SARASOTA — Scott Spear, longtime area resident and award winning art director, has assumed the role of Art Director for JournalistPR LLC, the journalist-to-journalist public relations agency. 

A graduate of Ringling College of Art & Design, Scott has been working in the design field in Southwest Florida for more than 20 years, in both agency and in-house departments. He has won numerous design awards and has served on the Board of the Suncoast Advertising Federation. His profile piece for the Economic Development Corporation was used in classes by the Ringling College to show the proper way for a large complex job to evolve and become reality. 

In his years in the business, Scott has designed everything from ads to trade show booths, even product prototypes. His methodology allows for any projects to be tackled in the same manner with a certainty of success. 

Scott lives in the South Gate neighborhood of Sarasota with his wife and daughter. There he is president of the largest community association in Sarasota, and is presently overseeing restoration of a historically designated modern structure.