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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


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