Trish Gianakis is an acclaimed immersive artist, professor, and art director with over 20 + years of experience in user experience/interface design. Her innovative artworks have gained national and international recognition, blending technology with physical sculptures to create captivating immersive experiences. Holding a Master's Degree in Computer Art Installation from the School of Visual Arts in NYC, she has remained at the forefront of digital art and technology. Additionally, she holds an Emmy Award for on-air graphics created for an NBC documentary, and her expertise in user experience design has led her to work with renowned companies like Major League Baseball, AMC TV, and artists like Elton John and Queen Latifah.

Teaching graduate and undergraduate students computer design, web-design, augmented reality, animation 
and art history. Developing and managing the class syllabus and ensuring that the syllabus meets department and college standards, preparing tests and grading.

Professor in the Arts Department. Classes include: UX,Digital Publishing PAVAN Art and Literary Magazine, Animation, Augmented Reality, 3D

Trish Gianakis is an acclaimed immersive artist, professor, and art director with over 20 + years of experience in user experience/interface design. Her innovative artworks have gained national and international recognition, blending technology with physical sculptures to create captivating immersive experiences. Holding a Master's Degree in Computer Art Installation from the School of Visual Arts in NYC, she has remained at the forefront of digital art and technology. Additionally, she holds an Emmy Award for on-air graphics created for an NBC documentary, and her expertise in user experience design has led her to work with renowned companies like Major League Baseball, AMC TV, and artists like Elton John and Queen Latifah.

Full-time faculty

Full time faculty, Professor of Digital and Traditional Arts

Now Full time Professor

Summer of 2022 Trish Gianakis was selected as artisan in residency at Bronxnet TV for a two year contract 2022-2024. Her role is to collaborate on building a state-of-the art XR/VR/AR Lab and Video Production Studio. Gianakis’ art project for the New York City and The Bronx will be an augmented reality tour showcasing the rich history of the city.

Founder and creative director at Classe Design. With each project I transform big ideas into a narrative 
by integrating concepts across multi-channel platforms and focusing on every detail to insure the best possible 
results. A few examples of campaigns I have worked on are: “The Walking Dead” – Zombie for President Campaign, The World Series – On-site Kiosk, and most recently Art World Conference – Luncheon for Art Collectors. As a member of MLB.com’s start-up team I helped establish the site’s look and feel and led the creative for MLB TV streaming subscription products. Resulted in an increase of site traffic from 5000 a day to 40,000 a day in the first year of the subscription products launch. I also worked on creative for MLB’s entertainment division working on promotions for: Elton John, Queen Latifah, and Tom Petty, to name a few, establishing their online presence through branding, sponsorship opportunities, websites, and online advertising.I have experience on both client-side and agency-side, and know how to communicate effectively on all levels, with all teams. I have an MFA in Computer Art from The School of Visual Arts in New York City and exhibit my immersive art installations and sculptures across the country.

Work in agile methodology to deliver desktop / mobile software applications for admin, CMS and consumer tools for Western Union. Direct client contact, project management and presenting creative concepts and deliverables to the client. Daily scrum meetings with development team in Moldova, Columbia and the client in NY. Coldwellbanker.com, lead design/UX and oversaw multiple aspects of Coldwellbanker.com.

Trish GianakisAs a member of MLB.com’s start-up team I helped establish the site’s look and feel and led the creative for MLB TV streaming subscription products. Resulted in an increase of site traffic from 5000 a day to 40,000 a day in the first year of the subscription products launch. I also worked on creative for MLB’s entertainment division working on promotions for: Elton John, Queen Latifah, and Tom Petty, to name a few, establishing their online presence through branding, sponsorship opportunities, websites, and online advertising.

I Served six years as Senior Art Director at MLB.com, the online hub for Major League Baseball. I was an integral part of the start-up and design team responsible for the look and feel of all marketing, advertising, site design and promotions for the brand and subscription products. My years of experience in design enhanced the quality of MLB's online properties and have contributed to the increase in capabilities and revenue for the brand. With contributions to MLB including the creation of a system of design templates, which has resulted in increased productivity and work-flow for the art department. Additionally I was a key member of development teams on new entertainment division including: Rehearsals.com, shopCurvation.com, EltonJohn .com and QueenLatifah.com. My designs were showcased on projects with MLB sponsors such as: Chevy, Verizon and Sony, which all contributed significant revenue to the company.

Responsibilities – Conversant with client’s guidelines and overall tonality of web projects. Clients include: Becks Beer, Nickelodeon, United Airlines, RJR Renalds, Revlon.

FOX ONLINE DIVISION, New York, NYOnline and print advertising, marketing, presentations, interactive game design, for TV Guide Online, Fox Broadcast, Fox News, and Fox Sports.