Brandon J. C. Fuller

Brandon provides leadership for digital communication strategies that elevate the University brand and advance its mission, including the development and implementation of URI’s public web presence. He leads a multi-faceted enterprise Digital Strategy team with expertise in content generation, website design and development, and interactive storytelling, and collaborates with other leadership to advance the University’s strategic goals and global reputation.

Brandon joined the team in 2017 as a Digital Content Strategist and was primarily responsible for broad UI/UX development until he assumed the leadership role in 2021. During that time, he designed and developed the website’s current look and feel that debuted in 2018, including the theme and component library that standardized the University’s online brand. 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 Coastal Institute, having served as a podcast producer and print designer for the STEEP Superfund Research Program, and as a writer and designer of 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 public access catalog beginning in 2009.

Outside of URI, Brandon is a musician, photographer, graphic artist, and marine ecologist by training. He is an independent ecological consultant for the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, 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.