director and post-secondary educator in Toronto. With over ten years of industry experience and over five years as an instructor, she is driven by her passion for design and love of teaching. Lea stems from a seasoned background of education and professional experience. She retains a BA in cultural anthropology, which has complemented her curiosity for teaching and understanding cultural dynamics.

Persuing her natural creative interests, Lea went on to study fashion arts and graphic design, then went on to become a successful art director. Sensing the need to foster her academic and cultural mind, Lea found herself teaching in the post-secondary environment.

Currently, Lea wholeheartedly believes she has combined her passion for cultural understanding and design problem solving into a successful and fulfilling career. Lea takes the utmost pride in providing a high-quality learning experience for her students, keeping them up to date with contemporary design practices and principles.

Eric is a digital age creator who still has little dirt and ink under his fingernails. He contracts design assignments with print, photography, web, and fabrication requirements. As an academic Eric has explored accessible forms of design education through concrete media like woodworking. He plays an active role in the design community through the RGD, supporting the certification committee and co-authoring educational materials.

In 2013, Janice Fung joined Humber College primarily teaching in the Bachelor of Creative Advertising program for the Faculty of Media and Creative Arts. She is an accredited Registered Graphic Designer of Ontario (RGD) with an Honours Bachelor of Design from York University and Sheridan College with over 15 years of industry experience working as a freelance graphic designer. Some of her predominant clients included Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada, Dance Umbrella of Ontario, Government of Canada, and Howard Rideout Architect Inc.

In 2009, Janice's interests in the impact of visual communication, use of three-dimensional space and significance of environmental comfort led her to complete her PhD in Architecture at the Glasgow School of Art, University of Glasgow (UK). With previous undergraduate and graduate appointments at Ryerson University, she continues to explore design and accessibility, in particular for the visually impaired, and enjoys continuous participation in mentorship programs, portfolio reviews and other industry activities through RGD Ontario.

Laurie is the program coordinator for the Advertising and Graphic Design program, Faculty of Media and Creative Arts, Humber. Beyond teaching advertising, design and digital media, her focus is on change strategies within education and how best to evolve our current model as educators.

Laurie has been developing leading-edge creative solutions for private and public sector clients for over 25 years —clients include ExxonMobil, Bayer, Inmet Mining, the Government of Ontario, University of Toronto, Stanford University, UBC.

Laurie is a University of Toronto Alumni, Art and Art History, and a graduate of Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. In 2012 Laurie graduated from the University of Toronto with a masters in contemporary art history and visual culture.

Jennifer is a versatile creative professional possessing 18 years of experience within the communications and performing arts industries and 12 years of teaching experience. She’s a graduate from the School of Design at George Brown College, where she studied graphic design and majored in advertising. Her entrepreneurial spirit led her to launch a creative studio shortly after graduating and to provide art direction and copywriting for clients such as SickKids Foundation, Unicef Canada, Canadian Cancer Society, ParticipACTION and the Ontario Arts Council. After delivering guest lectures on creative entrepreneurship, Jennifer was invited to teach at George Brown’s School of Design and immediately fell in love with the profession. She currently delivers advertising courses at Humber College and Durham College and is enthusiastic about ideation techniques and making space for her students to engage in philosophical discussions about creativity and the advertising industry. As a multi-passionate creator, Jennifer’s professional experience has also included live musical performance, musical theatre, film acting, on-camera presentations and voiceover performance. Outside of her teaching work, she presently manages a busy voiceover career, lending her voice to advertising campaigns and internal communications for clients such as Scotiabank, Telus, Pantene, Quaker Oats and Staples. Coincidentally, she has voiced commercials and training videos for several educational institutions and you can hear her in the latest advertisements for Humber College.

Sarah Nasby (she/her/hers) is a professor in the Bachelor of Creative Advertising program and the Advertising & Graphic Design diploma program. She completed an MFA at NSCAD University and a BA at the University of Guelph. She is a designer and visual artist. Her work has been shown recently at Access Gallery in Vancouver, Critical Distance Centre for Curators in Toronto as well as a temporary public artwork for the City of Mississauga at Jack Darling Memorial Park, in collaboration with Shannon Linde.

With over 20-plus years of advertising, graphic and interactive design experience, Derek brings a wealth of knowledge and know-how to DNA Toronto. With a keen eye for design and an ear on the pulse of the world around him, Derek brings purpose and intention to his work and strives to help clients communicate meaning through each piece.

Derek’s creative career began at two of Canada’s most respected advertising agencies: Bates Canada and later V&B/Arnold Advertising. It was here where his skills as both a designer and a leader flourished, and he was promptly appointed to the agency’s chief accounts. With a creative spirit that could hardly be contained, Derek went on to become part-owner of a successful boutique agency which is still in operation today.

Throughout his bright career, Derek has built an eclectic roster of clients that includes notable brands such as Dentyne, McDonald’s, Volkswagen, United Way, BMO and Samsung, to name a few. In addition to his professional successes, Derek’s work has earned awards, praise and honours from his peers within the advertising and design industries.
In 2006, Derek joined Samsung’s AOR, Cheil Canada, and helped serve Samsung’s consumer electronics, home appliance, mobile, IT and corporate divisions. As ACD, Derek worked on Samsung’s Olympic sponsorship campaign, the mobile "Express" campaign, home appliances "Irresistible" campaign, Samsung IT, plus its
corporate and wind and solar initiatives. This partnership not only garnered attention creatively, but it secured the Samsung brand’s presence in Canada, dramatically increased ROI, and helped win new business for Cheil. Today, the agency has more than tripled in size. As Derek’s accomplishments grew, his opportunity to go out and start his own agency was born.

Since 2011, Derek’s been operating DNA Toronto, where he has collaborated with dozens of clients in a variety of industries. Derek works closely with all of the organization’s CEOs and senior management. He has helped create and evolve brands, managed their creative resources, handled their design projects from concept right through to production and marketing. You name it, Derek’s worked on it.

Today, Derek also teaches Advertising and Graphic Design part-time at Humber College. When he’s not plugged into his computer, he can be found at the hockey rink, skating with his two boys, binge watching some Netflix with Natalie or training hard to work off the late-night-Netflix snacks.

Boyd Neil spent nearly 20 years in senior roles with Canada’s leading public relations and public affairs firm (H+K Strategies), and a total of 40 years as a public relations executive, arts journalist and speechwriter.

He began his career writing criticism and features on the arts for major publications in Canada and the U.K. He went on to build a successful career as a corporate and crisis communications consultant, eventually running the national corporate communications practice at H+K Strategies, including its CSR practice, as a senior vice president. He then took on the role of building H+K’s national social media and digital practice where he created and implemented social media and digital strategies for organizations in the health, oil and gas, financial, insurance, nuclear, and non-profit sectors, and counseled clients on managing social media crises and digitally driven reputation assaults.

Boyd holds B.A., M.A. and M.B.A degrees from the University of Toronto, currently teaches social media, CSR and business consulting in Humber College’s Faculty of Media & Creative Arts, and previously taught at Ryerson University and Seneca College. He has been a director on the Board of Bridgepoint Health Foundation and chaired the joint foundation/hospital communications committee. He is currently also on the board of the Toronto Fringe Festival and Necessary Angel Theatre Company.

I completed a 4-year Honours BA from York University in Toronto and a 1-year Masters in Communication Design from the University of the West of England in Bristol. My career in the design field started as an apprentice to Canadian typographer Carl Brett. I then started my own freelance business that lead me to magazine design at Maclean Hunter, now Rogers, in the Special Interest Division (Ski Canada, Canadian Yachting and Audio/Video Magazine) where I was an Assistant Art Director. I then answered a classified ad in the Toronto Star and was hired as a Junior Designer, which over the next 28 years became Senior Designer, Assistant, Deputy, and then Art Director at Canada’s largest newspaper. During my time as Art Director the Toronto Star was named one of the 10 Best-Designed newspapers in the world by the Society for News Design. I have won a National Newspaper Award and Gold Award from the Advertising & Design Club of Canada as well as over 65 other design awards. I have been teaching at Humber part-time since 2008, and have also been a guest speaker in Editorial Design for the past 25 years. I loved my job, had fun, and hope to pass on some ‘tricks of the trade’ to you. :)

For the past 23 years, Sylvie has been involved in various projects in graphic design, advertising, and teaching. She has worked with international clients like UNICEF, the World Economic Forum, UBS and Loblaws. Also, she created CIAN Agency, a sustainable photography company, where she won an award for best woman entrepreneur in French Switzerland. She has a Master of Media from the University of Cumbria in the UK, and a BFA from Parsons School of Design in New York.

Before joining Humber College. Sylvie taught at Conestoga College and Toronto Film School, both on campus and online, where she developed and delivered course curriculum based on creative processes, trends, strategies and innovative instructional techniques. She constantly wants to assess progress and give the opportunity for all her students to learn while creating diverse projects: from traditional graphic design to cutting-edge media and advertising productions.

Daniel Reeves has 14-plus years' experience in digital marketing and advertising and deep expertise in all areas of digital marketing, analytics and reporting. He has hands-on experience with all major verticals as well as export/international strategy development. Daniel is passionate about solution selling and digital thought leadership.

Bruce Sherman (MFA, B.Ed, BA, AOCA) is a fine artist who has taught drawing for the Advertising and Graphic Design Program for many years.

David has been working in the design industry for over a decade at the international level. He is currently the lead art director with GWP where he has created everything from billboards to business cards, and TV commercials to apps. He focuses on developing strong technical skills to help bring creative ideas to life.

A recognized documentarian and visual journalist, photographer, Spencer Wynn is known for his sensitive eye for human interest stories. Wynn is also an educator at Humber College where he has enjoyed three years of working with students to develop their passion for connecting with others through compelling visual narratives.

Wynn is a restless observer of the world, seeing stories everywhere. Each week, Wynn encourages his students to see again, the world around them while creating visual documentaries with sensitivity and passion.

From the High Arctic, to Tibet, China, Greenland, India, Turkey, Europe and numerous road trips around North America. Wynn has lived in caves, slums, on ice flows and in First Nations communities photographing the stories of diverse cultures, tragedy, triumph and love.

Wynn shares his knowledge and skills as a photographer and observer with those attending his classes, workshops, speaking engagements and photo trips. Patient and understanding, he encourages those with whom he meets to strive for originality and brilliance – all the while having fun and enjoying the process.