About

Stephen Viksjo

Principal and Creative Director
s@vixjo.studio

Services
Creative Direction
Branding
Graphic Design
Video + Motion Graphics
Special Event Invitations + Collateral
Print, Editorial, + Infographics
Photography

Stephen Viksjo is the Principal and Creative Director of Vixjo Studio, a boutique creative studio that he founded in 2008. 

Vixjo Studio specializes in designing and developing clean, smart, and effective branding systems, video and motion graphics, marketing campaigns, event graphics and invitations, books and other editorial communications, infographics and data visualizations, and customizing designs for social, video, print, and web. The studio has been fortunate to have longstanding creative relationships with individuals and organizations in fashion, arts, non-profits, and private businesses. Clients have included Gucci, Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, Apollo Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Baryshnikov Arts, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, The American Academy in Berlin, New York Philharmonic, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Asian Cultural Council, Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Dance Heginbotham, and many others. Stephen works with many startups, small businesses, and non-profits. Having first worked inside the creative studio at Carnegie Hall and then led the design department at Manhattan School of Music, Stephen understands how to stretch a budget and maximize results, finding creative ways to create solutions that are smart, effective, and impactful, while delivering on time and within the budget framework.

Stephen has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Communication Design from Parsons The New School for Design in New York, and previously studied Graphic Design and Photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. He was also the Co-founder and Creative Director of Jarry, an independent queer food magazine with six issues published 2015-2020. In his spare time, Stephen is a film photographer and potter.

Vixjo Studio is based in New York’s Hudson Valley.

Current + Past Clients