Christian Barker Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, Ca

1225 Laurel St.

❮ H I G H L I G H T S ❯✪ Creative direction and design of new facility (over $5 million project)✪ Helped raise over $10 million in funding for OEE projects✪ Coached multi-disciplinary startup teams on design✪ Co-founded the co-working space “CoLAB”❮ R E S P O N S I B I L I T I E S ❯• Directed all creative aspects of the incubator’s public perception and projects• Consulted our members on branding, design, business models, and strategy• Brought university research to market• Media production and design

❮ H I G H L I G H T S ❯✪ Photographed city-wide events with over 800 attendees✪ Wrote “Club-Life” the 2nd most read weekly column✪ Reviewed over 60 nightlife industry businesses❮ R E S P O N S I B I L I T I E S ❯• Interviewed patrons about their thoughts on various nightlife businesses• Photographed businesses and the publication’s largest annual events

❮ H I G H L I G H T S ❯✪ Contributed to site growth (averaging over 80,000 unique hits/day)✪ Created and managed client accounts totaling over $10,000✪ Hired, trained, and managed over 25 photographers✪ Developed an email list of over 8,000 subscribers❮ R E S P O N S I B I L I T I E S ❯• Scheduling shoots; establishing and enforcing deadlines• Consulted clients on business and marketing strategy• Provided weekly photography coverage• Managed social media accounts• Wrote weekly email blasts

1332 Main St. Columbia, Sc 29201

❮ H I G H L I G H T S ❯✪ Managed brand assets and over $10,000 of advertising spending✪ Launched in-store barbershop (over 30% increase to revenue)✪ Selected the highest grossing brands/products at Circa 1332✪ Increased social media following by over 90%✪ More than doubled NPS to +22❮ R E S P O N S I B I L I T I E S ❯• Managed the Circa 1332 brand and all customer touch-points• Collaborated with luxury brands on events and products• Directed and photographed our seasonal look-books• Redesigned stores’ visual merchandising weekly• Graphic, expo display, and fashion design• Wardrobe/style consulting

1333 Main St. Columbia, Sc 29201

❮ H I G H L I G H T S ❯✪ Managed brand assets and over $10,000 of advertising spending✪ Launched in-store barbershop (over 30% increase to revenue)✪ Selected the highest grossing brands/products at Circa 1332✪ Increased social media following by over 90%✪ More than doubled NPS to +22❮ R E S P O N S I B I L I T I E S ❯• Managed the Circa 1332 brand and all customer touch-points• Collaborated with luxury brands on events and products• Directed and photographed our seasonal look-books• Redesigned stores’ visual merchandising weekly• Graphic, expo display, and fashion design• Wardrobe/style consulting

Columbia, Sc

Freelance photographer for features in Jasper, Columbia's art and culture magazine.

At Solstice my main responsibilities involve sales. After my first year I have maintained the highest personal sales per hour figures for my store and I currently have the highest sales figures for 2013 in the state.I am responsible for visual marketing for our luxury brand sunglasses. (e.g. Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Marc Jacobs, Prada, etc.)I have helped with PR for Solstice by organizing and participating in a TV news segment featuring sunglasses for the summer as well as organizing and presenting the 2013 news segment on WACH FOX.