Latest experience

2021-2026 » Design Editor, The Washington Post; Washington, D.C.

  • Edited visual storytelling for several coverage areas, including The Washington Post Magazine, with primary focus on mobile design

  • Assigned digital projects to designers and developers

  • Provided input and feedback throughout process (from Figma iterations and UX/UI considerations of bespoke components to final design and art direction)

  • Worked in concert with editors and reporters to shape storytelling

  • Helped construct photo edits alongside other visual editors

  • Managed, edited, developed and evaluated team of direct reports

  • Assigned and edited in-house illustrations by designers and commissioned artists

  • Collaborated with other managers on team-wide initiatives, including assessing potential new hires and interns, organizing schedules, implementing design systems, and improving workflow patterns

  • Edited print special sections and daily news sections

  • Branded visuals across variety of products, including new wellness desk, multi-story projects and podcasts

  • Developed retrospectives that used data analytics to inform future decisions

  • Leveraged internal AI tools, including Post LLM, to make tasks such as writing evaluations more efficient

2016-2021 » Designer/Art Director, The Washington Post Magazine; Washington, D.C.

  • Designed features, including covers and inside spreads, front of book, back of book, and special issues for print

  • Designed custom and interactive projects for web in concert with developers

  • Designed stories for web using enterprise templates

  • Assigned and art directed commissioned illustrations, wrote briefs, and processed payments

  • Shaped photo edits in concert with other visual editors

  • Collaborated with photographers on studio photoshoots

  • Ensured accurate reproduction of visuals in print

  • Responsible for weekly booking of magazine, working closely with partners in advertising


Previous experience

2012-2016 » Designer/Art Director, The Washington Post; Washington, D.C.

  • Metro, Business, A1, Sports, special sections, custom and interactive web projects, art direction, social

2009-2012 » Sports Design Director, Sun Sentinel; Fort Lauderdale

  • Staff management and editing, art direction, special sections, page design, design systems, templates

2004-2009 » Sports Designer, Sun Sentinel; Fort Lauderdale

  • Page design, copy editing

2003-2004 » Sports Copy Editor, Sun Sentinel; Fort Lauderdale

  • Copy editing, page design

2000-2003 » Editorial Assistant/Freelance Reporter, Sun Sentinel; Fort Lauderdale

  • Statistics, copy editing, phones, community sports writing

1998-2000 » Sports Editor/Reporter, The Beacon; Miami

  • Staff management, art direction, page design, copy editing, writing


Recognition

Society for News Design » Member of visuals leadership team that helped The Washington Post win World’s Best Digital Design in 2025. Award of Excellence for Design Editing portfolio in 2025. Several awards for print and web as Designer and Art Director, including Awards of Excellence for portfolio entries in 2014 and 2015, and a Silver Medal for cover design in 2020.

Society of Publication Designers » Design Editor on Try This, which won a Gold Medal in 2025 for Podcasts: Supplemental Art.

American Society of Magazine Editors » Designer and Art Director for Post Magazine special issue about America’s prison system that won an Ellie Award, the Post’s first, at the 2020 National Magazine Awards for Print and Digital Media.

Pulitzer Prize » Design Editor on The Washington Post’s finalist for illustrated reporting and commentary in 2024. Designer on Sun Sentinel series that won a gold medal for public service journalism in 2013.


Industry

2020 » Society for News Design; St. Petersburg

  • Features judge at the 41st Best of News Design competition

2022 » The Poynter Institute; Washington, D.C.

  • Leadership training to coach managers on setting priorities, handling difficult conversations and bringing out the best in their teams


Education

1997-2000 » Florida International University; Miami

  • Studied journalism and English

  • Sports Editor/Reporter at The Beacon, FIU’s student newspaper 

1993-1997 » Miami Senior High School; Miami

  • Graduated in June 1997


Technical

Computer » Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects, Acrobat); Figma; Microsoft and Google programs; operating systems (Mac OS, Windows); CMS (Ellipsis, Methode, CCI); Arc; WordPress; some CSS, HTML and JavaScript; Post LLM

Skills » Visual editing, team management, leadership, print design, digital design, art direction, photo illustration, photo editing, copy editing, writing, reporting

Additional languages » Spanish