the students

 

A 15-year history 
of amazing students.

Our program began in 2010 as a joint venture between the University of Colorado and Crispin, Porter + Bogusky called "Boulder Digital Works." And while we're no longer connected with Crispin, or the name Boulder Digital Works, we will always count the illustrious alumni from BDW as our own. See below for a snapshot of the companies all of our alumni have called home. And scroll on to see our most recent graduating class.

Where our students work:
 

Google            Wieden+Kennedy            Apple

BBH            Airbnb            Spotify

Uber            Crispin Porter + Bogusky            Adobe

IBM            Dish            Dropbox

Recent Graduates:

The Design Studio

 

Isa Bentz
Design/Art Direction, 2025
student portfolio

 

Juliet Marguiles
Design/Art Direction, 2025
student portfolio

 

Brian Barraza
UX/UI Design, 2025
student portfolio

 

Evan Fenley
Brand Design/Strategy, 2025
student portfolio

 

Carly Behrendt
Design, 2025
student portfolio

 

Katie Fleckenstein
Brand Design, 2025
student portfolio

 

Lexi Frederick
Content Design, 2025
student portfolio

 

Morgan Pence
Product/UX Design, 2025
student portfolio

 

Joseph Roditis
Brand Design/Illustration, 2025
student portfolio

 

Madeline Sinkovic
UX/Product Design, 2025
student portfolio

 

Nylah Perry
Art Direction/Content Creation, 2025
student portfolio

 

Laci Cooper
Brand Design, 2025
student portfolio

 

Mollie McCoy
UX/Brand Design, 2025
student portfolio

 

Jess Garcia
Design, 2025
student portfolio

 

The Ad Studio

(coming in 2026!)

 

Distinguished Alumni:

(MSCD, BDW, and CU APRD)

 

Chris Znerold
Designer/Founder/Teacher, Portal
the good stuff

 

Heather Kraft 
Sr UX Designer, VF Corp
the good stuff

 

Steve Dolan
Creative Director/Founder, Standard Practice
the good stuff

 

Kate Chambers
Sr Brand Designer, StudioSix
the good stuff

 

Stefanie Papasoglu Martin
Sr Designer, Human
the good stuff

 

Dan Viens
Creative Director/Filmmaker, Wieden + Kennedy
the good stuff

 

Charlotte Myerberg
Global Industry Lead, Uber
the good stuff

 

Jeremy Tinianow
Designer, Cash App
the good stuff

 

Adam Noffsinger
Cofounder/Head of Design, Alma
the good stuff

 

Emily McCammon
Product Design Manager, Contentful
the good stuff

 

Teghan Tracy
UX Designer, Google
the good stuff

 

Heather Seal
Product Design Manager, Apple
the good stuff

 

Vanessa Frye
Designer, Open Raven
the good stuff

 

Andrew Baker
VP Digital Product, Jed Foundation
the good stuff

 

Dan Nelson
Product Design Leader, Stripe
the good stuff

 

Brian Fouhy
Creative Director/Artist in Residence, RedLine
the good stuff

CU Alumni leading in advertising and design...

 

Brynna Aylward
Chief Creative Officer, Adam&EveDDB
the good stuff

 

Erin Butner   
Designer/Consultant, Nike/Ideo alum
the good stuff

 

Brad Phifer
Creative Director, Wieden + Kennedy
the good stuff

 

Courtney Pulver
Executive Creative Director, David&Goliath
the good stuff

 

Teri Miller 
President/Partner, Mother
the good stuff

 

Jason Hoff 
CD/Writer, Airbnb/Apple/Google/etc
the good stuff