Jason Heuer

Jason Heuer is a Designer and Artist living in Rockaway/Queens/NYC. He holds a BFA in Advertising & Design from the School of Visual Arts and was Associate Art Director and Recruiter at Simon & Schuster publishing house from 2004 to 2015. Currently he is Principal at Jason Heuer LLC, a design and art studio, as well as a Typography Teacher at SVA, a Guest Lecturer at multiple schools throughout NYC, and a General Encourager of Creativity and Ideas.

"My solutions are driven by concept, leading to projects that involve typography, photography, illustration, sculpture, and installation. Wherever the idea leads, I follow. I want to be an Architect of Curiosity. I want people to look, touch, participate, wonder, and react. I believe in the intelligence of the participant, the consumer, and the client. That is why I create."

Clients have included:

  • Simon & Schuster

  • W. W. Norton

  • Penguin/Random House

  • Macmillan

  • Google

  • The New York Times

  • Viacom

  • Times Square Alliance

  • Bergdorf Goodman

Teaching:

Adjunct Professor at The School of Visual Arts: Undergradute, Pre-College, and Continuing Education programs, 2011 to present.

Adjunct Professor at Pratt Institute: Professional Studies, Exchange Programs, and Specialty Classes, 2015 to present.

Screen Print Studio Instructor, Community Outreach Coordinator, and Manager at the Rockaway Artists Alliance, 2016–2019.

Guest Lecturer/Substitute Professor: Parsons/The New School Design Program, CUNY City College Publishing Program, NYU Publishing Program

Skills:

Design, Art Direction, Teaching, Murals, Adobe Creative Suite, Screen Printing, Fabrication, Hand Illustration, Hand Lettering, Photography, Interior Design, and Public Art Installation.

Awards and Honors include:

AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers Award, Print Regional Design Award for NYC, The New York Book Show Award, Type Directors Club Award of Excellence

Exhibitions and Collections include:

Type Directors Club 62 International; MoMA P.S. 1 New York Art Book Fair; AIGA Design Archives; Gateways International Book Cover Design Exhibition, Portugal; The New York Book Show; Denver Art Museum Archives; Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Collection at the Butler Library, Inksplash: Rockaway Artists Alliance; Williamsburg Walks 2016, 2017, 2018; Amy Li Projects Gallery: The $99 Store

Publications include:

Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids, Revised and Updated; Print magazine; Gateways: International Book Cover Design; AIGA 50/50; AIGA 365; Gallery magazine; Book Cover Designs, Schiffer Publishing; TDC Annual, Vox.com:The Goods

Volunteer and Community Work:

Contributed 3 original paintings for the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy Benefit Sale by the 92nd Street Community Garden, 2022

Queens Council on the Arts (QCA): 2018 Annual Report design

Rockaway Artists Alliance Community Outreach Program and Mentorship Program. Partners have included: Rockaway Rising, Rockaway Beach Autism Families, Black Surfing Association, Edgemere Farm, and The Lynx Project, 2016-2019.

The BLVD Project, 2016: Mural for neighborhood beautification program

New York Cares 2011: Mural for P.S. 179, Bronx, NY

New York Cares, 2010: Mural for John F. Kennedy High School, Bronx, NY

References available upon request