ANTHONY RUTKA
CO-FOUNDER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR
TONY@RUTKAWEADOCK.COM

Anthony Rutka is the creative director at Rutka Weadock. He has a BFA in graphic design from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA in communication design from Syracuse University, where he also taught drawing and design in the School of Fine Arts and the School of Architecture. More recently, he has taught graphic design at the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Tony began his career at Esquire magazine, and worked for a major advertising agency and a small communications consulting firm before creating RW. His work has received just about every award imaginable and he has served as a judge for such prestigious national competitions as the Communication Arts Design Annual and the Mead Annual Report Show. He is past president of the Baltimore Chapter of AIGA.

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JOAN WEADOCK
CO-FOUNDER / WRITER
JOAN@RUTKAWEADOCK.COM

Joan Weadock provides consultation, writing, and project management services for RW clients. She earned a BA in magazine journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and a BA in philosophy from the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University. She worked in advancement and publications at LeMoyne College and at Syracuse University and for a communications consulting firm that specialized in college work before forming RW. She has been a guest lecturer on writing, design and marketing for a number of professional organizations, and has taught a course on the business of graphic design at the Maryland Institute College of Art.