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Experience
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October 2021 to present
Digital editor and design director
The New Bedford Light, New Bedford, Massachusetts
▸ Design
Oversee visual presentation across platforms, ensuring brand consistency in news and editorial publications in print and on our website and social media platforms. Design for website and for printed materials to promote The New Bedford Light.
Collaborate with freelance and staff photographers and videographers and incorporate their work into overall news presentation for articles and series. Assign photographers and videographers to cover events and to get footage and photos for stories. Lay out news articles and special features.
Design graphics and charts to explain concepts and data in articles.
Edit videos and create custom assets and animations for video, and onboard freelance videographers by instructing them in use of New Bedford Light graphics and branding.
▸ Digital editing
Create and publish news articles on website and on social media platforms. Send push notifications and newsletters.
Make updates to WordPress plugins and keep site in proper working order. Explore new add-ons to improve functionality and add new features for better interactivity.
March 2015 to September 2021
Digital editor, illustrator
Times Union, Albany, New York
Create illustrations, explainer videos and infographics for social media and articles, as standalone pieces or as assets for video production; create InDesign templates for web team to use for graphically designed social media posts. Manage online publication for website and social media.
Serve as news editor and oversee print desk.
March 2014 to February 2015
Designer
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Design newspaper pages, writing headlines, cutlines and other display text. Collaborate with editors and reporters on print layout for special reporting projects
