Derek Love is a designer based in New York who builds and leads design teams within complex organizations. His work centers on establishing clear visual and verbal systems that operate across brand, retail, digital, and campaign environments. He approaches design as a structural discipline. The goal is not decoration, but coherence.

His practice is grounded in reduction and typographic rigor. He favors clarity over spectacle and durability over trend. He believes strong brand systems are built from principles that can scale across media and over time. Rather than producing isolated moments, he focuses on creating frameworks that guide teams and support long term growth.

A central part of his work is leadership. Derek builds multidisciplinary teams and defines the conditions under which they can do their best work. He sets direction, articulates standards, and mentors individuals according to their strengths and ambitions. He sees the creative team not as a service function, but as a strategic partner within the business. Discipline, trust, and shared ownership are foundational to how he operates.

At Verizon, he serves as Senior Creative Director, leading a team responsible for shaping the brand across product, retail, and digital touchpoints. Under his direction, teams have developed identity systems, environmental graphics, campaign platforms, photography frameworks, and interactive experiences that unify the brand at scale. The work reflects collective effort. It is the result of clear vision, collaboration, and sustained craft.

Derek previously held roles at Pentagram, Milton Glaser, Lippincott, and at his independent practice, Love & Partners. His background informs a belief that design should be thoughtful, rigorous, and measured. He continues to value typography as a primary tool for setting tone and structure. For him, leadership and design are inseparable. Both require clarity of thought, precision, and accountability.