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Freeport, Maine

Head motion and still photography production efforts across all channels including broadcast, web, catalog, instore, digital and social. Create and manage annual and project video and photography budgets and schedules. Hire, coach and supervise staff of inhouse producers while overseeing on set freelance teams. Partner with creative/art directors regarding.

Martha's Vineyard

Lennox & Harvey is a modern day general goods outpost offering and eclectic collection of items for the home, beach and body. The goods are purposefully sourced based on our design sensibility and love of travel. The idea is that guests can go on a journey through products originating from Bali to Brooklyn, France to Philly, Denmark to Detroit and beyond..

New York City

Oversee all bookings operations for premier fashion photography studio with locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Negotiate deal agreements with editors, photographers, directors, agents, location scouts, producers and art buyers. Develop, maintain and nurture those relationships in effort to increase studio bookings and company profile. Increased studio.

New York City

Managed all production logistics and shoot schedules for e-commerce editorial, product, still life and video shoots. Ensured that asset imagery was photographed to standards, while meeting seasonal deadlines and creative. Partnered with marketing, factory and PR departments on talent castings for presentations, look books and in-store. Sourced and booked.

New York City

Sourced model, photography, video, styling, beauty and set talent for advertising, catalog and e-commerce shoots. Directed castings for in-house brands including mainline, Red Fleece and Thom Browne designed, Black Fleece. Created production schedules to ensure that web product inventory dates, print marketing and PR deadlines were met. Negotiated rates.

New York City

Served as RR Donnelley in-house exclusive e-commerce photo producer & casting director for client, Ralph Lauren. Produced fashion, video and still life shoots for all brands including Collection, Purple Label, Rugby, RLX and Double RL. Recruited, booked and managed all creative talent for specific shoot needs, including videographers, photographers, art.

New York City

As CEO, directed all operations for music-inspired global t-shirt apparel brand, Red Coles. Conceptualized t-shirt collections and rendered all artwork illustrations for brand and custom design clients. Retail accounts included Ron Herman, Fred Segal, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Lane Crawford and Beams. Custom design clients included MTV, Essence Magazine.

New York City

Managed all photo studio booking and prop rental operations for company’s New York office, including deal negotiations, production, facility maintenance, shoot scheduling, staffing and budgeting. Developed and maintained relationships with clients from film, television, recording and publishing industries, resulting in monthly revenue increases up to fifty.

New York City

PolyGram Music Publishing / Midnight Songs – New York, NYAs Interim Creative Director, managed roster artists including D’Angelo and Angie Stone regarding collaborations, song placements and artistic direction.Universal Music Group / GRP / Impulse! Records – New York, NYAs Director of A&R, headed all creative aspects of urban music department for newly.

New York City

As Director of A&R, discovered, developed and signed various artists, including multiplatinum Grammy winner, Maxwell. Spearheaded talent acquisitions, negotiated deals, guided art direction and oversaw a creative roster of twenty-five, including Sade, The Fugees and Groove Theory.

New York City

Behind the Velvet Ropes was a cable television program that aired in New York, Los Angeles and London. It profiled the best of “downtown life” in the late 80s and early 90s. As Music & Entertainment Editor, conducted on camera interviews of various established and up & coming talent including Naomi Campbell, Grace Jones, Keith Haring and Francesco Scavullo.