ALAshley Logan Brenner
Founding mentor
Creative Director @ Imprint
NYC 27 yrs in design
About
My work lives at the intersection of digital innovation, storytelling, and a healthy obsession with the customer experience. I love collaboration. I partner with teams to solve problems, create digital and interactive experiences, and visualize editorial stories — whether online, on paper, or somewhere in between.
How I can help
I help early- and mid-career designers articulate their value and cross-team mindset, whether working in-house or on agency design teams. My primary client base has been financial services, food services, and higher education. I've helped mentees focus on and develop their professional skills while having fun and expressing their passion for design craft.
Ask me about
IC to manager
Freelance to full-time
Returning from a break
First or only designer
A reorg
Getting passed over
Influence without authority
Presenting to execs
Building a design system
Craft to strategy
Growing into leadership
Talk design to non-designers
Cross-team collaboration
Not the right mentor for: My specialties: Content media design // Interactive digital experiences // Video storytelling // Navigating designer-client relationships // Team collaboration: design-editorial, design-dev, design-sa
A hard problem I've navigated
Got passed over for a promotion and actively listened and reframed my passion into success.
Frequently asked
What should I prep?
Always prep one topic or problem you're working on for us to discuss during our session. Also send any links or resources if that will help with our conversation.
How did you get into Design?
My undergrad degree is in magazine journalism, and my MFA work in graphic design. I've always been drawn to craft and curious about "how things work," which is why I've investigated print techniques and digital interactive experiences. All creative and hundreds of different expressions.
Expertise
Design Lead
Freelancing
Fintech
Design Manager
Leadership
Graphic Design
Design systems
Agency
Visual/Brand
Accessibility
Marketing
Print
Interactive design
Experience
Creative Director · Imprint
2013 – present
Ashley brings her publishing and agency experience to the forefront for clients, ensuring the creative vision for all client projects is on strategy, on brand, and designed to uniquely connect with the target audience.
Art Director · Dow Jones & Co., Inc.
2010 - 2013
Assoc Art Director · Hearst Magazines
2001 - 2010
Graphic Designer · American Express Publishing
1999 - 2001
