Rob Schneider, sports design editor of The Dallas Morning News, has been named presentation director. Huzzah! More details TK.

Update: Here's the staff memo from AME Keith Campbell:

Everyone:

I’m pleased to announce that Rob Schneider has agreed to become our nextpresentation director. His extensive design skills and proven accomplishments as a design team leader, coupled with his immense energy and determination, will raise the quality of presentation across theentire paper.

Rob’s been with The News since 2003, when he joined the staff as the design editor for Sports. He’s coached and supervised designers, designed daily centerpieces, special sections and projects and helped plan and implement the design vision for the department. His results have been most impressive, including a truckload of Society of News Design awards.

While he also worked in sports at his previous paper, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, he’s experienced in news, business and features design. He worked as a Page One and Sunday designer at the Omaha World-Herald, and he has worked on various special news projects here in Dallas.

He’s won numerous design awards, including honors from the Society of News Design, Malofiej, APSE and Texas APME.

Rob was one of three very strong internal candidates for the job. After we posted the position in late April and conducted interviews, critiques and presentations, the selection committee was struck by how much leadership and presentation talent resides in news art and design. Our goal now is the same as Rob’s: To make the most of that talent.

Please join me in congratulating Rob on his promotion.

Keith