Led project teams, mentored designers, and actively created concepts, frameworks, prototypes, and detailed designs for a long list of clients.
Led and implemented design systems and processes for clients.
Collaborated closely with partners in Design, Technology, and Product Management to launch successful new products.
Designed and directed core digital products for YouTube, TikTok, The PGA TOUR, Audacy, Vail Resorts, J.P Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, State Street Global Advisors, Harley-Davidson, Disney, Outdoorsy, Mailchimp, VistaPrint, Marriott, Expa, Politico, TechCrunch, Eco Media, CAVA, Fox Entertainment, Gol Airlines, and LifeMiles – most were developed and launched.
I have a unique perspective as someone who worked both in-house and agency-side. I think about digital products and tools in a holistic way – how to work with & conduct research to identify business needs, create concepts that embody the brand and serve users, how to tweak & improve their performance over time, and how they impact business results.
Developing new products versus evolving existing ones are distinct problems to solve. I find that thinking about the experience end-to-end drives the best possible outcome.
I’m originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, one of the snowiest cities in the world. Growing up there instilled in me a love of the outdoors, being with family, eating Polish food, and road trips. Now I split my time between New York City and the Catskills. I'm drawn to the mountains and all the skiing, cycling, and hiking that come with it.
Opened a product design office in NYC to lead redesign efforts for the Washington Post's web platform. We worked on scope, strategy and execution of a site-wide rethink involving CMS capabilities as well as consumer-facing experiences.
Built a talented team of design and strategy veterans from different industries with experience in solving complex design challenges, research, UX, and product development.
Collaborated closely with the Newsroom, Engineering, and Advertising teams on developing a product roadmap and implemented design sprints that generated ideas and concepts for user testing.
Member of the Newsroom's core leadership team focused on setting strategy and priorities for company-wide initiatives.
Built and managed a team focused on digital design and new product creation.
As readership habits and technology continued to evolve, I led the development of new products on all digital platforms, including a live events platform, the politics app for Election 2012, an enterprise story template, and the evolving Washington Post for iPad app.
Launched a site-wide redesign in 2011, including a new CMS, and a design refresh in 2014.
Worked in partnership with Google, Tumblr, Storify, Twitter and Facebook on creating new products for news consumption.
This was a long-term project setting the strategy and approach for a sitewide redesign project, including tools for the newsroom. A lot of this work was the foundation for the Arc XP Publishing Platform.
Worked on initial design strategy for an open-source commenting platform in collaboration with The New York-Times, the Knight Foundation and Mozilla.
Planned and designed many election night products, including new modules and presentations for the homepage.
Lead design and UX for a 2-year investivative series focused on the expanding world of government agencies and intellegence since 9/11. This was entirely presented in a custom design, outside the traditional templates.
Designed the original Washington Post for iPad app, launched in 2010.
Design leadership, 2023 | Created concepts and designs for a client in financial services.
Adjunct Professor, 2013 | I taught a course that focused on digital design in media and design thinking methodology for graduate students in Journalism and Public Relations.
2006 - 2012 | I did web design & development for clients such as the Kaiser Foundation and Kaiser Health News, Stanford d.School and North Base Media.
2000 - Current | I'm a certified ski instructor!
2002 - 2007 | Started my career here. The work included marketing and community web sites, and digital storytelling projects with the Erie Times-News newsroom. It’s where I fell in love with journalism.
Graduated 2003| Earned a BA in Fine Arts with a concentration in Graphic Design and Literature.
Adjunct Professor, 2004 - 2007| First teaching gig. I was an adjunct instructor for a few years teaching courses in web design.
2012 - 2015 | Board member
2011 | I spent a week with my peers and some of my heros in journalism learning to be a better manager.
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I’ve presented at the Brookings Institute, The Design Conference in Brisbane, Society of News Design annual conferences, ASNE, WAN-IFRA, and Industry Conference in the UK.