Drew Hodges is the founder of SpotCo (1997) and DrewDesignCo (2016 to present). Along with a team of 368 collaborators over the last 35 years, Hodges has helped sell over 30 million tickets to live entertainment, and created the branding and advertising campaigns for three decades of theatrical shows including 9 Pulitzer Prize winners. He is proud to have helped launch many culturally iconic titles, including Rent, Chicago, The Color Purple, Avenue Q, Vagina Monologues, Kinky Boots, In the Heights and Hamilton.
DrewDesignCo is devoted to imaging for entertainment and culture. Recent theatrical collaborations include Sweeney Todd (Off Broadway), Sweat (winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize), Mean Girls, The Cher Show, Merrily We Roll Along, Here We Are, Swept Away, SMASH and Theater Kid. He was a producer as well as creative advisor on the Tony Award winning Company. He served as creative director for Broadway’s comeback campaigns after 9/11, as well as during Broadway’s Covid shutdown and subsequent re-launch.
Mr. Hodges has taught graphic design at his alma mater The School of Visual Arts, and at The Maine College of Art. He has served as president of the New York chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts/New York. He is the author of On Broadway: from Rent to Revolution, published April 2016 by Rizzoli Publishing. He currently resides in Hudson, NY and Palm Springs, CA.