Chron.com / The Houston Chronicle

INTERACTIVE NEWS DEVELOPER :: Fall 2006 - Present I created Flash templates to increase the functionality and reduce production time for multimedia pieces. When our paper adopted Brightcove for video, I designed custom players for the site and the workflow from shooting to site launch. I also worked as a videographer on both breaking news and feature assignments.

For involved multimedia packages, I built Flash applications so non-designers could use the same template but with updated or different information without ever opening up Flash.

With editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson, created animations and games using his artwork. I also worked on short-term interactive projects like converting elaborate page designs into web-friendly multimedia pieces, packaging large projects and designs of new web sections.

The Plain Dealer

DESIGN INTERN :: Summer 2005 Designed for the feature and sports departments. In a typical week I would work on two fronts for the daily Arts & Life section, the calendar spread for the Friday tab and other inside pages. Worked closely with editors as design-intense stories were being written (sometimes sharing the byline) so that the two would compliment and reinforce each other. Experimented with alternate story forms and graphic storytelling.

The Orange County Register

DESIGN INTERN :: Summer 2006 Designed for the feature, business and news departments. My work focused on covers for weekly tabloid sections (such as Business Monday, TV book, weekend entertainment).

The Boston Globe

DESIGN INTERN :: Summer 2004During the average week, my work would include several feature pages, as well as long-term pages involving hiring and art-directing illustrators, or producing infographics. I took on the Asst. Design Director's full work load for several weeks, which included designing the Sunday Movies and Ideas sections.

The Daily Orange

EDITOR IN CHIEF & MANAGING EDITOR :: 2005 I redesigned the production flow to facilitate communication between editors and designers. We instituted a Wednesday planning meeting to discuss the following week's stories and visuals, this gave designers the necessary lead time to properly conceive and assign illustrations. Over the summer I redesigned the paper to a smaller 11" x 14" size with color and introduced a new entertainment insert, 315, which was just a page of event listings before. In my semester as editor in chief I reorganized the offices so designers sat in the same room as the section they designed, as opposed to in a room with other designers. This facilitated communication in the layout of the pages and use of headlines. It helped the 'word' people think more in design terms. These efforts shaved an hour off every night of production and improved the integration of design into the paper. Whereas once we had to fight to get large photos, info-boxes, recaps and alternate story-forms; the editors started generating these elements on their own. I did initial reporting on a campus TV program that was being censored by administrators for mild offenses. After turning the story over to another reporter I watched and transcribed every episode from the show, where we discovered racist and sexist content all paid for by the student activity fee. After we broke the story, the reaction on campus was so intense the chancellor shutdown the entire student-run TV station (the nation's first). At community forums I spoke on behalf of the paper trying to reach out to minority and women's groups who felt betrayed by the media.

ONLINE EDITOR :: Fall 2004 I redesigned dailyorange.com and modified the administrative tools to accommodate the more advanced design. On a nightly basis I created a stage graphic for the home page (similar to MSNBC.com) and designed interactive features.

PRESENTATION DIRECTOR :: Fall 2003 - Spring 2004 Oversaw design, illustration and photography for every issue. For future stories, I coordinated art and photos directly with the section editor and worked with an illustration staff to turn it around. On a nightly basis I managed a staff of five rotating designers, advising on design and checking their pages.

DESIGN EDITOR :: Fall 2002 - Spring 2003 I designed four sections per week. In the spring I helped create Etcetera, a weekly graphical guide to SU sports.

2e Creative

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

MULTIMEDIA DESIGNER :: Summer 2003 Using Flash I animated projects like web banners and e-vites for clients including Texas Instruments, Siemens and Toshiba. I worked with the creative director through the final design of the storyboards before translating it into a finished animation for the client.

Barlow Productions

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

VIDEO EDITOR :: Summer 2002Edited productions and created graphics for clients including Monsanto, Solutia and Weber Shandwick Worldwide. During this time I was this video production company's only video editor.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

La Clinica

HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

VOLUNTEER :: 2006 I created promotional material for this non-profit health clinic that targets low-income immigrants (especially non-English-speaking Latinos).