Newspaper photojournalist for 19 city and community weekly newspapers and magazines covering nearly every part of the Phoenix metro area. Responsible for producing visual content for websites, weekly print editions and monthly magazines and advertisements. Aided reporters in interviewing subjects and adding copy for stories. Coordinated with editors and reporters to manage and delegate the photography assignment schedule and pitched story ideas for feature stories, photo essays, and sports coverage. Duties included shooting and same-day filing up to eight assignments daily and 31 assignments weekly covering general news, local- oriented features, photo essays, on-deadline sports action and features, concerts, business stories, food, natural and lit portraits and product/advertising photos and building online photo galleries.

Sales lead, retail sales specialist, instructor and customer service specialist responsible for leading small and large teams of employees and responsible for daily operations of departments. Trained and mentored new and existing employees and helped create new best practices and communications tools. Worked with REI Outdoor School (OPO) teaching Travel Photography, Night/Long Exposure Photography and several GoPro related classes and served as Subject Matter Expert leading development of new photography class curriculum implemented nationwide. Responsible for created engaging photography instruction presentations for classes, including broad subject introductions and basic through advanced technical knowledge. Expanded and updated the Travel Photography course curriculum to focus on storytelling. Created Night/Long Exposure Photography class curriculum from scratch with aim of nationwide implementation. Created GoPro filming and editing curriculum from scratch and developed new marketing strategies to advertise to customers. Worked with the local OPO market coordinator to shoot photos of local classes for use in printed and online OPO advertising. Served as store administrator responsible for organizing and managing back-of-house and office duties for the store, including daily sales auditing, payroll, vendor ordering and invoicing and supply management and HR duties. Highly in-demand team member able to move easily between multiple areas within the same shift. Responsible for breaking down technical or design nuances between various products to explain what best fit customer’s immediate and future needs. Combined product knowledge and customer interaction skills to determine customer’s needs and provide easy-to-understand reasoning used to help them select the right product. Coordinated off-hours employee events including camping trips and host/organizer for cycling group rides, including monthly Full Moon mountain trail rides.

In-house photographer and videographer for globally-distributed photography accessories company. Developed new visual creative strategies and styles for products, advertising and lifestyle images used in catalogs, advertising materials, marketing materials for internal use and distribution to dealer partners and distributors. Implemented new visual look and production standards for marketing and advertising videos and product education videos for consumers and dealers. Guided development, design, construction and implementation of a web-based digital asset management system to create a keyword searchable internal archive and external distribution source for images, graphics, videos and printed materials.Spearheaded project to sort, consolidate and organize a photo archive of more than 10,000 existing images, graphics and video from various sources. Created naming structures and guidelines for adding searchable metadata for transition to new DAM and created updated archiving standards for others to maintain the system in the future. Responsible for planning and executing studio and location photo shoots working with members of the creative and marketing teams. Led project to create new studio lighting and set standards for product images and video production, and renovating existing studio spaces for live video sound capture. Served as technical subject matter expert on issues regarding photography, camera equipment and lighting for stories and blog posts on company websites, blogs and social media as well as writing and shooting images for blog posts.

Daily newspaper photojournalist in one of the largest and fastest-growing metropolitan regions in the US. Responsible for producing photo and video content for web, daily print products and special publications. Served as Photo Editor for special publications and projects. Photographed assignments ranging from breaking news, general news, features projects, photo stories, enterprise stories, on-deadline sports action and features, concerts, food, natural and lit portraits and advertisements. Aided reporters in interviewing subjects and adding copy for stories. Coordinated with editors and reporters to manage and assign photo assignments and pitched story ideas for feature story photos and special publications. Responsible for researching, hiring and coordinating freelance photographers for the newspaper, as well as assigning projects, and editing of freelance images. Planned and shot videos of general news, feature projects and time lapses. Served as editor for video shot by other staff and reporters for use on the web, including creating multimedia projects involving combining video, still photos and sound recordings. Responsible for creating, curating and managing content for social media platforms including live updates of news stories and uploading visual content while on location during assignments with the goal to serve readers, and grow our social media audience. Mentored and served as editor for newsroom photography interns, assigning projects and daily assignments. Guided interns with regular check-ins and feedback and worked alongside them to develop their photography and storytelling skills and news judgment.

Photo editor and primary photographer for monthly nightlife and entertainment magazine published by the Denton Record-Chronicle. Worked with a team to create unique cover photos and visual packages of musicians, artists and others in the local arts scene. Shot on-location and studio feature photos and portraits, still-life and product images, as well as live music and art events including large music festivals. Managed and assigned freelancers and edited their images for print and web products.

Worked as a freelance photojournalist while attending college, working on assignment for the Denton Record-Chronicle and the Dallas Morning News. Also worked for non-editorial clients including Division 1 university athletic departments and magazines. Assignments have included breaking news, features, portraiture, sporting event coverage and sports features.

Worked as assistant to primary team photographer and also as secondary photographer. Duties included coordinating photo coverage for games and PR events, photographing FC Dallas MLS soccer games and advertising and marketing material for team marketing department. Responsible for shooting, editing and transmitting images from games on extremely tight deadlines to Getty Images in partnership with Major League Soccer for world-wide distribution, and providing photos for the sports information department and marketing staff.

Photographer in Fall 2004 and Fall 2005, Photo editor in Spring 2005.