Matt is a founding partner and the creative director of Athletics, a multidisciplinary design and branding agency based in New York City with specializations ranging from branding, graphic design, web design and development, mobile, strategy, art direction, motion graphics and data visualization. Athletics clients include: Creative Time, Bonobos, Advertising Age, Major League Soccer, Google, Forbes, Random House and the New York Review of Books.

A Texas native, Mr. Owens studied graphic design at the University of Texas at Austin and received a Master Degree in graphic design at Cranbrook Academic of Art. Prior to founding Athletics, Matt served as the creative director at the pioneer Silicon Alley web firm MethodFive and was a founding partner of the creative agency one9ine. Matt also developed self-published design narratives under the moniker volumeone. Matt has spoken internationally and his work has been recognized by the SF MOMA, The Art Directors Club, the American Center for Design and the AIGA.

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