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Skills
Digital & print design, illustration (digital, graphite, ink,) infographics & diagrams, photography, HTML, CSS, and making like, really good hash browns.
Software
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Procreate.
Boston Globe Media I Boston, MA
Editorial Designer I May 2021 – Current
Designs the cover page of The Boston Globe’s Sunday Travel, Address, and Arts print sections. Previously designed A1 for Tuesdays for six months.
Creates illustrations including collages, gifs, hand-drawn art, 3D renders, and diagrams for for print and online content. Art directs covers for special print issues.
Collaborates with journalists on various projects, including infographics, newsletter headers, charts, and comics.
Previous
Lifestyle Page Designer
Lee Enterprises I Madison, WI
September 2020 – May 2021
Designed 15-30 lifestyle newspaper pages weekly for local newspapers across the United States, focusing on covers and special features.
Created 10-15 charts, logos, illustrations, and infographics weekly for news and business stories.
Tracked COVID-19 statistics and updates 6-8 COVID charts daily.
Pitched, wrote, illustrated, & designed visual articles.
News Design Co-op
The Boston Globe I Boston, MA January 2020 – August 2020
Designed 5-10 pages weekly for the arts, op-ed, and magazine sections of the Boston Globe.
Created 5-10 infographics, illustrations, collages, and charts within tight deadlines weekly. Made original content for print and online.
Made templates including a teasers design used weekly and a format for the Opinion Instagram.
Illustrated op-eds, comics, and articles for the Globe’s website including an op-ed written by the 14th Dalai Lama.
Community Outreach Intern
Improbable Players I Watertown, MA
January – May 2019
Implemented new brand assets, re-designed Squarespace
website, photographed events, and managed social media content for a non-profit that educates K-12 students on addiction and recovery.
Reached out to local schools for student testimonials on performances. These provided data for grant requests and program revisions.
Social Media Manager
Liars & Believers I Boston, MA
October 2018 – December 2018
July 2019 – March 2020
Created social media videos, graphics, and advertisements for a multi-media theater company.
Assistant-produced a play, recorded advertising videos, created social media content, distributed posters, and helped with admin work.
Audiovisual Media Intern
StageSource I Boston, MA
January 2018 – May 2018
Recorded/edited promotional videos and photographed events for a non-profit theatre company.
Investigated race and gender demographics of theatres across New England to provide data for future equity initiatives.
Helped organize a four-day audition conference with hundreds of actors and 40 arts organizations.
Design Director, Social Media Manager, Lifestyle/Arts Editor, Cartoonist
The Berkeley Beacon I Boston, MA
September 2017 – December 2019
Created social media graphics, opinion illustrations, branding assets, and editorial cartoons for a student newspaper.
Wrote features and edited weekly arts section as an arts reporter and editor.
Education
Emerson College – B.S. Journalism
GPA: 3.8 I September 2017 – August 2020
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