Experience

The Washington Post Designer
Washington, D.C. | August 2017—Present

Design and animate stories for The Washington Post's Snapchat Discover channel; Create several 10 second top-snap videos a day; Design and animate breaking news stories with quick turn-around; Conceptualize and create new ways to tell stories for young, mobile audience; Create photo illustrations, infographics and vector illustrations for stories; Select music and edit sound effects for each video; Create static tile images for each story; Design subheads and custom elements for longform story downpages; Contribute feedback and ideas to ongoing redesign of The Washington Post Snapchat Discover

Sports Illustrated Design Intern
New York, New York | June 2017—August 2017

Design feature stories for Sports Illustrated Magazine; Design and animate motion graphics on deadline for social media; Create T1 website graphics for SI.com; Design a complete logo system for SI's newest vertical, SI Eats; Animate bumper logos for special projects; Wireframe and design adapted digital layout for SI's annual Fashionable 50 special feature; Design stationery, invitations and custom Snapchat filters for special events; Quickly turnaround front-of-book pages for weekly magazine

Allure Magazine Freelance Motion Graphics Designer
New York, New York | February 2017—March 2017

Designed and animated top snaps and longform videos for Snapchat Discover stories; Illustrated and created assets for videos without art; Produced work with very quick turn-around (~60 seconds of animation complete in three days); Designed and pitched several concepts to editors for each video; Selected music for each top snap; Worked remotely and collaborated over phone and email

The Boston Globe Design Intern
Boston, Massachusetts | May 2016—August 2016

Designed pages and sections for The Boston Globe newspaper within Méthode CMS; designed front-of-book and features for Globe Magazine; collaborated directly with editors, reporters and photographers; assisted infographics department with research and design of graphics for web; hiring and art direction of illustrators; conceptual image sourcing and illustration

The Daily Orange Presentation Director
Syracuse, New York | May 2015—May 2016

Art directed and planned for the news, feature and sports sections of the paper, which prints four nights a week; designed style guides, covers, spreads and inside pages for award-winning special editions of the paper; worked on deadline, often adjusting pages designs late at night  for breaking news; designed and animated interactive graphics for online; designed and created standards for the paper's social cards and graphics; hired and trained new designers; supervised a staff of six print designers, one digital designer and one illustrator; commissioned illustrations from contributing artists; conducted nightly meetings with management, photo and design staff; contributed to daily editorials as a member of editorial board

The Daily Orange Design Editor
Syracuse, New York | September 2013—April 2015

Designed pages for one section (news, sports or pulp) two-to-three nights a week; collaborated with section editors, writers, illustrators and photographers; created graphic illustrations and information graphics; designed special sports and feature sections of the paper; helped in planning and implementation of total redesign of the paper in Spring 2014

Northern Virginia Magazine Design intern
Chantilly, Virginia | May 2015—August 2015

Designed front-of-book "Buzz" section and back-of-book "Family" section; formatted advertorial sections on topics including weddings and great escapes; designed several multi-page feature stories; helped edit pages before sending to printer; created plaques for winners of top financial professionals in Northern Virginia in 2015

Baked Magazine Designer
Syracuse, New York | September 2014—May 2015

Designed magazine spreads for print magazine using provided photos, stories and recipes; designed appropriate graphics to accompany stories

What The Health Magazine Designer
Syracuse, New York | September 2014—May 2015

Designed magazine spreads for print magazine using provided photos and stories; designed appropriate graphics to accompany stories

Education

Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Bachelor of science in graphic design
2013—2017

Minor in information management and technology; Dean's List recipient; recipient of merit scholarship; 3.65 GPA

Memberships + Activities

• Society for News Design: member since Oct. 2015; facilitator in SND 37 and SND 38 judging, student task force volunteer, blogger for SND Campus, 2017 SNDF Travel Grant Recipient
• Peer adviser and faculty advising assistant in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
• DIS Abroad Student Blogger / Ambassador