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- Lead a global team of visual journalists focused on news-driven data reporting and visualization, interactives, illustrations, in-depth mapping, and immersive storytelling from breaking news to features.- Grew unique visitors by 32% coming to Data and Visuals content YoY (from 2022 to 2024).- More than doubled the output of the team's standalone articles since 2022.- Increased number of articles with 100K uniques or more by 42% YoY.- Partner with other desks across the digital newsroom to pitch and execute story ideas, from daily graphics to original data projects. - Execute collaborative projects that use motion graphics, photography, illustration, custom formats, and more with Visuals team stakeholders.

- Oversee data journalism for NBCNews.com, pushing for unique visuals in stories and determining the right angles to experiment with data. - Principal representative on the team that redesigned NBC News Digital.- Manage special projects across NBCnews.com and help identify and test storytelling techniques for news.- Key collaborator with the product and design team, partnering on multi-platform improvements and innovation.- Work with network and cable partners on planning and executing a digital footprint for major news events and other company initiatives.

- Project managed and edited bespoke features that experiment with multimedia storytelling, including longform text, original video, data and illustrations for nbcnews.com.- Managed editorial partnerships and collaborations with non-profits and other news organizations.- Developed the system that editors in NYC, DC, LA, and London bureaus use to schedule both daily and long-term stories.- Worked with designers, product leads and developers on new storytelling techniques and site improvements.

- Assigned, wrote and edited breaking news and political stories during the 2016 presidential election cycle.- Curated the NBC News Decision 2016 election landing page and wrote, edited and managed the “On the Trail” live blog.- Created Election Confessions, a special project that solicited more than half a million anonymous written and electronic opinions on both the 2016 presidential and 2018 midterm elections. Featured on the “TODAY” show, MSNBC, “The View,” and competitor news sites.