Hi! I'm Clare.
I'm currently a senior designer at The Hollywood Reporter in Los Angeles, where I work on digital designs and print layouts. Previously, I was at The Washington Post where I designed and art directed for print and digital platforms across multiple sections in the newsroom. I'm passionate about visual storytelling, and I strongly advocate for diversity in art direction and illustration practices.
Over the years, my work has been recognized by SND, SPD and ASME. I'm also a member of AAJA and SND.
I graduated from Syracuse University, where I learned everything at The Daily Orange, the independent student newspaper. I've also held internships at The Star Tribune in Minneapolis and Los Angeles Magazine.
When I'm not working, I love spending time with my dog Lilo, going to the beach, finding the best ice cream spots in town, and catching up on the latest shows and movies. I was born in the Philippines and grew up in LA where I developed a deep love for Disneyland and Dodgers baseball.
If you're an illustrator and would like to connect, send me an email at cramirez@thr.com!
Resume
Experience
Senior Designer, The Hollywood Reporter • June 2022 – Present
• Produces special digital landing pages for special feature packages for THR.com, including managing workflow and assets across teams and overseeing all cross-collaboration
• Designs print features, FOB and BOB stories, and templates for weekly entertainment magazine, including for additional Awards issues during the Emmys and Oscars seasons
• Attends every-other-week meetings to coordinate with product team for work on THR.com and learn about any work the larger PEP team is doing that may impact the website
• Builds social media cards and templates for promoting special stories and lists
• Creates in-house photo collages for the print magazine and for digital-only stories
• Fosters relationships with network of artists to commission quick turnaround illustrations
• Conducts photo research for stories via wire agencies and stock websites
• Processes hi-res images for color correction, image resolution and retouching as needed
• Attended Cannes Film Festival to design and produce six daily magazines, coordinating all visual assets with the editorial team and PDF outputs with the print production team
Magazine Art Director, The Washington Post • Aug. 2020 – May 2022
• Led and executed visual planning, moodboards, and web designs of longform features
• Conceptualized weekly cover art and layouts with photo editors and art directors
• Managed and mentored junior art directors/designers and recent hires, including delegating magazine tasks, running training sessions, and providing feedback
• Presented and directed weekly walkthrough meetings where staff reviews layouts
• Commissioned illustrations from freelancers and offered art direction as necessary
• Designed weekly print magazine including covers, features, and FOB/BOB stories
• Maintained and balanced the magazine’s annual freelance illustration budget
• Managed and set deadlines for an array of long-term projects and special issues
• Rebranded and elevated @washingtonpostdesign Instagram by introducing engagement strategies and templates for brand consistency, resulting in an increase of followers by 30%
Business and Tech Art Director, The Washington Post • Aug. 2018 – Sept. 2020
• Planned and designed the weekly Sunday Business print section
• Identified candidates for and produced digital presentations of business and technology enterprise projects
• Collaborated with editors to establish timelines for long-term enterprise projects
• Commissioned 2-4 illustrations per week for quick turnaround stories
• Led visuals planning for several projects, including a special Business of Weddings Issue and the Sincerely, Michelle (Singletary) series
• Created in-house photo illustrations using stock and wire images
• Designed the annual Holiday Tech Guide special section, which included the technology gift guide and other holiday shopping stories
News/Features/Sports Designer, The Washington Post • Sept. 2017 – Aug. 2018
• Regularly designed daily sports, style, and news sections
• (In 2018-2019) Worked on a small team to use Google AMP stories, a mobile-first storytelling experience, and helped develop the template for use across the design team
• Produced digital projects on the sports, foreign, politics, and national desks
Skills
Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Xd • Figma • Art Direction • Wordpress CMS • HTML and CSS • Basic Javascript • Github • Airtable • Figma • K4 • Social Media Design • Project Management • Typography • Datawrapper
Recognition
• SND 2024 Chosen as a Features Judge for Best of News Design (Print) Competition
• SND 2021 Magazine design print portfolio
• SND 2020 Digital art direction portfolio; Newspaper design print portfolio
• SPD 56 Finalist for 2020 Photo Issue design
• SND 2019 Newspaper design print portfolio
Education
Syracuse University - S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
B.S. Magazine Journalism (with minors in Fine Arts and Music Industry)
UCLA Extension
User Experience Design and Research - Survey Course