Michael Currie Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Designed the daily Life & Culture section. The Inquirer recently launched a redesign and a new CMS.

-- Managed the visual and art program of the In Focus digital book series. -- This included editing/procuring/building graphics, editing video, designing covers, gaining permissions and improving workflow processes and guidelines.

-- Guided visual solutions for the larger newsrooms’ enterprise storytelling. -- This included creative direction for a story’s visual concepts, building digital graphics, charts and maps and creating illustrations for digital and print.

Created infographics for an editorial services company and designed an advertising campaign for a non-profit.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

-- Led the visuals team, the platform editors, the audience editors and oversaw the Star-Telegram’s digital products. Duties performed included visual storytelling, design, graphics, data, video, photo, site management, audience growth/engagement, social media, SEO, analytics and newsletters.-- Managed, directed and produced the visual concepts and identity for digital design, illustrations, videos, photography, graphics, data visualizations, databases and projects.-- Built audience and brand by using analytics, social media, newsletters and being thoughtful about content production.-- Editor for the sports, local arts/entertainment and business beats. Directed coverage by assigning/editing stories, approving pitches and managing a team of reporters/freelancers. This included everything from the Dallas Cowboys to local business openings/closings to restaurant news.-- Worked with videographers and reporters on conception/direction and helped guide their video and story with editing/feedback and then through the production cycle by fine tuning headlines and SEO and publishing to digital platforms. -- As a ‘super user’ led training and was support on storytelling tools in the newsroom such as content management systems and analytic, video and data/graphics platforms. -- Developed, designed and delivered to an audience slideshow presentations for different staff/executive needs such as training on best practices or pitching a new product.-- Experience with the user-centered design thinking methodology to create a product as a project manager. -- Identified, interviewed, hired and onboarded staff such as editors, videographers and reporters.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

AME/Design, 2013-17-- Managed the design for the website, apps and newspaper. -- Built out/designed pages using HTML/CSS for special projects and new products.-- Designed with the national McClatchy UX team on wireframing phone and tablet apps.-- Launched two tablet apps: DFW OT, the area’s only digital sports magazine, which had an engagement time of over 19 minutes, and Star-Telegram Extra, an interactive version of the news which won a McClatchy President’s Award.-- Oversaw 15 designers working with them through collaboration and problem solving.Design Director 2007-2013-- Coordinated and managed quality control of the design of the print edition.-- Led a reader-focused redesign of the newspaper and created an online style guide.-- Launched an entertainment weekly creating the sections, storyforms and design.Assistant Sports Editor and Sports Design Editor 2002-2007-- Directed the concepts and design of the Sports section which won the Associated Press Sports Editors’ Triple Crown (Top 10 daily, Sunday and special sections) twice.-- Created the themes, art directed and designed award-winning Sports special sections on the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars.

In charge of the daily newspaper operations with direct oversight of the copy, design and photo desks