Led design for CenterPiece magazine. Maintained brand identity across print and digital channels. On launch teams for website redesign, mobile app launch, and rebrand initiatives; modernized trade ad program with a metrics-focused approach; developed an interactive online version of CenterPiece; redesigned print CenterPiece twice for an 85,000 circulation. Earned UNC-TV’s Resourcefulness and Innovation Award and Best Dessert Contest on the same day, as well as the National Educational Telecommunications Association award for an interactive coloring cover. Introduced InDesign/InCopy workflow, streamlined design/edit processes, and established an online annotated proofreading system for CenterPiece. Created the design for the new North Carolina Channel logo.

Art Director at Independent Weekly

January 1, 2006 - August 31, 2012

Directed art and design for the website and weekly newspaper. Initiated motion and interactive graphics on the site (HTML/CSS); redesigned both website and paper; assimilated qualitative and quantitative feedback to refine cover design and maximize pickup; established in-house illustration team. Regularly earned North Carolina Press Association Appearance and Design awards and Association of Alternative Newsweeklies awards for Illustration, Editorial Layout, Special Section and Innovation/Format Buster.

Production Manager at Independent Weekly

January 1, 1999 - December 30, 2005

Managed production workflow for weekly newspaper, coordinating print production, pagination and deadlines; supervised design and editorial coordination to ensure timely and polished published product.

Ad Designer at Independent Weekly

September 30, 1997 - December 31, 1998

Created print ads and promotional materials.

Freelance Graphic Designer at Maria B. Shain Design

September 1, 1997 - Present

Websites, CDs, logos, identity packages, political campaigns, book design and paintings. Clients: • Alex Hardy, Baldemar Velázquez (FLOC), Dave Kepford, Flyin’ Records, Jeff Cobb, Hard Miles Music, Mappamundi, Michael Melia, Musica, Penne Sandbeck, R&D Records, Shannon O’Connor, Slippery Hill Bluegrass, Suzanne Schmid, Tim Smith: CD projects • Carolina Justice Policy Center: flyer • Don Moffit, Durham City Council campaign: logo • Fine Metals, Flyin’ Records, Fuzzmite, Phil Cohen: website design • Judge Orlando Hudson, campaign: postcard • Kenn Prebilic, Thunderbird Walking: book design • Lookout, clothing stores: posters, flyers and postcards • MDC, a nonprofit fighting poverty: reports, flyers, forms and ads • Mine Enemy: German POWs in America: logo • Moms & Teens for Safe Dates, a UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health project: logo, flyer and booklets • Pittsboro Merchant Association: poster and flyer • Steve Schewel, Durham School Board, City Council, Mayoral and Affordable Housing Bond campaigns: postcards, yard signs, identity package • TechGarden, tech support: logo design • Twig, eco-friendly specialty shop: postcards and posters • X-Project, a smoking cessation program at Duke University Medical Center: logo and identity package