zoë fortune

I am a product designer at the New York Times. I design primarily for it's digital front page and newsletter portfolio.

Product Design • Ask me about it

I design new layouts to support editorial needs, develop new interaction patterns that help our readers have a better reading experience and do this with systems and accessbility thinking.


I was an intern at the New York Times, focused on designing for their [then] new audio app.

Product Design • Ask me about it

I supported the team to build interactive prototypes used to test high level concepts for the app.

For a rough idea of the work, take a look at this deck


Wealthsimple Journey

User Experience Design • Case Study

Zoë Fortune; Kaitlyn A, Erin B, Anna C, Anne D.

A team based user experience project which incorporated primary and secondary research, user testing, and rapid prototyping to develop a platform aimed to help those with barriers to financial investing get started.

screen for wealthsimple journey

Whitney Museum: Eckhaus Latta Possessed Microsite

Visual Design • Sample

Zoë Fortune; Kaitlyn A, Erin B, Anna C, Anne D.

A 6 week exploration in visual identity and micro interaction to create a site proposal for a sustainable fashion based exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art.


'BLACKNESS MARCHES ON'

Website Design and Curation • Sample

'BLACKNESS MARCHES ON' is a site i designed and coded (in place of a research paper) as a culmination of a months worth of research on the Black Arts Movement, with a focus on the publication Black Dialogue.

screen capture of black arts movement website link to black arts movement exploratory website

Cold Magazine

Publication Design • Case Study

An independent proposal for a sustainable business innovation class which utilized my previous experience in publication design, brand identity, and user testing, in addition to a new skill in content development.

screen capture of cold magazine website

Dada: Recueil Littéraire et Artistique

Presentation Deck • Sample

Heavily influenced by the Dada movement that this presentation discusses, this slide deck was designed in place of the powerpoint template we were expected to use, in order to visually drive home the content I was sharing.


Care to Wear App

User Experience Design • Case Study

Zoë F, Tracy C, Darya T, Brianna Q, Justin Y, Ashley Y

An app proposal crafted over the course of 6 weeks with the intention to address the impact of today's fashion industry on the climate.

care to wear logo

Mesh Magazine

Publication Design • Case Study

The product of a solo, 3 month long exploration in editorial content & identity creation.

Check out my art work