Experience
Designer The Washington Post
July 2019—present
Create photo illustrations; Produce content for breaking news on tight turnaround; Design, animate for The Lily’s twice-weekly Snapchat Discover edition; Commission artwork for the national app; Create illustrations for projects throughout newsroom; Curate, write captions for @washingtonpostheadlines Instagram account
Design Intern Sports Illustrated
June 2018—Aug. 2018; Freelance Aug. 2018–June 2019
Animated illustrations for digital presentation of stories; Designed for print magazine; Created infographics; Worked on deadline to create magazine cover animations for social media; Developed branding for podcast series
Design Intern The Boston Globe
May 2017—Aug. 2017
Built newspaper and magazine pages, including daily sections and features; Art directed for newspaper and magazine; Created photo illustrations and weekly sports infographics for the newspaper
Freelance Motion Designer Blue Chalk
Feb.—May 2019
Designed, animated illustrations and charts; Worked beyond style guide to generate new directions for future projects
Presentation Director The Daily Orange
Dec. 2016—Dec. 2017
Art directed for entire newspaper; Coordinated with illustrators, photographers, editors to produce art; Managed team of six designers as well as photo and illustration staffs; Designed guides, covers and special editions of the paper; Conducted nightly meetings with visual team and management staff
Special Projects Designer The Daily Orange
Dec. 2017—May 2018
Designed, illustrated and animated for the paper’s weekly Snapchat Discover story; Designed print and digital advertisements; Created gifs and illustrations to accompany stories on social media; Developed brand identities for fundraising events
Education
Syracuse University
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications • 2019
B.S. Graphic Design • Cum laude
Minors in English; Information Management and Technology
Renée Crown Honors Program
Awards
Award of Excellence, WP Select
Award of Excellence, WP Select *
Award of Excellence, The Lily: Snap *
SND Best of Digital Design 2020
Silver Medal in Digital Redesign *
55th SPD Awards 2020
SND Marshall Matlock/Designer of the Year Award
Newhouse Awards 2019
Prize in Motion Graphics
Newhouse Awards 2019
Student to Watch 2019
Graphic Design USA
Honorable Mention, Front Page Design
MSU SND Contest 2019
Silver in Motion Graphics
2019 Graphis New Talent Annual
Prize in Motion Graphics
Newhouse Awards 2018
Second Place, Sports Design
MSU SND Contest 2018
Scholarship Recipient 2017
SND Foundation
* Won as a team
Skills
Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, XD); Conversational Spanish; Final Cut Pro; Glyphs; HTML & CSS; InVision; Méthode CMS; Microsoft Office Suite; Photo illustration; Sketch