The Washington Post
Leading projects and special sections that immerse and engage readers across platforms.
The New Space Age
Led the creative strategy and branding as the Special Sections Visual Editor for The New Space Age, a series on the resurgence of space travel and exploration. I served as the project editor, designer for print and digital, art director for hired and in-house illustrators, photo editor and team lead across multiple departments like graphics, video, social and promotion. As the editor, I also pitched and shaped stories to ensure coverage that reached a diverse audience.
Cocktails
This series provides tools and expertise for making craft cocktails at home. I shaped the visual strategy and worked with designers, photographers and food stylists to source material and art direct photoshoots.
Can’t decide on a cocktail?
Give our drink generator a shake.
I pitched, conceptualized and designed an interactive story tool that invites readers to discover a new cocktail by physically shaking their phone. Give the generator a shake.
Odds Against
This special section examines the impact of legalized gambling in sports, through news coverage, accountability journalism and advice for navigating this new landscape. I served as the lead designer, art director, photo editor and project manager. I created illustration templates for recurring columns, produced weekly original photo illustrations and hired freelance photojournalists
Dogs & psychology
This special section dives into the field of canine cognition to learn more about how dogs think and interact with the world. I served as the lead designer responsible for the print cover art direction and photo shoot, color palette, illustrator curation, and project managing print and digital. A 12-page special section published on August 19, 2021, ahead of of National Dog Day on August 26. See the full section here.
La Navidad
In this ultimate personal project, I wrote, art directed, designed, and conceptualized across platforms for Celebrating Navidad, a roadmap of my family’s traditional Christmas with recipes from my upbringing. From this one story idea, I adapted the story to reach audience in various ways, from creating a comic for Instagram, designing the Lily Lines newsletter and creating a Spotify playlist. In this project, I worked on new ways to tell a single story with words, sound, taste and illustrations that evoked nostalgia. Read the story
Oscars ballot
The Oscars aired late in 2021, but viewers could still predict winners ahead of 93rd annual Academy Awards. I was responsible for illustration/animation art direction and digital design concept. Readers can vote by clicking on a nominee, and compare their answers with other voters and movie critic Ann Hornaday’s pick. Each commissioned spot illustration represents a nominee in the bet picture category. Read the story
Check out my print design work
→ Los Angeles Times
→Nashville Design Studio
→ SoCal News Group