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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

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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

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