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I love how design can inspire change and transform societies.
Director of Operations
Global
Natalia Zuluaga
Natalia is originally from Colombia, where she worked for various design agencies before moving to London in 2012. With over ten years of design experience, she is the misfit graphic designer who loves bridging design, creativity, and business into a seamless ecosystem. In her previous role, she built from scratch a creative team of 20 people in four years, where she managed and directed projects that covered many creative disciplines — branding, print, digital, advertising, animation, video, and social.
At Shillington, you can find her teaching the Sunday Part-time class in London and leading various project teams across disciplines and campuses.
What do you love about design?
I love how design can inspire change and transform societies.
Why do you teach?
Throughout my career I’ve met a lot of amazing people that have mentored me and helped me become a better design professional. Teaching is my way of enabling and nurturing designers to thrive in the never-ending complex environment we live in.
Tell us about your design career outside of Shillington.
Outside Shillington I divide my time between mentoring designers in different programmes—mainly Kerning The Gap, a community advocating for getting more women in leadership roles within the design industry. And working as a strategic design management consultant for small and medium organisations in London.
I’m also a member of the Board of Advisors of the DMI: Design Management Institute—a global non-profit organisation connecting, promoting, and elevating the role of Design, Design Management and Design Innovation in business, culture and society.
What or who are you loving right now?
I keep my creative mind alive by reading science fiction. I’m currently reading the Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin.
If you were a typeface, what would you be?
Neue Machina from Pangram Pangram Foundry
What’s your favourite blog?
Brand New from UnderConsideration is my all-time favourite branding blog,
I love how design can inspire change and transform societies.
Director of Operations
Global
Natalia Zuluaga
Natalia is originally from Colombia, where she worked for various design agencies before moving to London in 2012. With over ten years of design experience, she is the misfit graphic designer who loves bridging design, creativity, and business into a seamless ecosystem. In her previous role, she built from scratch a creative team of 20 people in four years, where she managed and directed projects that covered many creative disciplines — branding, print, digital, advertising, animation, video, and social.
At Shillington, you can find her teaching the Sunday Part-time class in London and leading various project teams across disciplines and campuses.
What do you love about design?
I love how design can inspire change and transform societies.
Why do you teach?
Throughout my career I’ve met a lot of amazing people that have mentored me and helped me become a better design professional. Teaching is my way of enabling and nurturing designers to thrive in the never-ending complex environment we live in.
Tell us about your design career outside of Shillington.
Outside Shillington I divide my time between mentoring designers in different programmes—mainly Kerning The Gap, a community advocating for getting more women in leadership roles within the design industry. And working as a strategic design management consultant for small and medium organisations in London.
I’m also a member of the Board of Advisors of the DMI: Design Management Institute—a global non-profit organisation connecting, promoting, and elevating the role of Design, Design Management and Design Innovation in business, culture and society.
What or who are you loving right now?
I keep my creative mind alive by reading science fiction. I’m currently reading the Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin.
If you were a typeface, what would you be?
Neue Machina from Pangram Pangram Foundry
What’s your favourite blog?
Brand New from UnderConsideration is my all-time favourite branding blog,
Andrew Shillington
Founder, Global
Anthony Wood
CEO, Global
Clare Terry
Director, Australia
Natalia Zuluaga
Director of Operations, Global
John Palowski
Head of Course Content, Global
Chris Norman
Head, Online
Cathy Sison
Head, New York
Jack Trotman
Head, United Kingdom
Sara Mazzoni
Head of Marketing & Communications, Global
Laura Carrick
Marketing & Communications Specialist, Global
Clay Allison
Head of Experience, Global
Nick Smith
Course Content Creator, Global
Shrenik Ganatra
Course Content Creator & Teacher, New York
Nicki Vleisides
Lead Course Advisor, Global
Dina Shirin
Course Advisor, Global
Oli Stevenson
Marketing & Copywriting Lead, Global
Tia Ajala
Marketing & Communications Assistant, Global
Alex Daley
Experience Lead, Northern Hemisphere
Andy Dion
Experience Assistant, New York
Kim Melvin
Lead Teacher, New York
Tessa Canon
Graphic Design Teacher, New York
Justin Carey
Graphic Design Teacher, New York
Laura Moore
Graphic Design Teacher, New York
Anna Meyer
Graphic Design Teacher, New York
Sam Jacobs
Graphic Design Teacher, New York
Meg Bathard
Experience Assistant, London
Kym Rohman
Lead Teacher, London
George Simkin
Lead Teacher, London
Dan Wilson
Teacher & Special Projects, London
Mags Straatman
Graphic Design Teacher, London
Céline Bouichou
Graphic Design Teacher, London
Tina Victoria Afshar
Graphic Design Teacher, London
Rich Tucker
Graphic Design Teacher, London
Alessia Mazzarella
Graphic Design Teacher, London
Marco Invernizzi
Graphic Design Teacher, London
Claudia Rivera
Graphic Design Teacher, London
Ben Anthony
Graphic Design Teacher, London
Ella Shillington
Experience Lead, Southern Hemisphere
Jaimee-Lee Field
Graphic Design Teacher, Sydney/Warrang
Michelle Smalley
Graphic Design Teacher, Sydney/Warrang
Olivia Chen
Graphic Design Teacher, Sydney/Warrang
Micke Lindebergh
Graphic Design Teacher, Sydney/Warrang
Nathan Millard
Graphic Design Teacher, Melbourne/Naarm
Thiago Eichner
Lead Teacher, Online
Annette Dennis
Lead Teacher, Online
Elena Passeggi
Graphic Design Teacher, Online
Dave Bird
Graphic Design Teacher, Online
Amy Prus
Graphic Design Teacher, Online
Hilary Archer
Graphic Design Teacher, Online
Femi Coppi
Graphic Design Teacher, Online
Emily Comfort
Graphic Design Teacher, Online
Dahlia Ishak
Lead Teacher, Online
Sarah Napier
Graphic Design Teacher, Online
Andrea Osojnik
Graphic Design Teacher, Online
Lucy Kirkwood
Graphic Design Teacher, Online
Spencer Harrison
Graphic Design Teacher, Online
Nick Bailey
Graphic Design Teacher, Online
Adam Busby
Graphic Design Teacher, Online
Mitch Reyes
Graphic Design Teacher, Online