Mark Kingsley
Melbert B Cary Professor
Mark Kingsley
Melbert B Cary Professor
Bio
Mark Kingsley is a designer, creative director and strategist with a wide range of experience and recognition. As Executive Strategy Director at Collins, he developed the new global positioning for Ogilvy and helped Equinox enter the luxury hotel business. At Landor, Mark was the global creative lead on the Citi account — overseeing everything from design, intranet development, workshops and global brand audits. Additionally, he was part of Ogilvy's Brand Innovation Group (BIG), created Hewlett-Packard advertising for Publicis & Hal Riney, and designed fragrance packaging at Cosmair.
For over 17 years, his studio Greenberg Kingsley specialized in music and arts, creating several years of branding and advertising for Central Park SummerStage; products for the Guggenheim Museum store; and music packaging for John Coltrane, Pat Metheny, Quincy Jones, 10,000 Maniacs, Ginger Baker, Cassandra Wilson, Jewel and Yes. In 2001, his design work for Blue Note Records received a Grammy nomination.
Working as Malcontent, Mark serves film makers, global advertising firms, fin-tech startups, arts organizations, living legends and Pulitzer Prize winners. Mark speaks and writes about design and branding, and is a faculty member in the School of Visual Arts Masters in Branding program. In 2016 he was profiled in Print Magazine as one of "56 Inspiring Designers Shaping Our World Today."
Mark was recently awarded the endowed Melbert B. Cary Professorship in Graphic Arts at the Rochester Institute of Technology. This is a two-year position which, besides holding classes, oversees and programs the Frederic W. Goudy Lecture Series.
Currently Teaching
In the News
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December 20, 2021
Portfolio review event punctuates professional development class
Equipped with newly-developed professional skills and materials, students from Ceramics, Fine Art Photography and Metals and Jewelry gained insightful feedback on their work from 11 artists to wrap up the fall semester.
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September 7, 2021
New leadership roles, faculty hires highlight changes in College of Art and Design
RIT's Schools of Art, American Crafts, Film and Animation, and Photographic Arts and Sciences are all under new leadership.
Featured Work
John Coltrane "One Down One Up"
Mark Kingsley
Music packaging for Impulse! Records
Jewel "0304"
Mark Kingsley
Music packaging for Atlantic Records
Quincy Jones "Talkin' Verve"
Mark Kingsley
Music packaging for Verve Records