About David Sleight

I’m a veteran design director specializing in user experience, product design and editorial presentation.

I work at ProPublica, a non-profit investigative newsroom, where I lead a design and product practice that supports and extends our award-winning journalism.

I have directed projects recognized by the Pulitzer Prizes, the Online News Association, the Society for News Design, PDN, the Society of Illustrators, AI-AP, and have served as a judge for both American Illustration and American Photography. I’ve also been a Pulitzer finalist and the recipient of a Communication Award from the National Academies, as well as cited in several industry books, including Designing the Editorial Experience by Sue Apfelbaum and Juliette Cezzar, and Art Direction for the Web by Andy Clarke.

Previously, I was an independent consultant working with the likes of Birchbox, Nomad Editions, Novartis, Signpost, Thomson Reuters, and Qualcomm. Before that, I led the interactive design team at BusinessWeek, and helped build some of the first web-based textbooks at Pearson Education. I’ve also been a staff columnist for A List Apart magazine and a member of Readability’s board of advisors.

Oh, and it’s pronounced “slate.”