Portfolio: Graphic design, web design, writing, video & project management

Graphic Design

Knight News Challenge Survey Results Graphic

Knight News Challenge Survey Results Graphic

To capture the data collected by our informal Knight News Challenge survey, I created this infographic.

video

Video coverage for ACP Hollywood

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Web design

Spot.us redesign 2011

Spot.us redesign 2011

This project is still a work in progress. I am working with David Cohn and Erik Sundelof to launch a brand new design for the community-funded journalism site, Spot.us. Stay tuned to hear more about a launch date in early … Continue reading

Web design

The all new and improved PressThink is up and running!

The all new and improved PressThink is up and running!

In Fall 2010, I worked with NYU’s Jay Rosen to redesign his widely-read media criticism blog, PressThink. Continue reading

Web design

Ellen Dickson campaign materials

Ellen Dickson campaign materials

I designed the campaign materials for Ellen Dickson, a member of the City Council in Summit, New Jersey, who recently filed to run in the 2010 fall election for Union County Freeholder. Continue reading

video

Power Wheels Guy Video


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Graphic Design

Geeky iPhone cover design

Geeky iPhone cover design

This was one of those just-for-fun projects I did for myself to spice up the appearance of my iPhone. It represents all the things I love in life. Continue reading

Web design

Publish2 homepage & marketing materials

Publish2 homepage & marketing materials

When I joined Publish2 as a product designer, one of my first big projects was a branding overhaul. I wanted to bring Publish2′s homepage into the 21st century to better convey the purpose of the web app while making it … Continue reading

Web design

Spot.Us redesign

Spot.Us redesign

In winter 2009, I helped Dave Cohn’s team with the redesign of Spot.Us, a San Francisco-based, non-profit journalism project.

video

A Case for Innovation


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Writing

Faculty votes to cut its own wages by 10 percent

In a nearly split vote, about 8,800 California Faculty Association (CFA) members decided to cut their own wages by 10 percent this week.

The California State University (CSU) and the CFA finalized agreements Wednesday on two-day per month faculty furloughs in the vote that passed by 54 percent.

As a Cal Poly lecturer of 12 years, Sherrie Amido had to decide between the possibility of her job being cut or everyone’s salary being reduced. Continue reading

Writing

Cal Poly on track for full Web accessibility by 2012

Looking into Laura Weiss’s piercing blue eyes, you’d never guess that she’s blind.

Although she sometimes returns the gaze — a habit she picked up from the first 30 years of her life when she still had vision — all Weiss can see now are faint blurs in her peripheral vision. Continue reading

video

San Luis live-action role playing video

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Graphic Design

CoLab branding, design contributions

CoLab branding, design contributions

This revolutionary project, CoLab, is a platform for open source science that launched at the Open Science Summit in Berkeley during summer 2010. My contributions included: Branding T-shirts UI vision Presentation design contributions Mockups  

Graphic Design

LA Vitamin Report logo

LA Vitamin Report logo

A logo for the LA Vitamin Report, a health-based, nonprofit reporting project in Los Angeles that teamed with Spot.Us.

Graphic Design

Inter Housing Council Branding

Inter Housing Council Branding

A new logo designed for the Cal Poly Inter Housing Council.

Graphic Design

Fall Launch branding

Fall Launch branding

In Fall 2009, Cal Poly held it’s first Fall Launch for freshmen in University Housing, which occurred the week before the Week of Welcome. It was a chance for students to get to know others in their dorms and the new event needed an original branding concept for its big kickoff. Continue reading

Graphic Design

Staff training handbook

Staff training handbook

Open publication – Free publishing – More training A 39-page handbook for incoming staff members. The booklet was designed in InDesign.