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Design thinking

Data visualization

Combining design and data to create visual storytelling experiences.

Simply put, Layne’s interactive graphics are among the best we’ve seen, full stop. His work is consistently smart, informative, intuitive, inviting and simply gorgeous to look at. Layne’s interactives invite (almost require) the user to explore — to fiddle with knobs and levers and see how the narrative changes. This is visual storytelling at its very best.

- The Dallas Morning News, March 7, 2018

MY WORK
EXPERIENCE
SKILLS
Experience design
Visual communication
Design thinking
Visual design
Data visualization
Project management
Public speaking
Teaching
DEVELOPMENT
Photoshop
Illustrator
HTML
CSS
SCSS
Javascript
JQuery
ES6
D3
Python
GitHub
Gulp
ACTIVELY LEARNING
React
Node
EDUCATION

Texas Christian University | Fort Worth, TX

B.S. in Journalism

B.S. in Criminal Justice

AWARDS

SOCIETY OF NEWS DESIGN

The Society of News Design is an international organization dedicated to enhancing the field of visual communication.

PRESS CLUB OF DALLAS

The Press Club of Dallas is a regional organization committed to promoting the fundamental tenets of communications and journalism.

TEXAS APME

The Texas Associated Press Managing Editor’s awards is a state wide contest to recognize outstanding journalism.

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

2017 Digital Storyteller of the Year