Resume

Work Experience

Graphic Artist, Digital Team August 2021 – June 2024
News Assistant, Design December 2019 – August 2021

PBS News | (remote)

Created motion graphics, including data-driven animations using expressions in After Effects, that simply and accessibly explain scientific processes such as vaccines, light pollution, and margin of error
Collaborated with reporters, producers, and editors to provide stylistic and insightful visuals that enhanced stories across multiple platforms, including online, social and broadcast
Crafted engaging voice-overs, and compiled images, video, and graphics for scientific explainer videos
Conceptualized and managed projects from initial sketches through final publishing, including designing Slack workflows to facilitate production
Developed new visual styles for graphics that fit existing branding and implemented organization-wide templates for novel formats
Obtained consent from scientific publications to adapt charts and maps to fit PBS News’ style
Analyzed and distilled data from PBS News/Marist polls to create intuitive charts, working in an unpredictable, fast-paced, and high-pressure “breaking news” setting

Education and Skills

Bachelor of Arts, Communication Studies
University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), 2019

Lead editor, TealTV student news
Television studio production director
Visual identity and branding for broadcast

Technical Skills

Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere Pro), Canva, Figma, Datawrapper, Tableau, Blender, Cinema 4D, HTML, CSS, Javascript, D3.js, Slack, Google Workspace, WordPress, Mailchimp.