Antonina (Nina) Smith Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Provides creative input and development on current and potential projects across diverse stakeholder groups to ensure alignment on strategy and delivery. Over 200+ projects annually. • Analyzes brand creative briefs, conducts discovery sessions, strategically identifies necessary resources, and develops comprehensive production proposals. • Plans logistics and scopes deliverables for complex projects with high ambiguity. • Specializes in building bespoke brand libraries often directing multiple teams creating content concurrently. • Oversees daily management of global creative production tasks, proactively addressing challenges. • Prioritizes multiple evolving creative projects and effectively allocate resources to meet deadlines.• Identifies and manages relationships with third-party vendors. • Cultivates and expands a global roster of talented creators, and crew, with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. • Leads production onsite, closely collaborating with creative teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment on approaches and desired outcomes. • Advise on intellectual property and copyright restrictions, securing permits and releases for talent and locations. • Evaluates new technologies and tools to assess impact and opportunities for improving workflows.• Conducts project debriefs and implements workflow improvements to enhance efficiency.

New York, Ny

• Collaborated with the Executive Producer to create branded content for events and storytelling worldwide.• Reviewed client creative briefs, strategically identified necessary resources, and developed comprehensive production proposals.• Coordinated end-to-end production including project management, budget management, content creation, and asset management.• Facilitated bid budgets and schedules, assembled crews, arranged travel, created shot lists/call sheets.• Implemented contracts, negotiated rates, briefed contributors.• Managed client communication.• Established scalable assignment solutions, maintaining consistent quality for brand standards across projects globally.• Provided onsite creative production support to ensure quality.• Supervised post-production workflow, coordinating priorities with key stakeholders.• Delegated tasks to team members

New York, Ny

Independent business delivering project management, photo editing, art buying, image research and permissions acquisition.• Provides on-site photo editing and creative direction during live events, curates and publishes web galleries for social media.• Manages image research and permissions across multiple titles for publishing companies, disciplines included history, art history, literature, government, business, science. reading and health.• Brainstorms with authors and editors to visualize concepts and source stock and unique content with a consideration for budgets. • Secures hard to find content via social media and non-traditional resources. Identifies any clearance restrictions. • Maintains an ongoing awareness of media industry trends and developments involving rights and permissions issues.• Adheres to the highest standards for permission clearance, providing outreach and education to stakeholders on copyright implications. • Clients include, US Open (USTA), Hewlett Packard, McGraw-Hill, Cengage Learning, Pearson Education, Harcourt and PreMediaGlobal.

Edited high-volume submissions from in-house creative production team, media partners and contributors for stock photo agency. Topics include; lifestyle, business, medical, travel, science and sports.• Evaluated archive to maintain visual relevancy and brand standards.• Communicated image feedback to contributors, approve final high-resolution files and maintained digital asset management system.• Designed galleries to present outstanding imagery from collection for internal meetings and displays.

New York, Ny

Managed photography services for the design division of a book publishing company.• Collaborated with Editorial and Design teams to storyboard visual concepts based on initial manuscript.• Sourced image research from stock agencies, institutions, and independent vendors.• Secured rights and clearances and formatted credit information.• Evaluated high-resolution files and color proofs, supervised retouching and manipulations.• Tracked budgets and production status, trafficked final images to production.

New York, Ny

Provided support to photography department for educational publisher’s Reading and Science programs.• Coordinated photo assignments, managed stylists, studio rentals, prop approval and delivery. Provided on set art direction to photographers and designers.• Participated in concept meetings, initiated image research and collaborated with Design, Editorial and Marketing teams to finalize layouts.• Negotiated rights and clearances, developed close relationships with stock agencies and artists.• Ran a high-volume DAM system, updated production status, tracked budgets captured credit information and processed invoices.

Greater Boston Area

Responsible for all planning for a prestigious architectural photography studio based in Boston.• Oversaw production of books, magazines articles, advertising campaigns, museums and gallery exhibitions.• Managed circulation and copyright permissions for a 30,000-image archive.• Maintained all written and verbal correspondence with clients including architects, curators, publicists, art directors and filmmakers.• Supported principal photographer during location and studio assignments.• Operated as second photographer, lighting and set designer.

Greater Boston Area

Monitored overall operation for an educational photography program. Facilities contain computer lab, black-andwhiteand color gang darkroom, full photographic studio, and advanced alternative process lab.• Duties included training, scheduling and supervision of student technicians; maintenance, repair, andinventory of equipment.