An internationally recognized art director / creative director, Ann Lemon’s biggest honor was inclusion in Communication Arts Magazine’s list of the 100 best pieces of graphic design of the 20th century.

Ann worked as an art director and/or creative director at many of New York’s best agencies, including Chiat/Day, Kirshenbaum & Bond, Young & Rubicam, and mcgarrybowen, where she helped build the agency from 10 initial employees to nearly a thousand. She has won such awards as OneShow pencils, Communication Arts Advertising Annual, a feature in Graphis Magazine, and more, and led creative teams on brands such as Marriott, Stouffer’s, Huggies, Glenfiddich, and Steuben glass working across all mediums from print, to tv, to branded content and digital.

Ann is now a tenure track Assistant Professor of Advertising Design at Kutztown University. She is also a frequent speaker to ad clubs and design groups.

Ann is a native of Richmond, Indiana and a graduate of the University of Delaware’s Visual Communications Department and Marywood University (MFA in Graphic Design). She has published two books: The Little Big Idea Book, a pocket-sized workbook for creating advertising, and the Digital Design Toolbox for Beginners, a textbook on principles and techniques using the Adobe Creative Suite.

She lives in Mohnton, Pennnsylvania, with her crafty husband, Dane, and arty son, Amos.