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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (THE HARTFORD COURANT):

Assistant Director of Design & Graphics 2006 – present

• Responsible for the coordination of all elements needed to design news and features pages
• Mentoring the staff in both features and news design.
• Working closely with the design director in all aspects of the daily operations of the graphics department.
• Taking a leadership role in implementing future content changes.
• Supervising staff development of Flash and other tools to enhance The Courant’s news presentation on-line.
• Reviewing daily and advance story outlines to identify stories with visual potential.
• Working with photo editors to determine how best to communicate a story visually.
• Establishing deadlines for art and graphics and monitoring the progress of assignments.
• Designing specific Features section fronts.

Design Editor 2000 -2006

• Job included the task of strengthening the entire graphics and design process, from conception and origination to execution.
• Responsible for coordinating all illustrations and graphics needed to design news and Features section fronts.

Designer 1995 - 2000

• Designed pages, mainly for the Features sections.
• Also designed other sections of the paper, including Business, Sports and News.
• Contributor to the major redesign of The Hartford Courant during this period.

Graphic Artist 1993 - 1994

• Worked as informational graphic artist, producing maps, graphs and large infographics.

AWARDS:

• Print Magazine: Regional Design Annuals 2004 & 2005
• Society for News Design: Awards of Excellence for illustrations and portfolio 1995-2007
• Society for News Design: Silver medal award-winner 1999
• New England Associated Press Awards: Received numerous awards for feature-page designs
• Society for News Design: Member of the design department of The Hartford Courant which achieved recognition as one of the World’s Best Designed Newspaper in 2000 and 2004

EDUCATION:

• B.A., Graphic Design, University of Connecticut - 1993