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, including managing workflow and assets across teams and overseeing all cross-collaboration
• Designs 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 magazine and 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
Magazine Art Director, The Washington Post • Aug. 2020 – May 2022
• Led and executed visual planning and production of web designs of longform features
• Conceptualized weekly cover art and layouts with photo editors and art directors
• Presented and directed weekly walkthrough meetings where staff reviews layouts
• Commissioned illustrations from freelancers and offered art direction as necessary
• Managed and mentored junior art directors/designers and recent hires, including delegating magazine tasks, running training sessions, and providing feedback
• Designed weekly print magazine including covers, features, and FOB/BOB stories
• Maintained and balanced the magazine’s annual freelance illustration budget
• Oversaw and set deadlines for an array of long-term projects and special issues
• Managed library of graphics, swatches, and fonts to maintain visual consistency
• Refreshed the @washingtonpostdesign Instagram account by creating templates and implementing engagement strategies, which resulted 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 section
• Identified and produced digital presentations of business and technology projects
• Collaborated with editors to establish timelines for long-term enterprise projects
• Commissioned 2-4 illustrations per week for quick turnaround stories
• Created in-house photo illustrations using stock and wire images
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 • Art Direction • Wordpress • Airtable • Prop Styling • HTML and CSS • Figma • Project Managing • Brand Consistency • Editorial Design • Social Media Strategy • Typography
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 2017 S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
B.S. Magazine Journalism (with minors in Fine Arts and Music Industry)
UCLA Extension (Jan. - March 2022)
User Experience - Survey Course