A senior creative working at the intersection of strategy, curiosity, and visual craft.

Cymone Wilder is a senior art director and lettering artist based in Nashville, sometimes working under the name Simon and Moose. She operates at the intersection of strategy, storytelling, and visual craft—translating highly technical ideas into clear, compelling brand stories and experiences that resonate with global audiences while maintaining a strong, human point of view.

Alongside her technical skillset, Cymone brings warmth and levity to the teams and communities she works with—fostering cultures of trust, curiosity, and creative momentum. Her collaborators and clients have included Netflix, Nickelodeon, WIRED, Planned Parenthood, and Sprite.

Simon and Moose functions as a practice rather than a product, spanning murals, custom lettering, brand collaborations, and exhibitions that emphasize process, constraint, and the physicality of making.

Known for her thoughtful approach to typography and design systems, Cymone blends hand-painted type, dimensional lettering, and bold graphic frameworks to explore the rhythm of everyday language. Her work transforms colloquial phrases into visual statements that feel both intentional and slightly off-kilter, balancing precision with play, structure with spontaneity.

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Select Clients

Adobe
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Nickelodeon
Hammermill
WIRED
Harper Collins
Airbnb
Pinterest
Penguin Random House
Patagonia
Netflix
New York Times
Planned Parenthood

Speaking Engagements

2019 AIGA Panel, Black Creatives in Design
2020 Canceled Con
2021 Creative Works
2021 Nashville Design Week
2021 Creative Mornings Nashville
2022 Art Directors Club, Tulsa
2022 Salisbury Art Department Talk
2022 UCDA Conference
2022 Springfield Creatives
2022 Adobe MAX
2023 Creative South
2023 Into the Woods
2023 George Fox Art Talk
2024 State of Black Design Conference
2024 Adobe Live
2024 University of Memphis,
Art Department Talk
2024 Creative Works West
2024 The Maker City Summit
2025 As We Speak, Exhibition Talk, Tennessee State University
2025 Ringling College of Art and Design, Artist Talk
2025 LetterWest, Workshop and Panel

Jury Participation

2023 Tulsa Graphex Jury
2023 Art Directors Club Jury
2024 Type Directors Club, Lettering Jury
2025 STA 100, Society of Typographic Arts
2025 Ringling College of Art and Design, Ligatures Juror

Exhibitions

2024 Reshape of Etymology, Lorenzo Swinton Gallery, Clarksville, TN

2024 Soft Intentions, Music City Vintage, Nashville, TN

2025 As We Speak, Hiram Van Gordon Gallery, Nashville, TN

2025 Bloomville, Rockwall Gallery, Nashville, TN

2025 Loud & Clear, Rockwall Gallery, Nashville, TN

2025 Crafted, Nelson’s Green Briar, Nashville, TN

2025 General Strike, Matchbox Group Show, Joy Machine Gallery, Chicago, IL

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