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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Manages the planning and execution of photography team assignments for lifestyle, product, event, social and brand campaigns for both internal and external clients. From pre-production planning, to the day of the photoshoot, through post-production processing, retouching, and final delivery.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Utilizes creative and technical photography knowledge to compose high-quality photographs for marketing collateral such as advertising campaigns, social media initiatives, and digital marketing campaigns.Collaborates on interdependent teams with art directors, producers, cinematographers, and other peers to build and maintain the visual identity of the Impact brand and to support various marketing initiatives and client campaigns while balancing artistry, communication, and partnership.Continual awareness of industry design trends as it relates to all products and collateral; in conjunction with client needs.

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Oversees all aspects of photo and video shoots for products, lifestyle, portraits, architecture, music, and brand campaigns.Utilizes specialized artistic and technical skills requiring extensive knowledge of photographic equipmentcapabilities and techniques to capture and create compelling, purpose driven imagery.Collaborates with production team on set to ensure shoot goes smoothly - guiding & explaining activities on set, answering questions, troubleshooting when needed, reviewing and ensuring shoot meets client brief.Ensures consistency throughout the filing structure of a 20TB+ digital storage archive.

Three Rivers, Michigan, United States

Oversaw all food service operations including menu development, ordering and inventory of food and supplies, maintenance of kitchen equipment, and other activities to create healthy and versatile meals which resulted in a CSI rating (Camper Satisfaction Insights) in the 90th percentile, 27% higher than the national average.Trained and supervised a staff of 9 employees in large scale food preparation and industrial kitchen cleaning and sanitation in compliance with national food safety standards.Implemented individualized meal plans to meet the nutrition needs of campers and staff with special dietary restrictions including gluten intolerance, lactose intolerance, SIBO, and more.

Ypsilanti

Ran the daily output operations of a large format digital printing center including customer interaction, file formatting, loading of paper and other printer maintenance, packaging and organizing of completed print projects and ensuring a clean and orderly environment for the printing center.

Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States

Built positive brand image by capturing images of students, campus events and other university promotions for their use in both print and online marketing and advertising. Partnered with executive assistant to give one-on-one feedback to in-house content team members, focusing on strengths and opportunities for growth in order to grow the working skills of the team.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Ypsilanti, Mi

Covered events and edited images for news and arts sections of the Eastern Echo newspaper. Winner of Best Photo Gallery at the Echo Awards 2017.

Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Led four bi-annual onboarding trainings for college-aged volunteer educators. Equipped volunteers with the tools to create relevant youth educational programming and familiarized them with conduct and working expectations for Camp Tavor volunteers. Facilitated virtual lessons for high school students and led staff planning calls utilizing advanced audio and video features of Zoom conference call software and Google Workspace.Increased audience awareness of Camp Tavor’s year-round activities by creating regional Instagram and Facebook accounts for the brand. Developed the Camp Tavor community in Ann Arbor through an email newsletter for parents and social media accounts for youth participants – both methods utilized photography from events.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Coral Gables, Florida, United States

Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States