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Henry Kim

Graphic design professor

Education

  • M.F.A., Studio, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • B.F.A., Graphic Design, University of Illinois Chicago

Credentials

Teaching

  • Professor of graphic design, 2025–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
    Associate chair of graphic design, 2008–16
    Professor of graphic design, 2004–08
  • Instructor, 2002–05, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Adjunct professor of graphic design, 2001–04, Robert Morris College, Chicago, IL

Professional

  • Vice president and Head of Global Design–CX Strategy, 2020–25, Samsung Electronics, Atlanta, GA and Seoul, South Korea
  • Senior director of experience design, 2019–20, North Highland, Atlanta, GA
  • Group director and head of North American design, 2017–19, The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA
    Senior director of whitespace and global design, 2016–17
  • Creative director, 2012–16, Design Discourse, Atlanta, GA
  • Art director, 2003–12, Pyrrha Studio, Chicago, IL and Atlanta, GA
  • Graphic designer, 1997–2000, Hanool Design Group
  • Web and graphic designer, 1997–99, Ace Online, Inc.

Awards, recognitions, and honors

Team awards

  • IDEA, Gold, 2025
  • iF Design, Gold, 2024
  • IDEA, Silver/Bronze, 2024
  • iF Design, Gold, 2022
  • IDEA, Silver/Bronze, 2022

Organizations

  • Member of the Board of Directors, Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA), 2018–20
  • iF Design Award Final Juror, iF DESIGN, Berlin, Germany, 2024

Publications and presentations

  • “Graphic Design Discourse: Evolving Theories, Ideologies and Processes of Visual Communication,” Princeton Architectural Press, December 2017
  • Keynote Speaker, 2019 FUSE Design Conference, Chicago, IL