Speakers

Jeff Soyk

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Jeff Soyk is an award-winning media artist with experience in creative direction, UI/UX design, motion design, HTML5/CSS3/JS, and film/video. His credits include art director, UI/UX designer and architect on Hollow, a 2013 Peabody award-winner and 2012 TFI New Media Fund grantee. Hollow was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy, received 3rd place in the World Press Photo Interactive Documentary Awards, was an Activism Award finalist at SXSW, was a DocLab Storytelling Award finalist at IDFA, was a Web Community honoree at the Webby Awards, and was FWA: Site of the Day & Adobe Cutting Edge Project of the Week.

Driven by meaningful stories and multiple mediums, Soyk strives to create engaging experiences with a positive impact. He is a freelance creative director/UI & UX designer/architect, an MIT OpenDocLab fellow, and he teaches interactive media at Emerson College. He has a BFA in New Media Design from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MFA in Media Art from Emerson College.