◆ Designing branding materials (logos, style guides, motion
graphics, videos, PowerPoint presentations, infographics, etc.)
and editorial print publication layouts
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Writing articles, copy, and scripts for a variety of clients.
◆ Designing data visualizations, infographics, photo
illustrations, maps and motion graphics for daily and long-term
creative visual storytelling projects
◆ Building
content-driven interactive articles using HTML, CSS, ai2html,
Datawrapper and Javascript
◆ Performing data
analysis on international datasets from multiple sources for
complex data visualizations
◆ Building and
managing RFA’s inaugural social media graphics template library to
promote consistent brand design across platforms
◆ Editing short-form videos for social media
◆ Collaborating with colleagues across ten
newsrooms
◆ Sketching and designing wireframes
in Figma to convey complex interactive story ideas
◆ Storyboarding, filming, editing, and creating motion
graphics for educational videos
◆ Designing
wireframes to tell the story of the brand through consistent style
and visuals
◆ Rebranding logos and color
palettes
◆ Designing on-brand icons
Ohio University, School of Visual Communication
◆ Instructing undergraduate students about color theory,
typography and other design principles
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Offering feedback, inspiration and mentorship so students may grow
their design skills
◆ Leading peer reviews and
encouraging pupils to offer their own feedback in order to
reinforce learned design principles
◆ Designing 10–20 newspaper layouts a week
◆ Covering beats on breaking news,
entertainment, healthcare, science, environment, politics,
business, city hall and people-centered features
◆ Leading and participating in discussions about
daily and long-term coverage
◆ Reworking
existing style guides
◆ Copyediting and proofing
the publication on a tight deadline three times a week
◆ Interviewing and gathering a pool of regular
sources
◆ Writing feature articles on local news, food, events,
entertainment, environment, and culture
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Researching and reporting on indepth topics such as the
environmental effects of textile waste
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Designing infographics, data visualizations and magazine spreads
◆ Pitching, researching and writing indepth, human interest
feature stories based in research and told through a narrative
lens
◆ Reporting on events and local news relevant to
Ohio University and the city of Athens while on a tight deadline
◆ Designing newspaper spreads and infographics
for accompanying articles according to brand guidelines while on a
tight deadline
◆ Pitching, researching and designing standalone
infographics and data visualizations
◆ Writing
indepth feature stories on complex topics based in research and
told through a narrative, human-centric lens
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Designing magazine spreads and accompanying infographics for
articles according to brand guidelines
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Coaching writers and designers in journalism and design practices
◆ Fact-checking and editing stories with AP
Style
◆ Reporting and writing articles about local news, culture
and events
◆ Gathering, interviewing, and
nurturing positive working relationships with a pool of regular
news sources
◆ Managing Wordpress and posting
articles to the website
◆ Reporting on local news and events
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Writing news and feature stories
◆ Gathering,
interviewing, and nurturing positive working relationships with a
pool of regular news sources
◆ Designing spreads
for the newspaper’s monthly magazine
◆ Working
with photographers in the field
◆ Establishing the Marching 110’s first-ever blog to engage
alumni and current members in current events
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Interviewing alumni and current Marching 110 members about their
experience in the band
◆ Writing a weekly
500–1,000 word blog post about themed topics
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Writing copy for the 80-page 2015 program about the season’s
notable events
◆ Designing a full-spread
infographic timeline featuring important events in the band’s
history and the evolution of its uniforms
◆ Communicating with sources and building positive working
relationships
◆ Fact-checking and editing
stories with AP Style
◆ Reporting and writing
articles about local news, culture and events
Ohio University, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
◆ Designing infographics, magazine spreads and newspaper
layouts for a national-award winning publication
◆ Researching and reporting on several indepth
topics such as cancer, teen pregnancy, gender roles and heart
disease
◆ Coaching writers and designers in
journalism and design practices
◆ Collaborating
with a 100-member staff to produce a monthly 90-page newsmagazine
◆ Writing indepth feature articles including
personality sketches, human interest stories and first-person
narratives
◆ Writing pieces for sports, opinion,
news and entertainment sections
◆ Fact-checking
and editing stories with AP Style
◆ Studying and
adhering to journalism law, ethics and best practices
◆ Received multiple statewide awards including:
2012 Quill & Scroll Feature Writing Sweepstakes Winner; Four Quill
& Scroll Gold Keys; Quill & Scroll Edward J. Neil Scholarship; JEA
Journalist of the Year Honorable Mention for Ohio