Linda Reynolds
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Education
Linda Reynolds received an Associate of Arts from Ricks College, a Bachelors in Art and Design from BYU, and a Masters of Graphic Design from the University of Utah.
Career
Following the completion of her bachelors degree, Reynolds started working for BYU in the Graphic Communications department. For nearly a decade Reynolds developed graphic ideas and concepts for the BYU community.
Her teaching career began at the Waterford School, where she taught upper school graphic design for two years in the late 1980s. Concurrently, she did freelance design for clients, including the Utah Shakespearean Festival.
In 1990 Reynolds was hired as a part-time lecturer in the Department of Design, now part of the Department of Visual Arts, at BYU. The following year she became a full-time faculty member. As she completed her master's degree she was promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor and then to Associate Professor in 1998, after which she became a full Professor in 2006.
In 2005 Reynolds was appointed as Chair of the Department of Visual Arts. That appointment was renewed in 2008.
Despite her many obligations as Department Chair, Reynolds has continued to mentor students, enabling them to excel in their chosen fields.
In 2008 Reynolds and fellow professors, Brent Barson and Eric Gillett, oversaw fifteen students’ creation of the Typophile Film Festival for Opening Credits design package. The work, which was commissioned through alumnus Jared Benson for his companies Punchcut and Typophile.com, was awarded prestigious design awards: a Silver Cube from the Art Directors Club Awards and a Silver Pencil from the OneShow Awards. Additionally, it was selected as a finalist in the Motion Graphics category in the 2008 Adobe Design Achievements Awards.
In May 2006 Reynolds and co-worker Adrian Pulfer directed a project funded by the Laycock Center for Creative Collaboration in the Arts. The project took Graphic Design students to the 16th Annual AGIdeas Conference in Melbourne, Australia. BYU was the only non-professional presenter and represented themselves well.
Awards and Recognitions
Reynolds’ work has been published by the New York Art Directors Club, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, Salt Lake Art Directors, University and College Designers Association, and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
Additionally, Professor Reynolds received the Young Scholar Award from BYU in 1999 and was also honored in 2006 as the convocation speaker for the College of Fine Arts and Communications.
In 1987 Reynolds was named the CASE Designer of the Year.
In 2004 her letter-pressed children's book cover, Fall, was selected for the prestigious AIGA "50 Books/50 Covers" juried competition.
She has been a member of the Salt Lake Art Directors Club, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the University and College Designers Association, and CASE.
