Brandon J. C. Fuller

Brandon leads the Web Communications team and is responsible for managing the strategic development, content generation, and implementation of websites across URI. He also provides technical and creative consultation and support to University departments and units in the areas of web publishing and related digital technologies, and supports annual digital marketing and advertising efforts with analysis of analytics, outcomes, and recommendation for changes in web design for future programs.

Brandon joined the team in 2017 as a Digital Content Strategist, and was primarily responsible for broad UI/UX development. He played a major role in the website’s current look and feel that debuted in 2018, including development of the theme and component library that standardized the brand on the web. Brandon also designed long-form features for the University’s homepage, including three CASE award-winning series (“Why Hip Hop Matters,” “Playbill,” and “Stories of the First Amendment in Action”), “Space Invaders,” “The Explorer and the Aviator,” and “Designing for the Sea and Stars,” and he spearheaded visual design and creative development for TEDxURI.

Brandon has a varied history working in academia. He is a Senior Fellow at the URI Coastal Institute, where he currently serves as a podcast producer and print designer for the STEEP Superfund Research Program, having previously written publications on climate change and science communications since 2012. His web experience prior to URI includes UI/UX development for the University of Hartford libraries, where he played an integral role in their transition to a modern open-source management system beginning in 2009.

Outside of the department, Brandon is a freelance graphic artist, coastal ecologist, photographer, and musician. He is an independent ecological consultant for the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council and other entities in the New England region, where his research focuses on tracking the recruitment and spread of invasive marine invertebrates. He holds a B.S. in marine biology and a M.E.S.M. in conservation biology, both from URI.