Jeremy  Gilbert

Assistant Professor

Jeremy is an assistant professor teaching interactive storytelling, web and print design tools and techniques. Before coming to Medill in the fall of 2008, he led The Poynter Institute in rethinking and redesigning its industry leading website, Poynter Online. He helped the Institute rethink and segment its web properties, adding new tools and user-friendly navigation. He also served as the Poynter Institute’s design editor for online/marketing. Jeremy also worked as sports design director for the St. Petersburg Times ('04-'06) and art director of The News-Press in Fort Myers, Florida ('01-'04) redesigning both newspapers. Previously he worked as a user interaction designer for BrassRing, online human resources provider, and as a graphic designer for Viant, an Internet consultancy. He has interned as a newspaper designer at the The Austin American-Statesman, Portland Oregonian and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Office

MTC 4-125

Email

jgilbert@northwestern.edu

Course Info

Multimedia Storytelling, Web & Print Design, Usability and Information Architecture

Research

My most recent professional project was the reimagination and redesign of Poynter Online: http://www.poynter.org