EDUCATION
Savannah College of Art and Design • Bachelor of Fine Arts: Photography
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Mac and PC Systems / Microsoft Suite + NeoOffice / Adobe Photoshop - Bridge - Lightroom - Illustrator - InDesign / Adobe Acrobat Pro / Filemaker Pro / Dreamweaver / Demandware / Cheetahmail
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
September 2020 – Present
Senior Art Director
Walmart.com• Hoboken, NJ
June 2019 – September 2020
Art Director
Walmart.com• Hoboken, NJ
June 2017 – July 2019
Art Director
Jet.com • Hoboken, NJ
July 2014 – June 2017
Junior Art Director & Senior Digital Designer
Fresh, Inc. - LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics • New York, NY
Designs, produce, develops, and maintains various assets for the Fresh website, email campaigns, and other digital media.
April 2015 – June 2015
Freelance Graphic Designer
Manicube • New York, NY
September 2014 – April 2015
Freelance Graphic Designer
Fab.com • New York, NY
October 2012 – May 2014
Production & Graphic Designer
Fab.com • New York, NY
• Under the direction of the Creative Director and Art Director, the Graphic Designers create collateral for email, website, mobile, and social media campaigns that feature product from Fab’s retail verticals
• Work closely with Editorial, Photography and Marketing departments to cohesively and intelligently position product visually in line with best merchandising practices
• Also responsible for project managing, photo retouching, cropping, and uploading up to 500+ individual product images per week in Fab’s user-friendly CMS
• Scout and share design and marketing innovations from others in the industry and around the web
March 2012 – October 2012
Production Designer
Fab.com • New York, NY
• Worked closely with Buyers and Copywriters to gather all information needed to build daily events. Managing and producing 18-20 daily events per week
• Edited roughly 300 to 400 images weekly - color correcting, retouching, and preparing them for the web while ensuring that all images met Fab's evolving standards
• Designed engaging visuals for each event as well as merchandising for optimal customer shopping experience
• Ensured all product details, inventory, and copy provided by Buying and Editorial teams were properly built
• Proofed event details once completed alongside of the Quality Assurance team in order to ensure an honest and informative customer experience
• Tasked with building pop-up shops ranging from 10-300 products. Events included designers such as Kartell, The Andy Warhol Foundation, and iittala
• Assisted in training new hires
• Worked on various testing projects from building better work processes to front end experiences such as our DS365, faster delivery to our customers
December 2009 – March 2012
Freelance Photo Editor
Workman Publishing Company • New York, NY
Studio Photographer / Researcher/ Archivist
November 2009 – August 2011
Coordinator of Store Operations
International Center of Photography: Museum Store • New York, NY
• Schedule and supervise interns and store staff
• Coordinate and represent store at on and off-site events, i.e. book signing/lectures, award shows, etc.
• Attaining store goals and maintaining optimal visual merchandising in store and window display
• Personal Shopper to our top frequent purchasers
• Assist e-commerce site with sales, goals, updating products, and E-newsletters
• Assisting and/or coordinating store events
• Reaching out and marketing our new and bestselling items
• Research new and rare products and Photographers
May 2009 - November 2009
Assistant Photo Editor
Workman Publishing Company • New York, NY
• Photo research for various calendar/book projects
• Staff Photographer - photographing for projects that require tabletop photography
• Working with Editors & Designers in selecting suitable content for each individual projects needs
• Assisting the Director and Coordinator with on and off-site photo shoots - i.e. applying for permits,
model/property release, props etc.
(Duties also include the tasks listed in my previous position as the Photo Traffic Coordinator)
June 2008 – May 2009
Photo Traffic Coordinator
Workman Publishing Company • New York, NY
• Assistant to Director of Photography and providing support to the Photo Coordinator and Freelance Staff
• Responsible for maintaining proper records and archives that are transmitted between departments
• Logging all visuals submitted for various projects using Filemaker Pro. that will help to correctly log and credit photographers/agencies and to easily search and review what we've done over the years
• Managing accounts, billing, and schedules
August 2007 - May 2008
Photo Intern
Popular Science & Science Illustrated Magazine • Bonnier Corporation • New York, NY
July 2007 - June 2008
Sales Associate
International Center of Photography: Museum Store • New York, NY
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