Experience
Team Leader | Gannett Digital Design
September 2019 — Present, Austin, Texas
Collaborate with newsrooms, developers, project managers and marketing teams across the country to design impactful stories on deadline • Leverage analytics to understand audience behavior and adapt design choices to meet business goals • Work alongside the development team to improve the existing design system and internal design tools • Conduct research and design mockups for new features • Coordinate check-ins and manage project launches • Lead virtual reviews of stories and series with project stakeholders • Train print-first designers on the digital design system, CMS and workflow structures
Strategist | Gannett (previously GateHouse Media) Innovation Team
January 2019 — September 2019, Austin, Texas
Build an understanding of user needs through design thinking by planning and leading workshops in local newsrooms • Create prototypes and run strategic user-testing of projects • Manage internship program
Projects Designer, Innovation Intern (first three months) | GateHouse Media Innovation Team
August 2017 — January 2019, Austin, Texas
Lead front-end design for national news projects • Research and design new storytelling tools for projects including a story queue, a shadow flicker simulator and a gamification of local datasets • Design and iterate a custom WordPress theme for journalists to elevate their best work outside the standard article template
Graphic Design Intern | Nashville Gannett Design Studio
May 2016 — August 2016, Nashville, Tennessee
Design daily feature/news sections for newspapers across the South using layout, hierarchy, color and type to advance stories • Design special weekly products such as entertainment tabs, health magazines and wraparounds • Illustrate stories and covers
Editor in Chief | The Daily Orange Newspaper
May 2015 — May 2016, Syracuse, New York
Manage an editorial staff of more than 40 students and the nonprofit organization as president of the Board of Directors • Create digital team to overhaul the paper’s online strategy • Plan and run fundraising
Education
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Syracuse University Class of 2017
Bachelor of Science: Graphic Design Minor: IT Management
GPA: 3.67 • Dean’s List • Dean’s Scholarship
Technical skills
Design thinking, HTML, CSS, Photoshop, After Effects, InDesign, Illustrator, Final Cut Pro X, AP Style, WordPress, InVision, Sketch, Figma, Trello, Basecamp
Recognition
2022 Product Judge SND Best of Digital Design
2020 30 Under 30 International News Media Association
2018 Innovator of the Year Associated Press Media Editors
2017 Multimedia Journalism Finalist Scripps Howard Awards
2017 Student To Watch Graphic Design USA
Feature Page 3rd Place MSU SND 2017
Magazine Cover 3rd Place MSU SND 2017
SND/Marshall Matlock News Designer of the Year 2016
Newspaper Cover 2nd Place Student SND 2016
Newspaper Cover 2nd Place Student SND 2015
Special Section 3rd Place MSU SND 2015
Feature Page Honorable Mention MSU SND 2015