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.…

Robert Thomas Cohn

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.…

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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. 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.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Product Designer at Lumen Brands Co.
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2023
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 at The Washington Times
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2017
Developed layouts, illustrations, and conceptual designs across sports, news, politics, metro, features, and magazines for daily news cycles.
Designer III at USA Today Co.
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2015
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 at The Fayetteville Observer
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2013
Crafted high-impact layouts for news, sports, features, and multi-layered special projects; elevated special-interest platforms—from fashion and music to the performing arts.

Education

Master’s Program in Graphic and Interior Design at Miami International University of Art & Design
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2007
Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing (English); Secondary Major in Communication Theory at Florida State University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2004
Professional Degree in Journalism & Communications; Contemporary English Literature at University of Florida
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2000

Qualifications

Design and Illustration
April 24, 2000 - April 24, 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.

Industry Experience

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

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