Matt graduated from Central St Martins in 1997. Having gained valuable experience at a handful of small design companies he joined the internationally acclaimed studio Frost Design, later becoming Creative Director. In 2005 he co-founded Studio8 Design with Zoë Bather.
Matt is a co-founder of Port Magazine, which launched in 2011 and literary magazine INQUE, which launched in 2021.
In 2014 he was named 'Designer of the Year' by Creative Review.
After five years as the Art Director of The New York Times Magazine he joined Pentagram New York as a partner in 2020.