Mike Schnaidt was hired as creative director of Fast Company.
Before coming to Fast Company, Schnaidt was the creative director at Men’s Health and menshealth.com, where he received two industry awards: Advertising Age’s “Magazine Of The Year” and Folio’s Integrated Marketing Campaign Award.
Previous to that position, Schnaidt held the position of deputy design director at Popular Science and popsci.com, where he also received two industry awards: Folio Website Relaunch Awards and Media Industry Newsletter’s Single Magazine Issue Award.
Schnaidt spent four earlier years as Men’s Heath senior art director, where he was part of the team that won the American Society of Magazine Editors General Excellence Award in 2015.
Schnaidt is also the recipient of Gold, Silver, and Merit Awards from the Society of Publication Designers for his work with Men’s Health, Esquire, and Entertainment Weekly.
“Fast Company has a strong and enduring love of design, reflected in our legacy of awards and accolades,” said editor in chief Stephanie Mehta in a statement. “A creative thinker of Mike’s caliber will contribute tremendously to our journalism and storytelling.”
