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Greater New York City Area

• Worked with lead designer on document, print collateral & web design
• Designed & constructed templates for reports and briefs

• Designed award-winning fronts for a 9,500-circulation college paper
• Used Adobe InDesign & Photoshop to produce press-ready.pdf files
• Consulted editors on photo selection / cropping and breakout boxes
• Spearheaded & executed a typography-focused total publication redesign
• Self-directed research of newspaper design practices and typography to ensure thoughtful, grounded decisions (e.g. purchase of fonts)
• Trained staff with self-produced design briefs and supervised editors

• Authored an award-winning opinion column, "Gadfly," producing work praised for “putting a local face on topics with national importance”

• Designed standing elements and developed a standard section layout
• Fielded submissions & recruited writers for op/eds or running columns
• Edited all work for grammar / usage, diction, clarity of writing, strength of argument, and accordance with house style
• Helped re-structure & polish submissions initially unfit for print
• Held editorial board meetings and facilitated topical discussions