Randy J. Hunt is Creative Director at Etsy, where he leads of the team of designers building web products and creating off-line experiences. Hunt feels strongly that designers must be able to build what they design, a perspective that fits naturally with Etsy's culture of making and engineering muscle. He co-founded Supermarket, a curated design marketplace. Previously, he founded Citizen Scholar Inc. and worked at Milton Glaser Inc. and Number 17. Hunt writes and lectures about design, and has been a visiting designer and critic at many colleges and universities. In 2009 he was named a New Visual Artist by Print. Hunt received his MFA in design from the School of Visual Arts.