01 · Profile

Zach Hill is a strategist and designer based in Los Angeles who focuses on translating strategy into visual languages. With over eleven years of experience working on brands for franchise, enterprise, healthcare, and NGO organizations, his work blends several disciplines, including Design Strategy, Identity Design, and Design Systems.

02 · Practice

  • Senior Brand & Design Strategist, Scorpion
  • Senior Design Strategist, Toi
  • Strategist & Designer, ActiveColor
  • Brand Design Director & Instructor, College of the Canyons

03 · Certifications

  • Certified Brand Strategist, Brand Strategy Academy
  • Design Led Strategy, University of Sydney
  • Human Centred Service Design, IDEO
  • Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner, IBM
  • Design Sprint Mastery, AJ & Smart

04 · Select Clients

  • ServiceMaster
  • Sennheiser
  • Verizon
  • Glide SF
  • WeWork
  • Southern Home Services
  • OTIS
  • Fuller University

Zach is open to teaching, speaking and select identity design system engagements, so please feel free to reach out.

05 · Education

Master of Arts, Design & Innovation

California State University, Northridge · In progress, 2025–2027

Focus: Brand Strategy, Design Strategy, Design Research, Systems Thinking

Bachelor of Arts, Design

California State University Channel Islands · 2013–2015

Focus: Brand Identity Design, Packaging Design

06 · Teaching

He teaches designers to think strategically and defend what they make, having led emerging designers through end-to-end brand projects at College of the Canyons and workshops across California State University campuses. He is in the process of earning a masters degree with the goal to teach design at the collegiate level.

08 · Writing & Talks


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