EXPERIENCE
Freelance illustrator and designer
Birth - present
New York Magazine
Visuals Designer
March 2022 - Sept. 2022
TIME
Senior Art Director
July 2014 - August 2019
HuffPost
Senior Designer
Oct. 2012 - June 2014
The Boston Globe
Features Design Supervisor
May 2010 - Sept. 2012
EDUCATION
Attended: San Jose State University
Graphic design with illustration emphasis
Taught: School of Visual Arts and University of the Arts
Artist-in-residence / Light Grey Art Lab / Iceland - 2018
SKILLS
• Art direction
• Design - editorial, print
• Illustration - vector, photo collage, traditional media
• Animation - vector, traditional media, stop motion
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Apple Keynote
• Branding and marketing
• Social media
• Public speaking, presentations, workshops, quick courses
• Education and mentoring
• Collaboration and brainstorming
• Editor whispering
• Typography
• Advocacy
• Improvisational comedy
• On-air radio DJ
• Animal Crossing New Horizons
• Splatoon 3
Awards
• The Society of Publication Designers (SPD)
• Society of Illustrators (SOI)
• Type Directors Club
• Society for News Design (SND)
• 3x3 magazine
• Print magazine
• Emmy for ‘Penguin Love’ / The Boston Globe — 2012
• Anton Majeri Award for Innovation and Leadership in Graphic Journalism / Ball State University — 2011
2018 - Artist-in-residence / Light Grey Art Lab / Iceland
2018 - produced and starred in Recurring Public Speaking Nightmare improv show
ACCOLADES
Countless talks, demos and panels at professional, collegiate and cultural conferences (KCON), newsrooms, workshops (Apple Store Williamsburg), organizations, and universities
Featured and interviewed by numerous art and design podcasts and websites
Judged
• 44th Annual International Regional Media Association Awards
• SOI Illustrators 66 jury — editorial
• SPD53 illustration
• SOI Zankel Scholar Award
• Society of Illustrators Los Angeles
• SOI student competition
• Association of Alternative Newsweeklies’ Awards
• SND30
SHOWS
• Produced and starred in Recurring Public Speaking Nightmare improv show - 2018
• 'Dumpster Friends Forever' customs show / 100% Soft and My Plastic Heart
• 'Dames: A Visual Tribute To The Women Who Inspire Us' / Leanna Lin's Wonderland
• 'The Robo Show' / Light Grey Art Labs
• LEGO Store Rockefeller Center
• Create:Fixate
• Works / San José
REFERENCES
Available upon request