Rene Casco: Advertising Photographer in Littleton, CO

• Pre-production: o Held meetings with art directors, creative directors, marketing managers, producers and CEOs; did location scouting; prop purchasing; project budgeting and bidding; model castings; hired production teams as neede • Production: o Lead and coordinated teams of outstanding collaborators (Food Stylists, Fashion Stylists, Makeup Artists, Assistants) in order to achieve beautiful, impactful advertising (fashion, food, lifestyle) and portrait photography for companies and brands such as Burger King, Church’s Chicken, Popeye’s, Chili’s, Pollo Campero, McCann Erickson, Satchi & Satchi, Ogilvy, TBWA, HSBC, ACA JOE, Microsoft, Grupo INTUR, Corporacion Dinant, Issima, Cascadas Mall, among others o Lighted and shot products and/or models in studio or on location, using strobes or natural light or a combination of both o Consistently achieved high-level technical quality of images • Post Production: o Digital storage, organization and selection of photographs. o Digital development of RAW photos using Adobe Illustrator. o Retouched images in Tiff or JPEG format using Adobe Photoshop and prepared them for distribution to clients or media o Maintained a workflow that ensured completing projects in a timely manner • Studio/Equipment Management: o Maintain photo equipment and cleanliness of studio o Purchased or rented equipment as needed

• Searched for and established business relationships with wholesale mobile phone distributors in the U.S • Established a wholesale mobile phone sales business by successfuly implementing inventory consignment system in retail chain stores

As General Manager: • Directed and Supervised daily operations as well as planning and organizing short, middle and long term activities • Did research and development of new products and/or services. • Periodically briefed the Board of Directors on current operations status and submitted company financial reports • Represented the Company in business relationships with banks, merchandise suppliers, contract signing, credit authorizations, and other matters related to customers As Marketing & Sales Manager (First year in the company): • Achieved and exceeded sales goals set by the Board of Directors. • Defined and executed an effective Sales & Marketing strategy for the Company and its line of products • Directed, Organized and supervised the sales force

As Marketing Manager: • Achieved marketing and advertising objectives set by the Executive Director • Supervised the recollection of data used to measure customer satisfaction • Developed concepts and executed advertisement campaigns As Creative: • Responsible for the creative strategy of the company’s advertising campaigns. • Developed concepts and executed advertisement campaigns in conjunction with the Marketing Manager. • Oversaw the correct use of company logos and symbols, including represented brand names such as Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, Volkswagen and Mazda