Diversity in Design: How Agencies Can Strive to Hire More BIPOC Creatives

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August 6, 2020

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There are a lot of meaningful conversations happening now about race, privilege, and how something as seemingly inconsequential as the color of someone’s skin affects the opportunities they do (or don’t) have access to. For many white people, this is a revelation, or at the very least something they don’t consider day today.

For Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), it’s par for the course.

Diversity in design benefits everyone, and not just with the clients we work with and the projects we work on—but the people design agencies hire. You, like many, may be wondering where are the black designers and, more importantly, trying to determine what you can do about it.

Theresa Christine Johnson

Theresa entered the world of design through The Dieline. With a background in writing and journalism, she has a passion for discovery and cultivating human connections. Her work for The Dieline is a constant journey to deeply understand all facets of the design process and to investigate what makes designers tick. Theresa’s writing has taken her snorkeling in between the tectonic plates in Iceland, horseback riding through a rural Brazilian town, and riding an octopus art car at Burning Man with Susan Sarandon as part of a funeral procession for Timothy Leary (long story). When not writing, she is planning her next trip or taking too many pictures of her cat.