Based in NYC, I split my time between the visual side and the wordal sides of creativity. I’m happiest when I’m shepherding the arts, whether I’m creating an illustration for an article, overseeing designers, editing an essay, or building stunning spreadsheets to organize a collective endeavor. When I’m not working, I’m biking around the city, doing a crossword, talking about movies and books, or at the pottery studio.
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EXPERIENCE
March 2024–present
Art Director, Columbia Journalism Review
Create or commission/art direct all article-accompanying art for the magazine.
June 2023–present
Production Manager, Gideon Media
Create and manage scene-by-scene production and scheduling spreadsheets, beg for and process cast/SAG paperwork, and run payroll for multi-season audio dramas. I also get to read lines with actual actors during recording sessions, which fills my theater-kid-born-with-no-talent heart.
December 2022–present
Story Editor and Copyeditor, The Assembly, INDY Week, and CityView
Edit and copyedit articles for three North Carolina-centric magazines.
November 2020–present
Seasonal Art Director, Brevard Music Center
Each spring, I create the festival’s 180-page program.
May 2021–November 2025
Editor, The Rumpus
Series editor for ENOUGH, a space for women and nonbinary people who have experienced sexual assault and domestic violence.
Oct 2021–December 2024
Editor, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
I edited op-eds, reports, and blogs for the Carolina Population Center, a global public health research hub.
June 2020–June 2023
Editor, Freelance
I edited essays, reported articles, manuscripts, sample chapters, book proposals, The North Carolina Medical Journal, and brand copy. Manuscript topics included systemic racism in bankruptcy law and cults in America. I also copyedited for a large creative agency.
March 2017–June 2020
Art Director and Editor, Longreads
(1) I art directed or created every illustration and image published, built relationships with tons of illustrators, and managed our in-house senior designer. (2) I edited personal essays and reported features. My proudest moment was pitching this article and hiring a feminist historian to write it.
2015–2017
Art Director, Freelance
Clients included: Skittles, Juicy Fruit, Extra Gum, LifeSavers, EdTech & MedTech companies, literacy & education nonprofits, financial planners, event planners, accountants. Created social media posts, websites, and print collateral.
2012–2015
Creative Director, Knewton
New York, New York
Oversaw branding and managed designers at the edtech start-up. Designed website, created all print collateral, animation, signage, and bizdev presentation materials.
2010–2012
Art Director, Blue Ion
Charleston, South Carolina
Product design and web design for: restaurants, Charleston tourism, wineries, hotels, technology, hospitals, pharma.
2006–2010
Senior Designer, Razorfish
New York, New York
Product design and web design for: New England Journal of Medicine, L’Oreal, Maybelline, Ford, Mercedes, Travel Channel, XM Radio.
2005
Design Intern, Pentagram
New York, New York
Assisted with environmental and print design.
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EDUCATION
2003–2005
Portfolio Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Graphic Design Graduate Degree
1995–1999
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Philosophy and Spanish double major
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DIGITAL SKILLS
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
CMS / WordPress / Squarespace / MailChimp
AirTable
Google Slides / Docs / Sheets
and, begrudgingly, Microsoft Suite
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Spanish (I was fluent in the ‘90s; now I maintain a kind-of-maybe-ok-ish knowledge)