FREELANCE

Freelance & Contract

Over the past 10 years, I have actively cultivated my career in photography. The experience
I've built has honed my professional skillsets across multiple platforms. These key platforms
include Studio Management, Product Photography, Studio Lighting, Merchandising, and
Photo Retouching. I've created product stories and look books spanning a wide range of
styles and branding, at a high rate of volume. Photography is the outlet that drives me forward
and motivates me to create new unique visions that are genuine, authentic, and memorable.

DAKINE SNOW
•   Art Directed, Photographed, Post-production, and styled Holiday-2020 & 2021, Delivered
product image assets that were used across the company for web, social, and look book.
GRIZZLY GRIP TAPE
•   Art Directed, Photographed, Post-production, and styled Fall-2019. Delivered product
image assets that were used across the company for web, social, and look book.
SORELLA BOUTIQUE
•   Art Directed, Photographed and Launched numerous campaigns and product launches
ranging from shoes, makeup, jewelry, and clothing.
LA KINGS
• Art Directed, Photographed and styled all game-worn gear from skates, pads, jerseys,
sticks, gloves for web holiday auction.

•   Currently manage to maximize personal & store results through selling, maintaining & covering zones for 1 of the 3 premier doors in the United States.
•   PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT: Build a promotable team by utilizing Zumiez tools & programs
to hire, train & evaluate my people.
•   SALES: Maintain personal sales results while running the sales floor & training your team
to perform.
•   PAYROLL: Write schedules based on allotted hours that maximize sales results based on
team and individual strengths.
•   INVENTORY: Minimize loss through team awareness, motivation, customer service & managing operations.
•   Some of my proudest accomplishments include: having the privilege of promoting 5
teammates to higher positions, qualifying for Zumiez 100K in my first 6months of working for the company, achieving top ten in 2020 coming in #8 salesperson in the entire
company.

Store Manager

Photographed all flat lays, product layouts, web banners, E-mails, print campaigns, social
media content, and look books.
•   Managed inventory library for all incoming and outgoing products.
•   Worked with the art director and graphic designers to optimize industry leading creativity.
•   Managed, curated, edited and re-touched all content.
•   Listened to consumer feedback and implemented new workflows to the e-commerce
website that led to a premium, user friendly experience.
•   Set expectations and met deadlines by delivering creative briefs and communicating with team daily.
•   Supported the marketing team by planning and executing the art direction of new
collaborations, identifying event/activation opportunities and providing all necessary
content.

Principal Photographer

Managed photo studio and was responsible for all equipment ranging from photography,
lighting, and set.
• Photographed was responsible for all content in various departments including Web,
Social, Marketing, and Ethika lifestyle. All while delivering in a timely manner by planning,
communicating, executing, and measuring work with photo team members throughout the entire photography process, from creative brief, post-production, delivery, to archiving.
• Managed and distributed projects to photo editors providing accurate art direction and due
dates, then following up with photo editors on a regular basis to provide positives and opportunities with work in progress. Tracking their work, day-to-day ensuring deadlines
and expectations were met.
• Sourced and hired models, identified relevant locations, managed inventory/merchandise,
and styled all models in order to bring each campaign to life
WORK EXPERIENCE (cont.)

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