Graphic Design (Major)

Lindsay Ballant

Maryland native Lindsay Ballant is an art director and designer with a passion for journalism, storytelling, global culture, and baseball.

Most recently, she was the creative director of Foreign Policy (FP), where she oversaw a complete overhaul of the title's print and web entities. Previous to this, she was in San Francisco as a Code for America fellow, and for a decade worked on staff at various titles such as Newsweek, Print magazine, and The New York Times Magazine, as well as an adjunct professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York. In 2009, she was a recipient of the "Young Guns" award from the Art Director's Club, and has been invited to judge in numerous design and illustration competitions. Her work has received awards from the Society of Publication Designers, AIGA, Communication Arts, I.D. magazine, Print magazine, and the Type Directors Club. She also collaborates on other political and cultural web­ based projects under the moniker of Public Service Bureau. She holds a B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts with a dual major in advertising and graphic design, and lives in Washington, D.C.