We run under RISD Center of Student Involvement (CSI) and RISD Student Employment. We also work with a team of advisors to support our studio endeavours.

For questions about invoicing, please contact Sarah Knarr. For questions about student employment and wages, please contact RISD's Office of Student Employment.

For project inquiries, please refer below.

Design Guild

Advisory Team

Sarah Knarr / Director, CSI / sknarr@risd.edu

Minkyoung Kim / Assistant Professor, Graphic Design / mkim37@risd.edu

Mary Banas / Senior Visual Designer, RISD Marketing & Communications / mbanas01@risd.edu

Nancy Skolos / Professor and Department Head, Graphic Design / nskolos@risd.edu

RISD Student Employment

Kevin Lynch, Director / klynch@risd.edu

PROJECT INQUIRIES

Let's make something together! Have a project for us? Submit a request through our Job Request form and we will reach out to you as soon as we can.

We will usually prioritize RISD and/or Brown University affiliated work before general freelance work.

JOIN THE TEAM!

Our hiring cycle for the 2024/2025 academic year has ended. Our yearly hiring occurs in the fall — you can stay up-to-date on any openings via our website and social media. We will also hang posters around campus when applications are open!