Greg Eckler
Assistant Professor at The Vicious Circus
Waldorf, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolGreg Eckler is an experienced graphic designer, illustrator, and lettering artist with 16 years crafting identities, typefaces, and visual systems for clients ranging from indie foundries to nonprofits. He balances commercial practice—as founder and lead designer at The Vicious Circus—with academic leadership as an Assistant Professor of Communication Design at Northern Virginia Community College, where he teaches typography, graphic design, and foundational skills. His work blends custom type and illustrative storytelling, informed by an MFA from Savannah College of Art and Design and a BFA from MICA. A published thinker on play and creativity, Greg brings a practiced focus on how playful methods spark original ideas and resilient design solutions. Based in Waldorf, Maryland, he brings studio-level craft to classroom mentorship and community-facing programs, often translating hands-on production experience into curricular innovation.
16 years of coding experience
MFA, Graphic Design, MFA, Graphic Design at Savannah College of Art and DesignBFA, Graphic Design, BFA, Graphic Design at Maryland Institute College of ArtAssociates, Arts and Sciences, Associates, Arts and Sciences at College of Southern MarylandGithub contributions (3)
sunlightlabs/brisket
Jan 2010 - Apr 2010
Contributions:23 commits in 3 months
influencefollowingpoliticianspoliticalorganizations
sunlightlabs/datacommons
Jan 2010 - Apr 2010
Contributions:12 commits in 3 months
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