Shana Darnell Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Waltham, Massachusetts, Us

Creative Account Director within Cisco responsible for CGI, photography, video, estimating and managing budgets, brand execution, creative concepting, relationship building and vendor management. Partnering with Illustrators and Designers to leverage Brand concepts amongst key stakeholders. Manage photo licensing and photography contracts for large advertising and marketing campaigns.

High Point, Nc, Us

Creative Account Director supporting the Creative Services team at The Home Depot. Provide creative direction to studio and creative team at Alderman in North Carolina and partner and support Home Depot creatives; producers, stylists, creative directors, project managers. Partner closely with Home Depot digital asset management team and Workfront team to insure smooth delivery and archiving of assets and align project management.

Atlanta, Us

Manage editorial content with a team of creatives for all of CNN's digital platforms, including digital products and social networks. Support digital marketing initiatives for global clients, specifically CNN style, travel and CNN originals with long lead projects often with an advertising and marketing strategy.

New York, Ny, Us

Account Director/Associate Creative Director providing content creation and production support globally to the Ad Sales, Marketing, Communications, Social and Digital divisions of CNN and HLN. Production and management of photo and video shoots with internal agency, Turner Brand Experience/Creative Services. Managed project teams through four Presidential political cycles and for location production. Additionally, I partnered with the digital and social teams during political events to capture, produce and post content for CNN.com and CNN social pages.Projects include Political debates, Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, Somebody's Gotta Do It with Mike Rowe, This is Life with Lisa Ling, CNN digital expansion portrait project, CNN Heroes, Coverage of the 2016, 2012, 2008 and 2004 U.S. Presidential Race.In 2011, I helped to launch the CNN Photos blog (http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/), as well as curation for numerous artwork installations across company properties. http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/17/farewell-to-an-iconic-fashion-photographer/http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2010/07/26/roadside-eats-ball-ground-georgia/In 2013, I helped creative direct and produce the creation of over 40,000 assets for a new health brand at Turner called, “Upwave.” We essentially created a library of assets to be used to promote health initiatives. This involved hiring models and creating lifestyle situations. Additionally, we created still imagery of food as well as a wide range of health products and medicine.http://www.timewarner.com/blog/posts/20130826-live-life-on-the-up-with-upwavePartnered with CNN Creative Marketing for the photography selection and production of the CNN Brand Campaign http://www.cnn.com/gothere/ as well as for the 2015 Upfront.

New York, Ny, Us

Content manager responsible for selection and purchasing all licensed imagery for Allure Magazine;Maintained relationships with vendors and negotiated licensing rates; Assigned photographers for various projects.Partnered with graphic designers, writers, marketing and advertising teams. Managed a team of freelance editors and external vendors.Managed all photo-related invoices, budgets and expenses.

Supervised the content desk of a news agency. Provided direction and support to photojournalists and external media clients. Managed coverage of the events of September the 11th, 2001. Partnered with our French affiliates in Paris, France to maintain the company website. Used French language skills to facilitate operations.Managed the editing, scanning and delivery of the photographic archives of French high-wire artist, Phillippe Petit for his book, To Reach the Clouds" and subsequent 2008 Oscar winning documentary, "Man on a Wire." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1155592/

Seattle, Washington, Us

Retoucher for the Corbis Outline celebrity collection.Retouched thousands of historical images from the Bettmann collection in preparation for a state of the art underground cold storage facility in Pennsylvania.http://www.corbis.com/BettMann100/Archive/Preservation.asp

Worked as a freelance fashion photographer and photo assistant in Paris, France. Photographer for various modeling agencies. Created a photography team consisting of a hair stylist, makeup artist and fashion designer/stylist.During my time in Paris, I participated in a group show entitled, "Vous ne nous connaissez pas mais vous n'aurez!" I also competed in the "Prix de la Jeune Photographie de Mode" in 1999.http://www.picto.fr/prix-de-la-jeune-photographie-de-mode/

Bfa, Photography

Commercial And Advertising Art