Darren Sanefski is an Assistant Professor of Multiple Platform Journalism at the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi. He recently received an RFK Journalism Award for "M-Powered" a magazine he designed, which detailed the students’ service experience in Belize.

He was on the faculty at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University from 2005 until 2011 and has been an adjunct during summers 2012 and 2013. During his time at Newhouse his Military Visual Journalism class won an AEJMC Best of the Web, Second Place.

He has an extensive news design and marketing background. He received his master of arts (interactive design) from the State University of New York at Oswego and a bachelor of fine arts (visual communication) from Syracuse University.

Sanefski worked for The Post-Standard newspaper in Syracuse, NY. Most recently, he was the paper’s sports design editor and designed interactive sports graphics for its sister website, Syracuse.com.

He runs a freelance marketing and graphic design business, DMS Design Studio, where he designs for national and regional companies on a variety of projects. His current and past clients include, Boeing, Pacificare, Syracuse University, Blue Highway Inc., LeMoyne College, Perimetek Pest Management and Neilson's Department Store.

Sanefski is often hired to consult and/or present at design and/or marketing seminars and workshops. He has won numerous national and international awards for his illustrations and designs.

He also serves on the The Society of News Design Foundation board as education director.