Will Wooten

Current

• Multimedia Designer at The Miami Herald

Past

• Design Intern at Los Angeles Times
• Visuals Editor at The Miami Hurricane

Education

• University of Miami

Recommended

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Connections

127 connections

Industry

Newspapers

Websites

• My Website
• My Portfolio

Will Wooten’s Summary

I'm a print designer at heart, but that has evolved into other projects including web design, Flash, motion graphics and iPhone application development.

Will Wooten’s Specialties:

Broad software knowledge including CCI and the Adobe suite, extensive HTML and CSS, After Effects & video editing, knowledge of blogging software such as Wordpress, social networking, exploring the Internet, quick work turnaround.

Will Wooten’s Experience

• Multimedia Designer

  The Miami Herald

  (Public Company; KRI; Newspapers industry)

  September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  Infographics, section front packages, tabloid cover illustrations, web work including multimedia packages, logo design, story conceptualization, Flash & video work, motion graphics in After Effects, iPhone application design

• Design Intern

  Los Angeles Times

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TRB; Newspapers industry)

  June 2008 — August 2008 (3 months)

  Worked as a designer in the Business and Sports sections. Designed daily and advance pages, found and contracted illustrators for Sunday Business covers, art directed illustrations for Sunday Business, covered late and weekend Beijing Olympics shifts in Sports.

• Visuals Editor

  The Miami Hurricane

  (Newspapers industry)

  August 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 10 months)

  Managed design and graphics for both print and online editions of The Miami Hurricane. Oversaw the design staff and interviewed/hired new additions. Worked with The Hurricane's business department and outside printer to improve print quality.

Will Wooten’s Education

• University of Miami

  B.Sc. , Visual Journalism, Classical Studies, Biology , 2005 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  The Miami Hurricane, Sigma Chi

Additional Information

Will Wooten’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Portfolio

Will Wooten’s Interests:

Design, YouTube

Will Wooten’s Groups:

Society for News Design, The Miami Hurricane, Sigma Chi

•    University of Miami School of Communications

Will Wooten’s Honors:

Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2006

Will Wooten’s Contact Settings

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