Sebastian Kaupert

Sebastian Kaupert is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Undergrad Communication Design Department in the School of Design at Pratt Institute and serves as the Information Officer on the Executive Committee of Pratt’s Academic Senate, as well as the departmental Senator for UG Communication Design. He has been teaching at Pratt for 28 years, including classes on social media, branding and creative practice.

He manages the Study Abroad program for UG ComD and its students, working closely with the Office of Education Abroad, and is on the Academic Integrity Standing Committee. He has previously served on the Classroom Success Committee, Built/Natural Environment Working Group, BOT’s Student Affairs and MSCHE Working Group, as well as on the Faculty Union UFCT Local 1460 as a member of its Grievance Committee.

Sebastian has developed identities, consumer advertising, editorial design, online advertising, corporate sites, application interfaces, and intranets for brands like American Express, BMW, Condé Nast, Evian, IBM, IMF, Johnson & Johnson, Mastercard, MSNBC, Nickelodeon, Novartis, Pfizer, Simon & Schuster, Verizon, Viacom, Volvo, and UPS.

Sebastian Kaupert has held Creative Director positions at Interactive Bureau, Havas, and Condé Nast, held roles of Chief Design Officer and Chief Marketing Officer, and served on the board of AIGA’s New York Chapter.

He co-founded an AI startup with a diverse set of advanced solutions for healthcare, supply chains and geolocation. Sebastian is also an advisor on the board of a Southeast Florida nonprofit that brings substance abuse prevention education to K-12 classrooms.

Today he runs a design consultancy in Brooklyn, NY and works extensively with startups at the intersection of branding, product design, AI as well as social, ecological and climate justice.

CE Executive Program, Business for Design Leaders, Harvard Business School, Boston/USA

MFA Diplom Designer, Hochschule für Gestaltung, Pforzheim University, Pforzheim/Germany