William Schurmann Email & Phone Number

Long Beach, Ca, Us

Carson, Ca

• Spearhead high-volume photo production of 3,000+ product and marketing images per year at $500M premier retailer and ecommerce provider of innovative educational materials • Oversee retouching, color correction, compositing, and digital asset management, ensuring consistency of images for distribution across print, digital, social, web, email, and more • Establish best practices and lead cross-functional teams and freelancers in achieving style specifications, originality, and brand consistency, ensuring alignment with overall creative vision • Manage efficient workflows, expertly prioritizing projects to achieve simultaneous deadlines on time• Art-direct all photo shoots, clearly communicating brand goals to Product Developers, Designers, Traffic Managers, Photographers, and Model Coordinators to capture clean product photography • Efficiently manage, maintain, and organize stock photo purchases companywide for all divisions • Cultivate a positive, supportive, and collaborative team environment that embraces corporate values and is dedicated to solving problems, sharing knowledge, and staying abreast of the latest trends and technology to amplify brand relevance within a rapidly changing marketplace

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Leverage broad photo editing expertise to provide comprehensive retouching, color correction, and compositing services to clients across industries including tech, high fashion, entertainment, sports, jewelry, beauty, retail, and ecommerce, among others • Foster strong, trusted client relationships with Mattel, Razor, IKEA, Northrop Grumman, Westlake Magazine, Michael S. Smith Design, UMP Global, Double V Jeweler, and more, retaining long-term business and becoming a go-to resource for resolving complex photo retouching challenges • Proactively anticipate client needs and deliver top-quality work within extremely fast turnarounds

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Orchestrated all photo manipulation for Basic Media Group publishing company, perfecting images for nationally distributed magazines including Muscle & Fitness, Great Health, Wellbella, and Real Fighter• Collaborated with Art Directors, offering advice and technical insight for improving final magazine photos, and frequently serving as strategic consultant for other corporate offices

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Generated outstanding digitally manipulated images, allowing Barbie dolls to appear photorealistic for nationally distributed advertising style guide• Developed meaningful business relationships that launched successful and sustainable freelance photo retouching career