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As the studio head for Seattle-based online retailer Zulily, Jana Krinsky oversees a creative team of 350 photographers, copywriters, stylists and graphic designers. (Courtesy of Zulily)

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April 17, 2019 at 6:00 am

Flying burgers and posing bunnies: All in a day’s work for Zulily’s studio director

Meet Jana Krinsky, who is in charge of the 350-person creative team at the Seattle-based online retailer.

Arne Hall, director of development for Fortress Development, is currently working on Avenue Bellevue, two luxury residential/retail/hotel towers. (Courtesy of Arne Hall)

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April 12, 2019 at 9:20 am

He delivers big Seattle-area development projects from start to finish

Arne Hall, who is managing the Avenue Bellevue project, also worked on the Bravern, Microsoft's headquarters and Crystal Mountain.

Phoenica Zhang, corporate giving officer at Seattle-based nonprofit Solid Ground (Courtesy of Phoenica Zhang)

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April 3, 2019 at 6:00 am

Phoenica Zhang’s cool job at Solid Ground

"Talking with relative strangers about housing instability, homelessness or hunger, and how these issues are effects of systemic racism isn’t exactly the easiest of conversations."

Danielle Troy teaches visual arts at The Overlake School in Redmond. (Courtesy of Daniel Troy)

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March 27, 2019 at 6:00 am

Teaching art to ‘hilarious, sweet, honest and curious’ students in Redmond

Meet Danielle Troy, who teaches art to middle and high school students in Redmond.

Coltin Knudson builds the ALTA Pro drone at Freefly Systems in Woodinville. (Courtesy of Freefly Systems)

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March 20, 2019 at 6:00 am

In Woodinville, building drones that keep Hollywood abuzz

At Freefly Systems, Coltin Knudson assembles, programs, calibrates, tests and packages camera drones for cinematographers.

Tara Murphy Forde, senior vice president of research and impact at Global Partnerships in Seattle (Courtesy of Tara Murphy Forde).

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February 5, 2019 at 10:47 am

VP at Seattle-based investor works to upend traditional mindsets

Tara Murphy Forde’s job is to strengthen the impact of Global Partnerships’ investments in Latin America, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa.

Marco Piceno is an artist, animator and storyteller at Splainers, a Seattle-based company that creates explanation videos for clients. (Courtesy of Paige Nagel)

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January 23, 2019 at 6:00 am

He has a lot of (professional) explaining to do

Senior animator Marco Piceno works for Splainers, a company in Seattle that creates explanation videos for clients.

Ahmed Elayan, an IT project manager for Hyatt Hotels, pauses near Copacabana beach during the opening of the Grand Hyatt Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. (Courtesy of Ahmed Elayan)

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January 16, 2019 at 6:00 am

From Seattle, he helps open Hyatt hotels all over the world

For Ahmed Elayan, an IT project manager, work is a mix of home-based preparation and far-flung, exotic travel.

BECU’s Stacey Black gives financial literacy presentations all over the Puget Sound region. (Courtesy of Kelly Robbins Photo)

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December 19, 2018 at 6:00 am

Bottom line: She loves teaching dollars and sense for BECU

Stacey Black leads free financial-education classes and webinars for the credit union.

Corrie Ortega is a research scientist at Intellectual Ventures Laboratory in Seattle. (Courtesy of Intellectual Ventures)

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December 12, 2018 at 6:00 am

Bellevue research scientist is on a mission to improve global health equality

At Intellectual Ventures Lab, Corrie Ortega is developing a diagnostic tool for same-day screen-and-treat programs for cervical cancer — and another test that counts mosquito...

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