Soo Min Lee

Digital communication professor

Education

M.F.A., Graphic Design. Rhode Island School of Design
B.F.A., Design, University of Texas at Austin

Credentials

Teaching

Professor of digital communication, 2025–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Visiting lecturer, 2025, Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Part-time lecturer, 2025, Northeastern University

Part-time lecturer, external critic, 2024, Boston University

Contract instructor, 2024, Rhode Island School of Design
Teaching assistant, 2023

Professional

Freelance graphic designer, 2024–present

Biennale lead, 2023, Rhode Island School of Design
Graphic designer, 2023

Graphic designer, researcher, 2020–22, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, ID+IM Design Lab

Freelance graphic designer and art director, 2018–20

Graphic designer, 2019, SAIB & Co.

Junior graphic designer, 2016–17, BBDO New York

Awards, recognitions, and honors

IDEA Design Awards, Finalist for Product Design for Yuhan Kimberly Scott's SMART.MOP, 2021
FAB Awards, Golds in two categories: Online Marketing & Social Media, Social Business for Campbell's Recipe Reality Check, 2018
Epica Awards, Bronze for Online Social Networks for Campbell's Recipe Reality Check, 2017
Cannes Lions, Shortlist for Innovative Use of Social or Community for Campbell's Recipe Reality Check, 2017

Publications and presentations

Exhibitions

Inter–Print, Athens, Georgia, 2025
Supersaturated, Providence, Rhode Island, 2024
RISD Graphic Design M.F.A. Biennale 2023: Highlights from the Impermanent Collection, Providence, Rhode Island, 2023
UT Austin B.F.A. Design Thesis: Handle with Care, Austin, Texas, 2023