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| Digital Photographer, Retouch Artist (oakland west) |
| Antiques & Collectables : Old Photos, Postcards & Paper |
| 03/15/06 |
Digital photographer, Photo Re-touch Artist
Dependable photographer, photo retouch and production artist for hire, experienced with commercial assignments both studio and on location.
-4+ years professional photography experience working with individual clients, newspapers and magazines, the last two years being in a full time studio.
-Experienced with pro-level lighting set ups and familiar with most common lighting systems.
-Superb etiquette around clients and models. Efficient work ethic.
-Experienced with both professional Digital and film cameras.
-6 years production artist, photo retouching experience, including web production and print production.
-Expert with Photoshop and RAW images using Bridge.
-Able to work from home office/studio, uploading and downloading with FTP.
See a slideshow portfolio of photography and production art/ design work here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillianisaphotographer/sets/1468494/show/
See a slideshow of purely photo portfolio here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillianisaphotographer/sets/72057594060309146/show/
And visit Jillian's photo blog for what she is working on now:
http://www.becausewecan.org/blog/2
RESUME: (references upon request)
Jillian Northrup-- Photographer, Production Artist
cell: 415-260-4569
Summary:
4+ years professional photography experience working with individual clients, newspapers and magazines, the last two years being in a fulltime in-house studio. 6 years production artist experience, including web production, print production, graphic design, and all aspects of photo correction for print and web.
Producer:
Lead for all aspects of both studio and environmental photo shoots. Leadership responsibility for brainstorming initial concepts of shoot with the art directors and for finding talent, initial test shoots and interviews.
Procured all appropriate models, stylists, props and other resources for photo shoots; tracked, negotiated, and managed talent rights and photo usage rights.
Tracked all projects requiring Marketing Communications department services that will need photo images, fulfilling the image requests, and preparing them for the intended use (print or web).
Manager:
Managed interns both for the photography studio and for production work.
Managed the cleanliness and the build out of an in-house photography studio for cafepress.com
Team Player:
Provided internal consulting services including photography, design, and production art specifically to the marketing department and other company departments as needed. Managed requirements gathering for all photo shoots partnering directly with the marketing group driving the initial concepts of the art direction.
Key contributor to integrated design team setting the conceptual and stylistic direction for layouts, images, and creative deliverables of all kinds for the corporate web site and for all other company communications.
Researched and procured all stock and original photography for design team; negotiated cost and license rights, reviewing contracts with the Legal team.
Initiated and maintained open dialog with the UI team and the Merchandising team to ensure proper communication on all project specifications for product representation and customer satisfaction.
Photographer:
Produced photography for use across a wide range of mediums including html/web, print, and large-scale uses for event signage and CafePress.com facilities.
Recommend photographic techniques and approaches to help communicate the intended message and to create the desired effect, planning photo sessions, and advising on other professional and artistic subjects related to uses and applications of photography and images within integrated marketing communications.
Created story boards and plans for large concept photo shoots to be used for sections of the web site, promotional campaigns and communications, and for corporate clients.
Fulfilled all PR and product shot requests by photographing products in the company style and brand.
Software:
6 years Photoshop and Illustrator experience.
Working with files between Photoshop, ImageReady, illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Flash and Dreamweaver.
After processing of RAW images- with Camera RAW, Photoshop Bridge.
Color correction, cropping, masking, and paths of images.
Creating contact sheets for quick over view of images on paper.
Extensive use of Batch processing and Actions.
Creating images and designs for both Print and Web.
Creating interactive PDFs in Acrobat.
Technical:
Versed in platforms Mac OS and Windows as well as cross platform compatibility.
Implemented content management system using CS file browser and CS2 Bridge. Being that the staff already had Photoshop CS, they were able to search, flag and keyword images making the ever-growing image library very easy to navigate, without purchasing additional software.
Maintain server file back-ups of all photography; archive digital images and manage image library and official usage guidelines.
Work Experience:
Cafepress.com
Photographer 3-04 to 1-06
Responsible for all CafePress.com photo requirements, including all product photography, marketing
photography, fulfillment photography and PR photography.
After processing of all images for print and web.
Support to the marketing team.
Freelance Production Artist, Photographer
3-02 to present
Experienced working directly with the client to create layout design, graphics and concept for promotional materials.
High Resolution Photo touch-up work for large-scale prints.
Redesigning of computer filing systems.
Installing new software and hardware onto computer systems.
All aspects of Digital Photography: finding the jobs, setting up shoots, photography and production art.
Red Herring
Junior Designer 7-03 to 3-04
Partnered directly with senior designer creating charts, icons and layouts for redherring.com.
Created charts daily in illustrator and Photoshop from editor’s excel files.
Created Red Herring letter head, envelopes and business cards, and managed entire printing process.
Created templates and spec sheets for the Red Herring production team.
Organized and resized images in Photoshop from CDs of Red Herring archives creating a new archive site of the old Red Herring site.
Creative Arts Book Company
Junior Designer 10-02 to 6-03
Worked directly with editors to create quarterly catalog layout designs using Quark and photoshop.
Created Book covers for print in Quark.
Managed printing process to ensure proper completion of promotional materials.
Created Postcards, bookmarks and flyers for author’s publicity.
Dealt directly with authors to ensure their satisfaction with the designs.
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