Pixel + Em

Web +
Interface

Selected works, 1999 - 2012

MTV.com HomepageUI Design, UX, Visual Design2011-12
Directed interface design and user experience for MTV.com homepage design overhaul. Rebranded homepage to align with on-air branding and editorial content strategy. Created conceptual sketches and wireframes for new site-wide structure. Explored visual design concepts for user feedback sessions.
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MTV.com Homepage IAUI Design, UX, Visual Design2011-12
Directed interface design and user experience strategy for MTV.com homepage design overhaul. Created conceptual sketches and wireframes for new site-wide structure. Explored visual design concepts for user feedback sessions.
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Reuters Chrome AppUI & Visual Design, UX 2011
Conceived interaction and interface design for Reuters Sectors & Industries app for the Chrome Web App Store. Earned partial funding from Google. Customizable HTML 5 product delivering timely financial data and news for sectors, industries, and companies. Features include: geo-view with filters, personal watchlist to save favorites and custom industries, news alerts, and company quotes.
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Reuters Global MarketsVisual Design 2011
Redesigned Reuters.com Global Market Data section to provide stronger information design, with more intuitive visual cues. Redesigned Markets data widget to provide users with a compact unit, delivering snapshots of markets/sectors information and providing multiple points of entry to in-depth markets pages.
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Reuters.comVisual Design 2010
Redesigned Chartbeat public-facing pages for more visual impact and efficient information layout to highlight product features and capabilities, promote free trial offer, and encourage new customer sign-ups with stronger calls to action.
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Shutterstock FootageVisual Design, Interaction Design2011
Conceptualized new design directions for the Shutterstock Footage homepage, and explored concepts for editorially curated Lightbox pages. Objectives were to showcase the rapidly growing catalog of stock video footage, highlight affordability and video quality, and generate more conversions.
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ChartbeatVisual Design, HTML / CSS 2009
Redesigned Chartbeat public-facing pages for more visual impact and efficient information layout to highlight product features and capabilities, promote free trial offer, and encourage new customer sign-ups with stronger calls to action.
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Chartbeat User AccountUI & Visual Design, HTML / CSS 2009
Redesigned Chartbeat.com internal user account pages to align with redesigned public site and create a more user-friendly interface to manage application settings. Designed new user dashboard to give a quick snapshot of recent activity.
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bit.lyUI Design, HTML / CSS 2009
Designed new dashboard to provide users with a visual summary of account analytics data. Implemented new interface and HTML/CSS mark-up for bit.ly URL shortener to accommodate expanded capabilities.
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bit.ly Browser SidebarVisual Design, UI Design, HTML / CSS 2009
Redesigned the bit.ly browser sidebar (for URL shortening from any web page). Reorganized data and streamlined UI elements for better readability. Created new look-and-feel to reflect the bit.ly brand.
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food52.comVisual Design, User Experience 2010
Redesigned food52.com to improve usability and content organization. Overhauled look-and-feel to establish a sophisticated, urban brand image. Developed new navigation schemes and flexible page templates. Restructured food52 recipe search results to improve usability, content organization, and information hierarchy. Redesigned page template and interface to better showcase database results and real-time activity.
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Visual Thesaurus VocabGrabberUI Design, Interaction, Logo 2009
Designed new web application for parsing vocabulary words from text documents. Conceptualized interface and interaction designs for displaying, filtering, and sorting data. Developed logo and icons.
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Fotolog.comVisual Design 2008
Redesigned homepage, navigation, product tour pages, promotional widgets, and in-house banner ads to better highlight web site features. Strengthened branding through new look-and-feel, color palette, and design patterns.
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NYC & Company: nycvisit.comVisual Design, HTML / CSS 2007
Directed visual design and HTML/CSS development for the first phase of the nycvisit.com redesign, in conjunction with NYC and Company's rebranding campaign and new logo launch.
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Departures.comVisual Design, Information Architecture, HTML / CSS 2006
Led redesign of departures.com. Established new look-and-feel in conjunction with print magazine redesign. Restructured navigation, page flows, and information architecture. Created page templates to display articles from new custom-built CMS.
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16x16 Icon SetsVisual Design 2009-2010
Samples of icons created for VisualThesaurus.com and food52.com.
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AOL "Best Of" IconsVisual Design, Branding 1999
Samples from a comprehensive set of illustrative icons created for AOL Local's "Best Of" venue categories.
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