Educated at the High School of Music and Art in New York City, Syracuse University and Yale School of Design. After designing exhibits while in the US
Army, he formed the design partnership Ward & Saks in 1958 and Arnold Saks Associates in 1968. Design work includes annual reports, investor relations materials, marketing and capabilities brochures, recruiting booklets, corporate identity, posters, and dozens of other communications projects. Major clients include many of the best-known industrial and service companies in the world, as well as cultural institutions and emerging companies. Among the major clients are Alcoa, Chase Bank, Goldman Sachs, International Paper, New York Life, Seagram, Siemens, 3M, UBS, United Technologies, Wyeth and Xerox. Saks has received major graphic design awards from a variety of competitions throughout the world in the last 40+ years and has had work published in leading graphic design books and publications. He resides primarily in New York City.