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IN SHORTLeads data experience design work at the product level, providing product and design strategy, user experience research, product design, data visualization and UX engineering (design-minded front-end development)IN DETAIL- Builds frictionless collaborations with cross-functional teams to develop a shared language, fill knowledge gaps, and work towards shared results. - Identifies common-grounds between business needs and user needs to build the overall product vision, design strategy, delivery roadmap and results measurements.- Engages users in conversations to uncover how they do their work, what tools they use, how they understand their work, and how they currently solve their problems. Explores pain points and areas for meaningful improvement using a human-centered approach.- Prioritizes, sequences and contextualizes data to drive insights and decision-making. Teases out the nuances of each dataset to understand the breadth, depth, extent, outliers, relationships, and other factors that give it shape and value.- Creates conceptual sketches, rapid and iterative wireframes/prototypes, and high-fidelity designs for internal-facing tools, platforms and libraries using modern applications like Invision Freehand and Figma.- Leverages design systems, front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JS, React, D3) and Git branch workflows to collaborate on prototypes and production-level features. Mentors other designers in front-end development to build connections with their tech counterparts.- Facilitates design presentations and critiques across product, tech, design, and all the way up to the organization’s Chief Officers.

Researched, conceived, designed and developed data-centric, interactive visual stories that conveyed findings in new, innovative ways.Worked with survey researchers, demographers, economists, data scientists, programmers and digital editors to conceptualize and produce accurate, compelling visual data narratives.Conceptualized, designed and coded interactive graphic features and digital tools for presentation on a variety of devices (desktop, mobile, etc.)Coded solutions to visual problems.Worked with the Art Director and User Experience manager to define information architecture, navigation, labeling, and visual design for digital products.Stayed up-to-date with trends in visual communication, especially web design standards and data visualization and analysis.Produced all work to meet the highest standards of data presentation, code, visual design, user experience and Pew Research Center style.

Designed and coded graphics, tools and web presentations to visualize stories published across 30 newsrooms. Managed projects independently and pioneered collaborations with remote coworkers.

Designed and coded multimedia web presentations, data visualizations and web apps for enterprise and feature stories.

Built digital and static graphics/interactives. Designed weekly feature covers. Created feature illustrations.

The Daily Tar Heel is an independent, student-led newspaper that prints five days a week and has served the Chapel Hill community for over 120 years. With a readership of 38,000, it functions as a professional paper and wins awards yearly for its ingenuity and excellence.• Uses infographics, photos and illustrations to design pages that present each story as a full package.

The Daily Tar Heel is an independent, student-led newspaper that prints five days a week and has served the Chapel Hill community for over 120 years. With a readership of 38,000, it functions as a professional paper and wins awards yearly for its ingenuity and excellence.• Researched for and developed interactive graphics for special sections stories

Capstrat is one of the largest advertising and public relations agencies in the research triangle. It is known for its innovative infographics created for clients in the healthcare and technology industries.• Worked seamlessly across Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop to design infographics, visual identities, catalogs, social media advertisements and other print/online materials for large-scale clients.• Developed strong teamwork and time management skills by working closely with other creatives and departments to meet demanding deadlines for projects.• Completed daily design tasks and edits quickly to meet last-minute requests.

• Researched for investigative stories and designed interactive infographics and layouts for the publication, which produces monthly issues for iPad and iPhone platforms.

• Designed innovative logos, infographics, social media graphics, flyers and more. • Worked independently and quickly to create designs on deadline. • Created messages that encourage current students, alumni and friends of the University to make private gifts to support areas of Carolina that they love. • Assisted in raising more than $577 million in revenue to support the University in fiscal years 2013 and 2014.

Blue & White is the University's premier feature magazine, which publishes three times a semester and is distributed in prime locations all over the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.• Created clean and engaging layouts with high-pressure, last-minute deadlines• Worked closely with other designers in the conceptualization process