Howdy! I'm Damon, the graphic designer, art director and teacher specializing in identity design, marketing and communications. Passionate about working with food-related projects. Based in Bryan,TX. And yes, i'm turning in-house design teams into creative studio's killers.
Work experience:
Principal designer: Samokat;
Lead brand designer: Yandex Eats;
Lead brand designer: ShanDesign;
Senior graphic Designer: Opencore.
Teaching:
Financial University, Business and Design Institute, University Synergy, Sreda Design School.
Public speaking:
• Design Weekend 2025 (Kazan City)"Hiring: bad pieces of advice";
• Dprofile Awards 2024 (Moscow City)"Hiring: bad pieces of advice";
• Design Weekend 2022 (Kostroma City)"Degradation in Graphic Design";
• Design Weekend 2021 (Suzdal City)"Corporate illustration in visual identity";
• Design Weekend 2020 (Suzdal City)"Multipotentialites: future of creativity".
Awards:
G8 Awards (2025);
Red Apple Awards (2024);
Mediabrand (2022);
Top russian designers / Sostav.ru (2018);
Fakestival (2017);
Red Joilbors Fest (2017).
Principal designer: Samokat;
Lead brand designer: Yandex Eats;
Lead brand designer: ShanDesign;
Senior graphic Designer: Opencore.
Teaching:
Financial University, Business and Design Institute, University Synergy, Sreda Design School.
Public speaking:
• Design Weekend 2025 (Kazan City)"Hiring: bad pieces of advice";
• Dprofile Awards 2024 (Moscow City)"Hiring: bad pieces of advice";
• Design Weekend 2022 (Kostroma City)"Degradation in Graphic Design";
• Design Weekend 2021 (Suzdal City)"Corporate illustration in visual identity";
• Design Weekend 2020 (Suzdal City)"Multipotentialites: future of creativity".
Awards:
G8 Awards (2025);
Red Apple Awards (2024);
Mediabrand (2022);
Top russian designers / Sostav.ru (2018);
Fakestival (2017);
Red Joilbors Fest (2017).
Howdy! I'm Damon, the graphic designer, art director and teacher specializing in identity design, marketing and communications. Passionate about working with food-related projects. Based in Bryan, TX. And yes, i'm turning in-house design teams into creative
studio's killers.
studio's killers.
Work experience:
• Principal designer: Samokat;
• Lead brand designer: Yandex Eats;
• Senior brand Designer: ShanDesign;
• Senior graphic Designer: Opencore.
Teaching:
• Financial University;
• Business and Design Institute;
• University Synergy;
• Sreda Design School.
Public speaking:
• Design Weekend 2025 (Kazan City) "Hiring: bad pieces of advice";
• Dprofile Awards 2024 (Moscow City) "Hiring: bad pieces of advice";
• Design Weekend 2022 (Kostroma City) "Degradation in Graphic Design";
• Design Weekend 2021 (Suzdal City) "Corporate illustration in visual identity";
• Design Weekend 2020 (Suzdal City) "Multipotentialites: future of creativity".
Awards:
• G8 Awards (2025);
• Red Apple Awards (2024);
• Mediabrand (2022);
• Top russian designers / Sostav.ru (2018);
• Fakestival (2017);
• Red Joilbors Fest (2017).
• Principal designer: Samokat;
• Lead brand designer: Yandex Eats;
• Senior brand Designer: ShanDesign;
• Senior graphic Designer: Opencore.
Teaching:
• Financial University;
• Business and Design Institute;
• University Synergy;
• Sreda Design School.
Public speaking:
• Design Weekend 2025 (Kazan City) "Hiring: bad pieces of advice";
• Dprofile Awards 2024 (Moscow City) "Hiring: bad pieces of advice";
• Design Weekend 2022 (Kostroma City) "Degradation in Graphic Design";
• Design Weekend 2021 (Suzdal City) "Corporate illustration in visual identity";
• Design Weekend 2020 (Suzdal City) "Multipotentialites: future of creativity".
Awards:
• G8 Awards (2025);
• Red Apple Awards (2024);
• Mediabrand (2022);
• Top russian designers / Sostav.ru (2018);
• Fakestival (2017);
• Red Joilbors Fest (2017).