Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Bobby C. Martin Jr.



Bobby C. Martin Jr. is co-founder of OCD, a design partnership fully immersed in a limited number of projects. Recently, he served as design director of Jazz at Lincoln Center where his focus was on developing the brand by visualizing the music, a challenge...that extended across print and advertising as well as venue and exhibit design. Martin previously worked at Ogilvy & Mather’s Brand Innovation Group with clients that included NYC2012, CNN, Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, Dupont, Hellmann’s, Hershey’s, Miller Brewing Company, and the New York Times Magazine. Martin’s work has been featured in Print magazine’s New Visual Artist Review, and has won awards from the Art Director’s Club, Graphis, Step Inside Design magazine, as well as a Sappi Grant for his work as designer and brand consultant for the Abyssinian Baptist Church of Harlem. Martin has served on the executive board of the New York AIGA. He teaches typography at the School of Visual Arts in their Advertising and Design program. He received his undergraduate degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and studied at the School of Visual Arts MFA Design Program.