Derek Drew Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, United Kingdom

A conscientious and professional Picture Librarian / Picture researcher with 30 years experience of working in UK national newspapers. I have extensive knowledge of Digital Asset Management Systems (elib, PMS, CHP etc). I have an excellent insight into photographic agencies covering all aspects of publishing; news, politics, sport, royalty, celebrity, travel etc…A highly organised and efficient individual, whose thorough and precise approach to projects has yielded excellent results. Recent achievements include assisting in the development and of a bespoke Digital Asset Management System (CHP) which will replace both PMS and elib as the one stop database for all pictures, text and pdf’s (including all published content from Associated Newspapers titles).Recent restructuring at the Daily Mail has led me to seek pastures new.Key skills: • Over 30 years experience working with photographs of all formats.• Calm under pressure. All my years of experience come from working in extremely pressurised National Newspaper environments.• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.• Proficiency with Photoshop and in areas of Microsoft Office, including Excel and Word.• Expert in the application of Metadata to digital photographs.• Ability to manage large archiving projects, prioritise workloads and implement high standards of captioning and metadata input.• Excellent photo research capabilities in all subjects, news, politics, royalty, celebrity, sport and travel.