Summary
Matt Stone is a creative director and project lead based in Chicago with over two decades leading communications and brand strategy for higher education, arts and culture, science, and technology clients. He combines a BFA in Industrial and Product Design from RISD with practical experience designing web, interactive, print, exhibitions, environments, video, and motion graphics. At Sandbox Studio he architects end-to-end campaigns including naming and positioning, translating complex subject matter into clear, audience-focused experiences. Known for bridging strategic planning and hands-on creative execution, he manages cross-disciplinary teams to deliver cohesive visual and interactive systems. His work often navigates the intersection of design thinking and institutional storytelling, bringing product-design rigor to communications challenges. Outside typical creative roles, he favors solutions that treat exhibitions and environments as living, extensible platforms rather than one-off assets.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Industrial and Product Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Industrial and Product Design at Rhode Island School of Design