About
Julie Sayo (she/her) is a designer and educator based in Baltimore, Maryland. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Graphic Design at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) where she teaches digital design couress in the Graphic Design conentration.
Prior to UMBC, she was an Assistant Research Professor in design and creative pedagogy at Georgetown University’s Ethics Lab where she worked on ethics-centered curricula through creative teaching engagements. She previously served as a Lecturer at Loyola University Maryland, teaching undergraduate digital media courses in the Communication department and UX courses in the Emerging Media graduate program.
As a graphic designer, Julie has worked for clients ranging from worker-owned cooperatives to community non-profit organizations and on projects of varying scales from apparel graphics, environmental graphic design, publication design, UX & UI design.
She earned a MFA in Graphic Design and MA in Social Design from Maryland Institute College of Art and a BA in Political Science from Loyola University Maryland.
Select clients:
- Jesuit Refugee Services USA
- Dulce Hogar Cleaning Cooperative
- Notre Dame Mission Volunteers-Americorps
- National Parks Services & Living Classrooms