Art Director + Designer
My time as the Creative director of Ka Leo o Hawai'i (an editorial organization within the University of Hawai'i at Manoa) involved synthesizing a variety of information, extensive writing, and photographic elements effectively through print, and digital platforms. Aside from the team of designers, this includes working alongside writers, editors, journalism photographers, and videographers, IT development, printers and public relations coordinators.
The craftsmanship of the design was an important factor in illuminating each story so that its received with respect and credibility. Like fine art within a museum exhibition, curation is detrimental in allowing full potency of the content - similarly, applying meticulous attentiveness to typographic details, informational structure and readability, the content of a newspaper has the ability to reach full potential.
2016 ACP Design Finalist
With the organization itself achieving a significant level of respect within the journalism community, the design of the paper is also recognized throughout the nation with the same reverence. This spread, for example, was given the honor of being placed within the top spread designs by the Associated Collegiate Press in 2016. Although I lead the design direction of the paper, an achievement of this caliber, cannot be without the writers, photographers, and the multitude of designers who have contributed to organizing information in a cohesive manner.
2015 - 2016 Pinnacle Award for Weekly Tabloid
Given by the College Media Association, receiving a Pinnacle recognizes the ability of the organization to effectively report critical information through bold journalism, and coordination. The efforts by the staff of this particular year were unprecedented when pursuing authentic and essential stories, and packaging them proficiently.