Graphic Design

My name is Kevin Brandon and I have taught in the Humber Graphic Design program since 2008. With 20-years of design industry experience, I started my career in the print industry and transitioned into the web design field, a fusion of front-end coding and design sensibility.

Courses I have taught have ranged from design, branding, front-end web design and coding with a focus on digital design including: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, XD and Dimension CC, Aero AR and Brackets. Front-end web design coding HTML, CSS and an introduction to JavaScript.

I hold a Master’s in Professional Communication from Royal Roads University.

I am an active member of the Adobe Educator Leaders group, which is an international team of educators who are engaged in the latest digital design tools and trends, with a focus not on the tools but the potential.

Mark-Anthony Karam is a design educator with over 15 years of industry and entrepreneurial experience as a graphic and interactive designer. Mark began teaching graphic design and web design at Humber College in 2008. With a master's in Education and Technology, Mark strives to enhance and expand the student learning experience by using technology mediated strategies that support collaborative learning, accessibility, and inclusion within face-to-face and online learning environments.

Over the course of his professional and academic career, Mark has designed, facilitated, and promoted various courses, design events, and initiatives within the University of Guelph-Humber and Humber College’s Faculty of Media & Creative Arts. Recently, Mark has researched and developed pedagogy for teaching and learning ICT literacy skills and interprofessional skills by way of social constructive collaboration. With his research and development of the Hackathon Environment Learning Plan (H.E.L.P.), Mark focuses on integrating web-based 2.0 design technologies within face-to-face and remote/virtual e-learning environments with the learners experience in mind.

Leanna Palmer is a multi-disciplinary Creative Director and design educator. She has been a professor at Humber since 2016 and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design Art from Concordia University, and a Master of Arts from the Bard Graduate Center in New York City.

For the last 15 years, Leanna has been actively involved in the ever-expanding field of design in an array of environments: large established companies, start-ups, agency, in-house, and as a freelancer. She uses her deep digital expertise and extensive knowledge of the industry as a catalyst for inspiration in the classroom.

Leanna is a creative thinker who enjoys solving user-centric problems and has worked with some of Canada’s biggest companies including: Online Creative Director at Indigo head office, Digital Art Director at the CBC, and an Art Director at the Havas Agency. An innate curiosity has also led her to explore digital materiality and interaction design through some interesting collaborations with artists at Eyebeam Art and Technology Center in New York City, and Hexagram in Montreal.

Ramy is an active creative digital strategist at heart, full-stack multimedia designer and developer by soul, as well as an educator with passion and experience in several multinational advertising agencies and an agency he self-founded in 2016 (The Multimedia Studio). He has a drive to help brands and startups scale through strategic agile digital development and innovative personalized solutions tailored to each. Highly experienced in learning how to effectively manage time, he works on several operations simultaneously and has also developed skills in customer service, prioritization, communication, presentation, and agile development.

Ramy has created digital departments at two highly reputable global agencies with offices based in Kuwait and the MENA region. He started as an intrapreneur bridging in new accounts while pursuing a terminal master’s degree in digital media.

Ramy feels fortunate to have travelled around the world and been exposed to global cultures, allowing room for a better understanding and appropriate communication methods amongst various pools of talent. He can communicate through Arabic, English, and French.

Ramy aims never to stop venturing, to keep current with innovative modern trends and technological advancements regardless of industry, and to explore continuously the worlds of digital and psychology, intertwining them. He enjoys strategic and decision-making roles within teams of people who value what they do for a living and strive to be the best, to be able to scale, and to lead successful ventures within their industries while constantly educating and giving back to each other and to the community they service.

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.