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Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

• Assist in the build-out and operations of photo studio• Lead the integration and testing of the digital asset management system• Demonstrate leadership around digital industry trends and technologies and apply best practices that enhance the overall workflow• Develop and lead workflow protocols and procedures that drive continuous optimization• Own the design of the retouching process. Source retouchers and build out a team to support in-house retouching where needed• Establish short- and long-term strategies to manage the resource allocation of retouched assets• Maintain the equipment and infrastructure needed to operate the studio• Function as the primary liaison between studio, agency and client to ensure asset delivery commitments are met and that creative initiatives meet client expectations• Manage the studio’s financial budget

New York, Ny

• Responsible for all visual content growth and aesthetic for Jetsetter, a TripAdvisor company with more than 20 million members.• Assist in the integration and testing of the digital asset management system. • Produce multi-platform content experiences, including projects leveraging Jetsetter's 6 million social media followers. • Establish short- and long-term strategies to manage the resource allocation of image assets. • Lead content integration and metadata processes to meet content requirements, achieve production goals and meet time-sensitive content management objectives.• Identify and develop relationships with influencers and brands across the travel space for partnerships.• Imagine and execute story concepts to support key initiatives and user experience, driving inspiration and member engagement.• Develop procedures and processes that drive continuous optimization. • Mange photo department operational budget, with profitability in mind.• Liase with marketing, PR and social media departments to optimize content exposure and streamline brand messaging.

New York, Ny

• Manage the daily operations of photo department in a high-volume, fast-paced environment, including freelancers and interns• Work proactively with a multi-location team to streamline process to save time and eliminate bottlenecks• Monitor quality and timeliness of all brand campaigns and partnerships to ensure asset delivery commitments are met and that creative initiatives meet client expectations. • Work closely with editorial, email and CRM teams to determine content to drive engagement and click through rates.• Provide high quality digital assets to the TripAdvisor Marketing team, while managing licensing and syndication usage. • Work with developers and product managers to create more efficient workflows and cut costs.

New York, Ny

• Manage all retail, JS Journeys and homes portions of site, curating galleries to represent Jetsetter brand.• Meet and in most cases exceed deadlines without jeopardizing quality, or aesthetic.• Complete the daily production requirements efficiently, diligently, prioritizing all with extreme attention to detail.• Team focused, working toward the ultimate success of Jetsetter, with specific attention to visual components. • Demonstrate clear, effective communication in individual and group settings.• Act as art director on set for cross platform collaboration and sale with Gilt man and Gilt woman.• Oversee all shoot details for collaborations from preproduction to postproduction to ensure concept execution. • Manage JS team Instagram account and team travel photo archive.• Contribute to editorial content, brainstorming sessions and content marketing goals. • Photograph properties and content for editorial features as needed.

Greater New York City Area

• Work with curators, editors and producers to edit photographs and determine best photographic online content.• Retoucher for advertising campaigns and editorial spreads. • Digital tech for advertising campaigns and editorial spreads.• Assist photographers for advertising campaigns and editorial spreads.

Greater New York City Area

• Manage and organize entire digital archive. • Maintain the workflow that insures completing the daily production requirements.• Digital tech for advertising campaigns and editorial spreads.• Assist for advertising campaigns and editorial spreads. • Maintain all studio equipment, vendor accounts and supplies in studio and on location. • Represent the studio and liaise with photo agency, image licensing agency and clients. • Create estimates, invoices, pay bills, track expenses, and manage budget constraints. • Oversee all shoot details from preproduction to postproduction to the processing of all fees/expenses paid. • Continually assess studio to improve performance and set standards, contributing to ultimate goal of excellence. • Schedule and manage all freelance employees. • Print and maintain current portfolio organization and integrity.

Greater New York City Area

• Act as a liaison between clients and appropriate internal key team members to provide production direction. • Apply broad knowledge of prepress workflows, digital asset management, problem solving, designing and implementing workflow procedures and quality control to handle assigned accounts, including complex, high volume or high profile customer accounts, with minimal supervision. • Provide administrative support in time-intensive environment. • Identify and facilitate opportunities for continuous improvement in the product, process and service. • Maintain contact with customers and production to advise them of order progress, scheduling concerns and requests for additional information or materials when required. • Experience in client service, account management and project management roles with strong commitment to client satisfaction. • Clients include Victoriaʼs Secret, Showtime, NBC Universal, Playboy, Turner Broadcasting Inc.

Greater New York City Area

• Expand imaging department by introducing and integrating new technologies. • Manage technical services accounts to ensure service quality. • Train technicians, physicians, residents and medical students on diagnostic software, products, and technical issues. • Play key role in facilitating regional research symposium. • Facilitate employee meetings, opening lines of communication and promoting acceptance of goals to improve customer relations. • Act as liaison between technicians, physicians, management and administration.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa), Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Fine Art Photography, Biomedical Photography

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa) And Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Photography