Robert Thomas Cohn

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I am an award-winning creative designer and visual specialist with extensive experience delivering high-impact visual storytelling, editorial innovation, and cross-platform design excellence.

About

I am an award-winning creative designer and visual specialist with extensive experience delivering high-impact visual storytelling, editorial innovation, and cross-platform design excellence. I specialize in managing deadline-driven news cycles, spearheading redesign initiatives, and crafting visual narratives that captivate audiences.

I have built a career in design production and editing for some of the nation’s largest publications, amplifying visual storytelling with emotional conveyance. I bring a creative vision with art direction, conceptual development, illustration, photo editing, and branding that adapts to web and print environments.

  • 18 years' experience
  • Joined January 2026

Languages

  • EnglishFluent

Industry experience

  • Media & Entertainment
  • Professional Services
  • Education
  • Software & Internet
  • Other

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Work experience· 4 roles

Product Designer · Lumen Brands Co.Jan 2017 – Jan 2023 · 6 yrs 1 mo

Shaping product design, brand identity, and long-term strategy for a global ethical and sustainable business; among select companies endorsed by Amazon for Grocery.

Layout Editor · The Washington TimesJan 2015 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Developed layouts, illustrations, and conceptual designs across sports, news, politics, metro, features, and magazines for daily news cycles.

Designer III · USA Today Co.Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Directed design and illustration—from core concept to final production—for news, features, and large-scale projects to support 21 USA Today network clients across DE, MD, NJ, NY, and VT.

A1 Designer · The Fayetteville ObserverJan 2005 – Jan 2013 · 8 yrs 1 mo

Education

Master’s Program in Graphic and Interior Design · Miami International University of Art & Design2030 – 2007
Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing (English); Secondary Major in Communication Theory · Florida State University2030 – 2004
Professional Degree in Journalism & Communications; Contemporary English Literature · University of Florida2030 – 2000

Certifications and awards

Design and Illustration2000 – 2023

Honored with 100+ Individual, Team, Special Section, and Illustration awards from: (1) Associated Press Sports Editors (2) Florida Press Club (3) Florida Society of Newspaper Editors (4) Florida Sports Writers Association (5) MD-DE-DC Press Association (6) New England Newspaper & Press Association (7) New Jersey Press Association (8) North Carolina Press Association (9) Society of Professional Journalists (10) Society for News Design and (11) Virginia Press Association.

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