catherine leigh schmidt, curriculum vitae

Awards, Talks, & Teaching

2017–2018

Lecturer

California College of the Arts

Courses in web tools & techologies in the Graphic Design BFA and and Design MFA programs.

2017

Speaker

TypeCon, Boston, MA

Gave a talk about my font, Yatra, and suggested best practices when making fonts for scripts not native to you.

2016

Visiting Critic

Rhode Island School of Design

Critiqued on Junior Review panel and served as a guest critic other undergrad Graphic Design courses.

2015

Fellow

The Design Office, Providence, RI

Worked on a devanagari typeface and a collection of essays about typography. Gave a talk about my Fulbright research.

2014–2015

Fulbright Scholar

Institute of International Education, USA State Department

Self-guided research project in affiliation with the Industrial Design Center at IIT-Bombay. Studied Devanagari transportation signs in Mumbai from visual and political angles. Created a Devanagari typeface inspired by hand-painted signage as a result.

2014

Associate Instructor

Brown University

Co-taught a course for Summer @ Brown high school program. Course covered introductory design ideas like prototyping, iteration, drawing, and critique.

Work Experience

2016–2019

Web Designer & Developer

Self-Employed

Web design & development for clients including GitHub, Notion, and TypeNetwork.

2017–2018

Font Production Engineer

Apple, Inc

Contract position working on font production, quality assurance, and engineering.

2016

Graphic Designer

RISD Media

Graphic design for print and web on the Rhode Island School of Design's internal design team.

2015–2016

Type Design Contractor

Google Fonts

Completed Yatra, a font started during my Fulbright.

Education

2010–2014

Rhode Island School of Design

BFA, Graphic Design

Degree Project Award, Honors Student

2011–2014

Brown University

Misc Coursework

Computer Science, Hindi, Sanskrit