Work

NPR
Senior design research manager  Nov '23 - Present
Design research manager  Jan '22 - Oct '23 (22 mths)
Senior product designer  Apr '21 - Dec '21 (8 mths)
Product designer  Apr '19 - Mar '21 (2 yrs)

My first focus was to move voice experiences forward in the era of burgeoning smart devices. I then worked to expand both our team's research operations (launching an archive and adding tools) and the feature set of a website system that 200+ radio stations use.

Google
Interaction designer  Sep '13 - Mar '19 (5.5 yrs)
Interaction design intern  Jun - Aug '12

After a summer internship on Drive, I spent a few years with Chrome, mostly on the Android app (1B users.) I then shifted to Google AI to apply Machine Learning to the medical space. My "20% project" was a multi-year effort to connect unhoused San Franciscans to area resources.

The Washington Post
Graphics desk intern  Jun - Aug '13

The most successful pitch I had while working on the graphics desk was a baby name generator for Prince William and Kate Middleton's firstborn. It's not hard-hitting journalism, but it brought a sparkle of joy to the news cycle.

University of Florida
Instructor  Jan - Aug '12

I developed and taught the introductory course for the inaugural launch of UF's online masters program in web design. The more design thinkers in the world, the better.

CNN
Production designer  Mar '09 - Aug '11 (2.5 yrs)
Design intern  Sep '08 - Mar '09

Along with daily news desk design needs, I contributed to the 2009 site redesign (lasting until 2016,) 2012 elections brand campaign, and collaborative slide pitches to partner companies, including Facebook and Apple.

The Virginian-Pilot
Design intern  May - Aug '08

I won an internship at one of the most beautiful papers in the world by placing third in the 2007 Society for News Design's The Intern competition.

School

MSc. Digital Media, Georgia Tech

I received an ONA AP-Google Scholarship for my masters project, which went "semi-viral" — see The New York Times, TIME, Vulture — with the help of a very persistent university PR rep. (Thanks, Jason.)

Ba. Graphic Design, School of Journalism, UNC-Chapel Hill
Sechriest Most Outstanding Visual Student (Senior)

The goal was to be a newspaper designer. Then newspapers fell apart. But it all worked out in the end.