EXPERIENCE

Web Developer

Summer 2016 – present at Physician Assistant Education Association

  • Build and design various website projects, including the annual conference site
  • Build special feature pages on main website
  • Build interface for dental school association directory
  • Build conference and workshop registration sites in Cvent
  • Collaborate with graphic artist and editorial on various projects
  • Design posters, signage, name badges and other various print products

Summer 2016 atThe Difference Engine apprenticeship

  • Worked on front-end development of non-profit site

Spring 2016 at Anyone Can Learn To Code web development bookcamp

  • Learned full-stack development
  • Learned Ruby, AngularJS and Javascript
  • Built various apps, including capstone project, Soccer Watch

Features Designer

2009 – 2016 at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

  • Laid out multiple section covers per week in Features and News
  • Created illustrations – either hand drawn or in Photoshop and Illustrator
  • Produced the first Journal Sentinel e-book
  • Collaborated with photographers on shoots; took and edited photos
  • Created and edited photo galleries
  • Designed and coded interactives
  • Shot and edited videos
  • Worked on early stages of the Best of Brew City app
  • Proofed pages
  • Mentored our summer interns
  • Helped coordinate features design schedule

Tapmilwaukee.com producer

2011 – 2012 at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

  • Filled in for a co-worker who was on maternity leave
  • Updated the web site, produced all entertainment sections, rewrote SEO-friendly headlines
  • Created photo galleries, interactive graphics and quizzes

News Designer

January 2005 – March 2009 at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

  • Laid out any section from 1A to Business covers
  • Created illustrations – either hand drawn or in Photoshop and Illustrator
  • Occasionally designed for Features sections
  • Helped redesign the paper and created templates

Adjunct professor

Fall 2005 at Marquette University

  • Taught a newspaper design class
  • Devised curriculum, assignments and quizzes
  • Coached students on their work: design, illustrations, typography, photo editing

Freelance

  • Designed personal and professional web sites
  • Designed business cards
  • Illustrated book covers
  • Designed infographics and reports

Designer and Art Director

January 2003 – December 2004 at the Columbia Missourian, in Columbia, Mo.

  • Laid out any section from 1A to Features covers
  • Created illustrations – either hand drawn or in Photoshop and Illustrator
  • Art directed for the Food and Lifestyle section

Reporter

Internship during Fall 2002 at the Charlotte Observer’s Columbia, S.C. bureau

  • Conducted interviews and wrote articles
  • Helped bureau chief with research

SKILLS

Programs

  • Ruby
  • Rails
  • Middleman
  • Javascript, JQuery, AngularJS
  • HTML, CSS, SCSS
  • Photoshop, Illustrator
  • InDesign, Quark Xpress
  • Dreamweaver
  • WordPress
  • CCI NewsDesk and NewsGate
  • PHP, ActionScript, After Effects

AWARDS

Programs

  • 2011 SND Award of Excellence: Photo Editing (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
  • 2005 SND Award of Excellence: Section redesign (Columbia Missourian)
  • 2004 SSND First Place: Section Cover and Illustration (Columbia Missourian)
  • 2004 SSND Honorable Mention: Features Page

LANGUAGES

Fluent in:

  • English
  • French
  • Lebanese/Egyptian Arabic

Proficient in:

  • Italian
  • Spanish

EDUCATION

Master of Arts in Journalism

2004: From the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Missouri.

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism

2002: From the University of South Carolina School of Mass Communications in Columbia, South Carolina.

Baccalaureat

1998: From the Lycee Parc Imperial in Nice, France.