“At this time of year I like to find alumni who can come in and speak to students about what they are doing now and what the process was like after graduation. Dilworth followed Prince’s transition, from school to industry and from Rochester to New York City, and invited him back to Rockefeller Arts Center in April to speak with students. Such a successful career trajectory didn’t surprise Visual Arts and New Media Assistant Professor Jason Dilworth, who pegged Prince early on as an excellent designer.

Prince’s hand lettering was also seen in Esquire magazine’s “Best Bars in America” feature published in the June/July 2014 issue. The National Football League, National Hockey League, NASCAR, Formula 1 and the Triple Crown, among others, utilize his current projects. Now a lead in-house designer at NBC Sports, Prince’s creations find homes in print and digital platforms – everything from magazine ads and billboards, to social media posts and web banners.

His appreciation for hand-lettering also blossomed here. “I transferred to Fredonia because I had a lot of friends who went there, it has a great reputation for the arts, and I was interested in playing (club) hockey,” he explained. Starting out as a Fine Arts major at Monroe Community College, Prince was always intrigued with logo design and branding, and thought those fine art skills would be applicable to graphic design.

There he served new business clients and continued freelance hand-lettering work. in Visual Arts and New Media, with a concentration in Graphic Design, Prince honed his design/illustration skills as a freelancer before being selected as an associate art director with Partners + Napier, a Rochester, N.Y., advertising agency. It was quite an accomplishment for Prince, who initially sought a temporary design position at NBC Sports for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, but was instead hired as a full-time designer.Īfter earning his B.F.A. If you watched Sunday Night football last season - or were among the record 114.4 million people glued to Super Bowl XLIX in February - Brendan Prince had a “hand” in your experience.Īs a graphic designer at NBC Sports, the 2011 Fredonia graduate saw some of the hand-lettering art work he created for Sunday Night Football broadcasts translated into on-air graphics that were seen throughout the regular season, the playoffs, and ultimately, the 2015 Super Bowl - the most-watched television program ever.

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