Scott Fisk

Scott R. Fisk (born August 27, 1974) is an American graphic designer and educator who has taught at Memphis College of Art and American Intercontinental University, and currently teaches at Samford University as an Associate Professor of Graphic Design. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design from Henderson State University, and graduated first in his class from Memphis College of Art with a Master of Fine Arts in computer art. Specialized in web design, typography, photography, motion graphics, and multimedia, Fisk launched his career in graphic design in 1994 at NetM Communications, an interactive company with customers in Canada, Australia, and Europe, as well as in America. His motion graphic works have since been featured on major television networks in the United States, Australia, and Japan, and his work is part of permanent collections both in numerous galleries and in such museums as the National Archives. He participated in a variety of creative tasks including graphic design, journalism, cinematography, and photography. Fisk served in Iraq as an Army Reserve photojournalist and Communications Specialist from 1992 to 2006, often embedding as a photographer during combat operations with American and Iraqi units. He mobilized for Operation Iraqi Freedom as a Photo-Journalist in a Military History Unit and often worked at the United States Embassy with the United Nations and foreign dignitaries. Fisk was also awarded a Bronze Star for service in Iraq. He participated in The Hurricane Poster Project and in the Haiti Poster Project.

Recently selected as a Road Scholar by the Alabama Humanities Organization, he is an active member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), and serves both as a Board Member and Education Chair of the Birmingham American Institute of Graphic Arts.

May 2001

 * Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
 * Masters of Fine Arts (MFA), Computer Art (Magna Cum Laude, graduated 1st in class)

August 1998

 * Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, AR
 * Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Graphic Design

Awards and honors

 * "Award of Excellence", University and College Designers Association Design Show, 2009
 * netGURUS website design award in the category "design", 2009
 * Interactive Media Award's "Outstanding Achievement Award", 2009
 * International Academy of the Visual Arts website with a W3 Gold award for web design, 2009
 * Certificate of Recognition from the Vestavia Hills Police Department Police Chief, 2009
 * AIGA Salon Des Refusés First Place for Best Identity, 2008
 * National Medial Marketing Aster Award, 2007
 * Alabama Humanities Organization "Road Scholar", 2007
 * Birmingham Advertising Federation Gold Medal, 2007
 * Tesilization, 2007
 * National Pixel Award Top 5 for Web Design, 2006
 * Bronze Dir Web Award, 2006
 * 1st Place, Jacksonville Florida AIGA Re-Charge Safari Mix Media Regional Show, 2004
 * 1st Place Experimental Artists of Alabama Regional Show, 2004
 * National Keith L. Ware Award, 2004
 * Memphis College of Art MFA Scholarship Award, 1999
 * National Majon Web Select Award, 1998