Press
Forbes | Design Is for the Good
Remember being young? Like… high school student young? The young that Generation Z is now?
PRINT Magazine | Designer of the Week: Jo Skillman
As an art director at The Black Sheep Agency, Jo Skillman has created impact-driven design for the agency’s clients for…
UX Collective | Creative Director: A User’s Guide
One of my long-time mentors in the creative space advised me to put together a “user’s manual” for the creatives who work…
Shoutout HTX | Meet Jo Skillman, Creative Director
We had the good fortune of connecting with Jo Skillman and we’ve shared our conversation below.
Modus | Where to Shop for Brilliant Ideas
I love estate sales. I’ve been going to estate sales since I was 15. If ever I have a weekend free of social commitments…
VoyageHouston | Meet Jo Skillman
Today we’d like to introduce you to Jo Skillman. Jo, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started…
The Brookings Institution | Learn to Ad
Like it or not, we’re a country of consumers. We buy an amazing quantity of goods and services—everything from…
Modus | Why Branding Is More Than a Logo and Color Palette
Branding is a thing designers have to explain a lot. “That’s not your brand.” “Let’s make this more on brand.” “Let’s…
The Startup | Creativity and What It Isn’t
This year has felt like a dumpster fire. Maybe even the whole landfill. Just all of our collective garbage, going up in…
Modus | How to Get People to Care About Stuff
For eight years I’ve been designing logos, brands, and engagement campaigns for a brand strategy and creative…
Modus | Dear Nonprofit: NOPE
Raise your hand if you’ve ever been hit up for free (or deeply discounted) work. Keep your hand up if you said yes to doing…
Speaking
Circles Conference 2018
I talk about building unexpected creative at this annual design conference.
Greater Houston Partnership
I translated design thinking for businesses at one of the GHP’s weekly networking events.
Guest Teaching: Graphic Arts & Social Change at University of Houston Downtown
Professor Natacha Poggio invited me to appear in three of her fall semester 2020 classes to lecture on personal values and manifesto writing.
Women in Bizzness: A Panel Hosted by Bumble and Lemon Laine
image via @jessperegoy
I joined Denise Hamilton of Watch Her Work and Carolyn Rodz of Hello Alice to talk about our experiences as women in leadership.
NPR/Houston Public Media & KPRC
I spoke to a local Houston high school for College Signing Day following the launch of our Better Make Room campaign for Michelle Obama. I was interviewed following the event by KPRC and NPR affiliate Houston Public Media.
“Offset Path” — an Instagram Live Series
Coworker Bill Ferenc and I produced and starred in this Instagram Live show on design and social impact for Black Sheep’s social media channels.
Creator and Host of The Summary Internship
When the pandemic obliterated summer internships in 2020, Black Sheep allowed me to create a two-day digital conference to cover the basics for students from all over the world with a stellar cast of coworkers.
“Brand Like You Mean It” for Rice University
When Black Sheep founder Aimee Woodall was asked to teach “Communication for Nonprofits,” a two-day continuing ed course for Rice University’s Glasscock School, I created and presented the branding curriculum.
“Impact Through Design” for Impact Hub Houston
When Black Sheep partnered with Impact Hub Houston to do a series of lectures, I answered the one question I field more than anything else as a creative director: “Where do all of these ideas come from?”
“Redefining Influencer Marketing to Impact Your Community” for HIMA
For HIMA’s Influencer Marketing Breakfast I talked about three campaigns for which we had devised unusual influencer structures to engage different audiences — joined by coworker and digital strategist Dionella Martinez.
“Future-Proof Your Marketing” Panel for AMA
The Houston AMA (American Marketing Association) brought in a panel of folks with diverse marketing backgrounds to talk about all the theoretical directions marketing could take — and I was one of them.