Daily Trojan

The Daily Trojan is the award-winning student newspaper of the University of Southern California. The newspaper is a forum for student expression and is written, edited, and managed by university students.

Role

Design Director

Timeline

January 2021 – Present

Sole UX/UI Designer

USG Election Guide

Tools: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop

In a team of two designers,

I created the Presidential and Senatorial Candidates spread for the 2021 Undergraduate Student Government Election.

USC x UCLA
Rivalry Cover

Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator

This year, Daily Trojan and Daily Bruin decided to collaborate to cover the annual rivalry football game. I was tasked with designing both covers and featuring the key players and the coach in a stylistically similar manner.

Since the issue allows for a reverse-directional read, I designed a continuous background to maintain vertical symmetry.

USC vs. Stanford
Sports Extra Cover

Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator

For the USC vs. Stanford football

game, I was tasked with creating

a Sports Extra cover design that

would showcase the USC football players in action.

USC vs. Oregon State
Sports Extra Cover

Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator

I designed a "dark mode" cover for the USC vs. Oregon football game to emphasize the grit and power of the highlighted star players.

2021 Graduation Post

Tools: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe AfterEffects

I was tasked with designing a social media post to congratulate the 2021 USC graduates and request photos for a special project. After designing the initial graphic, I then created an animated Instagram story to be used as additional social media marketing collateral.

View post here.

USC vs. BYU
Sports Extra Cover

Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator

The USC vs. BYU match was the last home game of the 2021 season. After a rough year of coach changes and injured players, I decided incorporate a sense of depth and tunneling as the backdrop.