We work with media, associations, and NGOs, bringing each client's ideas to life with creativity and speed. We offer a full suite of services in digital design, engagement, strategy, and marketing to help our clients reach, engage & and inspire their audiences. Current and former clients include:Energy Futures Initiative / EFI FoundationClean Air Task ForceThe Pew Charitable TrustsMcKinsey & CompanyBloomberg LPRMIMxDH2NOW (Current)SHIELD IllinoisStates Newsroom Northwestern UniversityStanford UniversityNational Governors AssociationNational Association of Latino Elected OfficialsRobert Wood Johnson FoundationSiemens FoundationStrada Education NetworkEveryIncomeTTX: Tech Talent ExchangeAngie's ListCQRoll CallThe Philadelphia InquirerThe Spokesman-ReviewOrlando SentinelLas Vegas SunThe Anniston (Ala.) StarLexington Herald-LeaderSan Jose Mercury NewsArchdiocese of WashingtonThe FulcrumMassive Science

Work closely with Melissa Harris as part of her company's leadership team, overseeing the firm's visual design practice. Our team members are frequent collaborators on projects.Our work together has included the following:American Academy of PediatricsBetter Government AssociationCurrentGreat Lakes ReNEWMcCormick FoundationRMISHIELD IllinoisNorthwestern UniversityPurdue UniversityStanford UniversityAnd many others. We get to partner with amazing clients who do and make amazing things.

Lead innovation and strategy across The Economist Group’s government brand, bringing together product, editorial, research and business development. • Oversee all aspects of product design. Promoted to Senior Vice President in December of 2016.• Responsible for federal and state legislative tracking, as well as the company's advocacy product suite.• Manage cross-disciplinary teams of product and user experience designers, usability researchers and project managers. • Manage teams responsible for data reporting and visualization in all products. • Evangelize company-wide for the kind of collaborative environment and lean product development that will result in greater user adoption and customer happiness. • Lead research strategy to define and execute usability and user segmentation for CQ's paid content relationships and Roll Call's advertising and sponsor content relationships. • Enable the news development team that's building tools to manage story creation and design, distribution to meet the audience wherever it is gathered, and measurement across an array of indicators. • Utilize methods such as open innovation and design-led business planning to understand complex product needs, working with users directly to strive for clarity. • Understand and translate strategic mission and objectives into executable requirements as CQRC develops a range of digital products across multiple lines of business. • Responsible for entrepreneurial efforts inside and outside the company as a voting member of the senior leadership team. * Promoted to VP from Director of Digital Content within four months of joining the company. I was brought into the news operation to design a new magazine strategy, encourage cross-departmental communication, and grow nascent efforts in video for paid products.

Visiting Professor in Medill's Washington program, teaching enterprise/watchdog journalism. I have also taught in the fifth quarter specialization with colleagues as part of the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative. Medill students in Washington cover Capitol Hill and other D.C. agencies and programs with a digital storytelling emphasis.

Oversaw National Geographic’s editorial content across the Web, mobile and magazine apps. Responsible for the editorial experience on digital platforms, shaping content initiatives that complement the Society’s membership acquisition strategies and supervising National Geographic’s daily news team, video/multimedia group and a team of designers and producers creating online content for news, the magazine and the Society’s Mission Programs division, which manages field researchers and explorers.

Director of the Medill School of Journalism's program in Washington. Medill reporters cover the way policy decisions in D.C influence every part of American life. Associate Professor rank on the Medill faculty, serving on several committees. The students in the program work across platforms to tell stories for a variety of media partners in broadcast, online, newspapers and magazines. (Before becoming director, spent three years as co-director.)

Past president of the Society for News Design, where I worked on the international organization's growth into online and multimedia design.Revitalized the Society's two main titles, Design and Update, to better serve the needs of the visual journalism industry in previous SND leadership posts. The magazine and the site now regularly win top awards, have grown readership and are considered part of the daily news design dialogue.SND has members in 26 countries and sponsors the world's largest news design competition. See more about our mission online at snd.org and read more each day about news design at update.snd.org

Served for six months (after leaving the Merc and before starting at Medill) as the art director for the weekly magazine in Chicago, working on all aspects of the visual presentation as the creative lead.

Oversaw the design, graphics and photography departments, as well as the business reporting for the newspaper of Silicon Valley. Our coverage of the global technology story was recognized among the best in the world. The Society of American Business Editors and Writers awarded the Mercury News' business coverage as the best among large newspapers. We also were awarded "Best Use of the Web" by the National Press Photographers Association this year.The Mercury News has been awarded two Pulitzer Prizes, and we were most recently a finalist in 2004 for our photography on the special California recall election. The paper also has a global reputation as a leader in visual journalism. The Merc was judged a "World's Best-Designed Newspaper" by the Society for News Design. We are regularly lauded for the innovative approaches we take to presenting the news, placing among the top 10 winners in every SND competition for the last six years.

Taught journalism and publication design courses in the Communication department at SCU, the Jesuit university in Silicon Valley. This teaching position was in addition to my duties at the Mercury News and SND.

Responsible for day-to-day news operations at the suburban Chicago daily.

Responsible for the daily and Sunday features sections. Created a new product, Your Saturday, that was a successful launch for both advertising and editorial. We grew lineage and readership.

Worked on the news sections at the newspaper in Springfield, Ill.