Mark Maltais is an art director, creative director, and designer based in New York City. He currently serves as Art Director at School of Visual Arts and recently worked as a contributing art director with The New York Times. His practice centers on editorial branding and narrative visual storytelling across print and digital platforms, with a focus on typography, photography direction, illustration, and long-form content.

At SVA, he leads the design of institutional and editorial publications that reflect creative practice, student achievement, and alumni impact within a global community of more than 45,000 graduates. His projects include the revitalization of the Visual Arts Journal, the design and curation of 75 Years of School of Visual Arts, and the art direction of the Masters Series exhibition honoring Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario. Through this work, he shapes a visual language that balances rigor with experimentation and cultural relevance.

Previously, he served as an art director at Rolling Stone, stewarding the magazine’s visual identity and leading the art direction of biweekly features and 40+ volumes of special editions in collaboration with leading photographers and illustrators. Earlier roles include senior creative positions at Travel + Leisure, Context, and the design studio Doublespace, followed by independent work in editorial and book publishing for clients including Vanity Fair, People, Town & Country, Esquire, and Rizzoli.

His work has been recognized with more than 35 awards and citations from organizations including Society of Publication Designers and American Society of Magazine Editors, and he holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from the Yale School of Art, where he co-founded the graphic design collective Class Action.

Mark lives and works in New York City.