Billie Winter Email & Phone Number

New York, NY

• Curates commemorative issues that embody an artists’ history with the magazine. Upholds Rolling Stone as the seminal pop culture publication by seeking out the most engaging photographs in music history.
• Shapes the visual identity of commemorative issues featuring one iconic figure or band. Examples include The Beatles, Barack Obama, David Bowie and Prince.
• Collaborates with industry-leading creative directors to guide the issue, ensuring that the photos are properly represented and licensed under a strict budget.
• Curates collectors’ issues with iconic, rare and often never-before-seen photos of legendary bands that deeply connects with fan bases and has resulted in the brand’s most reliably successful product.

Greater New York City Area

• Commissioned highly skilled photographers to illuminate storylines and become an active contributor to its storytelling.
• Worked with the marketing team on sponsored events: Focusing on scouting and hiring photographers that best represent the Rolling Stone brand and encompass the spirit of the co-sponsors of each event.
• Acted as a facilitator between the photo and video departments judiciously, managing resources to improve and foster communication and collaboration.

• Pre-visualizes, shoots, and edits: Has worked on productions ranging from Comedy Central shows, Melissa & Doug commercial spots, promotional documentaries for NewLab and Converse and independent film features
• Collaborates closely with clients to help determine not only the content of the video, but what type of video will best meet their KPIs- i.e. sizzle reel for social media, full length ad, short documentary, etc.

• Key driver in rebranding of Spinner.com: focusing on developing fresher look and feel for imagery on the site and implementing a clear and focused photo style guide to easily onboard and foster new, rising talent.
• Collaborated with the User Interface team to innovate and integrate new technology into our storytelling.
• Identified the need for an AOL Music social media presence. Researched and implemented a standard for all editors on the site.

• Researched, edited and produced features and sections of the magazine.
• Managed all photo credits for the magazine.