WORK EXPERIENCE
The New York Times
Art Director & Design Editor AUG 2020 - PRESENT
Art direct, design and collaborate with editors on features and news sections for print; as well as the interactive team for online. Work with photo editors and commission illustrations to provide visual solutions for print and online.
Art Direction Intern MAY 2018 - AUG 2018
Thomas Morgan Visual Internship in Design. Work with features art directors on the print Food, Styles, Travel, and Arts & Leisure sections. Commission illustrations for cover stories. Involved in the redesign of the Real Estate section. Work across teams to create complete and thorough media packages. Essential to stay on top of many intersecting deadlines on a daily basis.
Marni G. Designs
JUNE 2014 - SEPT 2022
Graphic Designer
Create visual brands, logos, signage, and more for 200+ small businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Communicate with hundreds of clients to communicate their brand and messaging. Train designers in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Reorganize and streamline the process of submitting proofs to clients.
Artists for Peace and Justice
AUG 2017 - MAR 2020
Graphic Designer DEC 2017 - MAR 2020
Multimedia Intern AUG 2017 - DEC 2017
Design digital and print graphic materials including invites, programs, cards, flags, email blasts and decks for APJ’s annual star-studded fundraising events around the globe. Manage photos and digital content for events and online promotions. Involved in rebrand and redesign of apjnow.org in 2018.
Washington Square News
DEC 2016 - DEC 2018
Creative Director
Lead the creative team to produce a weekly print newspaper as well special arts and fashion issues. Produce illustrations and interactive graphics for print and online. Code ‘Crime Bot,’ a Python program that writes our weekly ‘Crime Log’ column from a .csv file of crimes. Complete redesign of WordPress site launched in Fall 2018. WSN received a Pacemaker Award for the Fall 2018 semester.
Superfly
AUG 2017 - DEC 2017
Creative Production Intern
Design pitch decks for Colossal Clusterfest to be sent to major television networks. Create and update visual mood boards for two new Superfly festivals: Clusterfest and Lost Lake. Work across teams to research, ideate, and execute visual, culinary, and non-music programming initiatives for Bonnaroo, Colossal Clusterfest, Lost Lake, and Grandoozy. Create one-sheets for festival art installations, stage scrim, and art programs.
The Sidekick Newspaper
MAY 2013 - MAY 2016
Editor-in-Chief MAY 2015 - MAY 2016
Led a staff of 50+ students to create a print newspaper every six weeks and publish online news daily. Created a magazine-style special issue when the Coppell High School soccer team won the 2015 and 2016 soccer championship. The Sidekick was named Dallas Morning News’ Best Newspaper and Coppell Student Media was named a National Scholastic Press Association Pacemaker Finalist, among many other honors.
Design Editor MAY 2014 - MAY 2015
Lead design team and set deadlines for print production. Produce illustrations for print and online on a weekly basis. Organize the process of submitting requests for illustrations. Critique and perfect all visual assets for the newspaper.
Graphic Designer MAY 2013 - MAY 2014
Create graphics for print and online. Meet deadlines to put out timely stories and visuals. Layout pages for print production once every month.
education
New York University
Tandon School of Engineering
MAJOR Integrated Digital Media
MINOR Studio Art
May 2020
skills
Bilingual English, Spanish
Adobe Suite Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere Pro
3D Modeling and Animation Maya, Rhinoceros
Web Development HTML 5/CSS
Microsoft Office Word, Powerpoint, Excel
Google Suite
WordPress
ACHIEVEMENTS & EXHIBITIONS
2019
"虎跳峡 (Tiger Leaping Gorge)" exhibited at Westbund
"Art and Design Education: Future Lab" Exhibit. November 2019. Shanghai, China.
Washington Square News, Pacemaker Award
Associated Collegiate Press. Creative Director during the year it was assessed, 2018.
2018
Fringe: Beauty and Skincare, Honorable Mention Design of the Year
Associated Collegiate Press
2016
Print Feature Page Design, Top in Texas
Interscholastic League Press Conference, Division 6A
Online Infographic, First Place
Interscholastic League Press Conference, Division 6A
Home Page Design, First Place
Interscholastic League Press Conference, Division 6A
Double Truck Design, Second Place
Interscholastic League Press Conference, Division 6A
Online Computer Art, Second Place
Interscholastic League Press Conference, Division 6A
Most Valuable Staff Member
The Dallas Morning News Journalism Day
2015
Online Infographic/Sidebar, First Place
Interscholastic League Press Conference, Division 6A
Editorial Page Design, First Place
Interscholastic League Press Conference, Division 6A
Entertainment Page Design, First Place
Interscholastic League Press Conference, Division 6A