Heather Shimmin Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

• Process DMCA Notices and other copyright complaints from customers and contributors
• Protect and enforce the Shutterstock Brands from unauthorised resellers, intellectual property violators, and infringing TLDs
• Maintain Shutterstock's trademark docket of over 500 registered marks around the globe

Greater New York City Area

• Hired and trained remote team of image reviewers on Shutterstock’s quality and compliance standards
• Prepared and delivered quarterly webinars to team of remote reviewers covering intellectual property, trademark, and compliance issues
• Audited team of remote reviewers using Tableau, ensuring quality and consistency in review
• Wrote outward-facing articles for Shutterstock marketing blog and Contributor Support to educate contributors on Shutterstock's policies and standards
• Took initiative to overhaul the Known Image Restrictions List, the outward facing database of content restrictions and policies
• Answered contributor inquiries regarding review policies and rejections in a timely matter using Salesforce

Greater New York City Area

• Tour Guide for Untapped Cities giving walking tours of Grand Central Terminal, Central Park and the Subway

Brooklyn

• Photographed card series exclusively for Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA
• Mentioned in New York Times for work on Roof Explorer's Guide: 101 New York City Rooftops
• Clients include Los Angeles Times, Utah Regional Ballet, Utah Dept. of Tourism, PBS, Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, Global Green USA

Greater New York City Area

• Lead walking tours of Central Park, focusing on architecture and historic gardens
• Consistently receive 5-star ratings on Trip Advisor

Greater New York City Area

• Collaborated in the creation of "Successful Elements of Urban Public Space Design" course at New York University
• Created grading criteria for students’ assignments and final projects

Brooklyn, NY

• Calculated quantity of green roof materials needed & assisted in green roof installations
• Worked with structural engineers, architects, and roofers in assessing load bearing capacity and structure suitability for perspective clients

Orem, UT

• Managed off-site SEO team, created internet marketing strategies, PPC campaigns, and monitored conversion rate testing
• Scripted and recorded over 40 SEO training videos for remote contractors
• Created, designed, and maintained 3 company websites
• Responsible for the design of all print and web materials
• Set up all email auto-responders and shopping cart correspondence, saving over 25 man hours every month

American Fork, UT

• Designed template and compiled data for clients' weekly, monthly, and in-depth quarterly reports
• Created over 30 training videos for off-site and overseas team of SEO specialists
• Responsible for all graphic design-related projects including business cards, logo design, and print media for both clients and the company

Provo, Utah Area

• Coordinated off-site team in creation, planning, and execution of clients' design and marketing needs
• Responsible for interviewing, hiring, and training of national sales team
• Set up meetings with and presented SEO strategies to perspective clients
• Responsible for all graphic design work including business cards, logo design, and print media for both clients and the company

Orem, UT

• Planned photo shoots around various industry trends, increasing stock sales in one month by 20%
• Produced and directed photo shoots for all in-house photographers
• Took initiative to improve efficiency of image management software, cutting metadata entry time by 70%
• Brought in over 100 non-agency models, saving the company $5000 per month in agency fees
• Introduced Google Calendar to replace a physical calendar for studio and photographer scheduling, eliminating double bookings

Orem, UT

• Created model release form system to track hundreds of models used for UVU publications annually
• Produced High School Relations' recruiting campaign which went out to every high school in the nation
• Photographed award-winning poster series for UVU job fair
• Recruited over 150 models to work for trade as department had no budget for models
• Created the Deluxe Photo Archive, an online, searchable intranet database of thousands of images available to all departments on campus

Ma Historical And Sustainable Architecture, Adaptive Reuse And Urban Regeneration, 3.7

Related Coursework: Economics of Reuse & Regeneration, Landscape & Urban Development, Historic Interiors, Structures & Materials, History.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Photography, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Art Club, Ultimate Frisbee Club, Dean's List for 3 years, Phi Beta KappaGraduated Suma Cum Laude, finalist in.