Extras

I wear a lot of digital media hats — no task is too small or too big. I run large product redesigns and launches but also quick illustrations and data visualizations. I share my insights by teaching and writing articles about user experience and design thinking.

Writing, Teaching, And Awards

Articles

Better, Stronger, Faster: Using A Design System To Drive Growth And Innovation On Our Website Forbes, April 2021
Ignore Design At Your Company’s Peril Forbes, January 2019
UX Design: If They Don't Notice You, You're A Success Forbes, March 2018

Teaching

Web Architecture and Content Creation, New York University: I teach graduate students in the publishing program. The course covers basic coding, design, accessibilty, inclusion, SEO and emerging technology.
Advanced Design, New York University: I teach the fundamentals of visual communication design: Typography, color, and composition. My class covers Gestalt principles to UX to responsive design.
Design Bootcamp, General Assembly: I am an instructor at this private professional school where I cover the practical aspects of Photoshop and digital design.

Awards

Webby Award: Best Business Site, 2020 for Forbes.com.
General Excellence Ellie: American Society of Magazine Editors 2014, 2003 and 2002 for Men's Health and Newsweek magazines.
Pulitzer Prize: I was part of the staff awarded for coverage of Columbine shootings in 2000 while at The Denver Post.

Data Visualization

Humans are visually wired and I Iove to make infographics that appeal to this sense. I create infographics to explain and to illuminate data.

Fast Art

I produce quick photo-illustrations to break through stock image monotony. These are socially-optimized and original compositions designed to grab attention in social newsfeeds.

The above artwork is usually created in an hour while articles are written. They can be animated and resized for different social channels and video.

Newsweek

I previously worked at Newsweek. I was the art director and worked on everything from the AIDS crisis to Obama. I also was an integral part of Newsweek.com working on site architecture and web-only projects.

I was a member of the Newsweek staff awarded the ASME Magazine of the Year award for coverage of September 11.

Please note a lot of my work is the result of a team effort. As the product design director I enable and steer the work. I have great people I recruited and worked with who make it all great -- including Adrienne Michalsky, Nick DeSantis and Sara Amato.