# Announcing Zoe Cooper as OpenRefine Lead Designer

**URL:** <https://forum.openrefine.org/t/announcing-zoe-cooper-as-openrefine-lead-designer/1106>\
**Category:** Project announcements\
**Created:** [December 8, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/announcing-zoe-cooper-as-openrefine-lead-designer/1106 "2023-12-08T12:42:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![ostephens](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.openrefine.org/ostephens/32/8_2.png) [@ostephens](https://forum.openrefine.org/u/ostephens)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/announcing-zoe-cooper-as-openrefine-lead-designer/1106/1 "2023-12-08T12:42:47Z")

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We are excited to announce that Zoe Cooper has joined the OpenRefine team as lead designer. Following our [job posting in late August](https://openrefine.org/blog/2023/08/25/reproducibility-designer), Zoe stood out as the perfect person for the role.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://openrefine.org/blog/2023/12/07/announcing-zoe-cooper.md](https://openrefine.org/blog/2023/12/07/announcing-zoe-cooper.md)

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**Author:** ![thadguidry](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.openrefine.org/thadguidry/32/653_2.png) [@thadguidry](https://forum.openrefine.org/u/thadguidry)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/announcing-zoe-cooper-as-openrefine-lead-designer/1106/2 "2023-12-08T12:54:02Z")

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Looking forward to working with them a bit!