Staff News from Digital News Design

We are excited to announce that Claire Merchlinsky has joined the Digital News Design desk!

Claire joined as a staff editor and is embedded on the Well desk, collaborating with editors, reporters and the Well visuals team to assign illustration and animation across Well's digital report including news, enterprise, service, quizzes, interactives, videos and more.

Ahead of joining The Times, Claire was a freelance illustrator, most recently freelancing with NYT Opinion's design team, where she was art directing and creating illustrations in-house. Prior to that, she was working on Cash App's social team, also as a freelance art director, where she commissioned video, design and illustration assets for Cash App's social franchises. Additionally, she has had experience freelance art directing at The New Yorker and Medium editorial.

Congratulations!