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kitsapsun.com | redesign

Kitsap Sun Redesign

I was part of redesign team, specifically developing the color palette and masthead, for kitsapsun.com (see the site a few days before the redesign). The site won a Society of Professional Journalists award for Best Web Design of all entrants from Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana.

grist.org | Copenhagen climate talks landing page

Grist's Copenhagen Coverage

Grist's Copenhagen climate talks coverage was their biggest event of 2009, including sending a cadre of reporters, videographers and a comedian to Copenhagen. We needed a dynamic page to link to from Copenhagen articles as well as to show up in searches. Grist has a wicked sense of humor, and that is how the tagline was born.

grist.org | Climate Citizens call to action page

Grist Climate Citizens

Grist's grass-roots efforts take place with Climate Citizens, and this landing page helps interested readers participate in causes they believe in.

grist.org | Eco-Shop

Grist Eco-Shop

Many organizations will donate a percentage of profits to Grist.org if buyers are sent through the right channels. We needed a concise way of doing this, and thus launched the Eco-Shop.

grist.org | books aggregation page

Grist Books page

This page was intended to be a landing spot for Grist.org readers who wanted to see what books or authors that the magazine had featured. It was also a handy way to help advertisers attract a target audience. I worked with the editorial and marketing team to develop the framework for this page.

Brandon Ricks Construction | website redesign

Brandon Ricks Construction redesign

My brother, a contractor in Fairfield, Calif., needed a redesign of his old website. I rebuilt it from the bottom up.

grist.org | banner ads

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House ads for Grist.org

grist.org | flash infographic

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Exploding thermometers of climate change for Grist. This accompanies this story, but I cannot find the graphic on their website any more.

grist.org | National Parks in Peril

National Parks in Peril

This graphic is best seen with the story itself. It was styled solely with CSS.

kitsapsun.com | Little Quilcene River map

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This story for the Kitsap Sun had a layered infographic that begged for Flash treatment. I did this during my down time at work and was able to get it done by the publication date.

grist.org | E-mail invitation headers

Grist San Francisco

Grist NYC

Grist Boston

I created these e-mail headers for invitations Grist.org was sending out to meetups across the country. They went through many iterations, some snarky, some borderline offensive and some plain. These are what the marketing team and I decided upon.

kitsapsun.com | Olympics logo

Olympics

I created a logo for kitsapsun.com's Olympics 2010 coverage — the county had an Olympian in the Games and they needed something distinctive to help readers identify the page.

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I am an amateur photographer with real-life training, thanks to my parents. See my photostream on flickr.

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I’m Tonya Ricks and I’d like to help make your life easier — and prettier. Better living through great design.

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