John McMillian (*1947), John has been the education officer for the ISTD since 2001 and is a senior lecturer in graphic design at the University of Ulster | Faculty of Art & Design. His career in education was preceded by 13 years as practising designer, working mainly in the arts, publishing, exhibition and educational fields. His clients included Ulster Museum, the Arts Council, BBC TV, The National Trust and the Port of Belfast. John also worked as creative director of an advertising agency. He was made an Honorary Academician of the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts in the early 90s and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts a few years later. He is currently chair of the Belfast Print Workshop and has served as a regional chair and council member of the Chartered Society of Designers. John was a founder member of STET, the ISTD education team, and has contributed to the development of the society's role in design education over the last five years, including organising the first ISTD Student Assessment Scheme in Dublin in 2002. John sees the continuing international growth of the scheme as his most important challenge within the society.