- Adobe Creative Cloud
- InDesign
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Premiere
- Muse
- Lightroom
- Acrobat
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Outlook
- Apple Software
- Keynote
- Pages
- Numbers
- iMovie
- Final Cut Pro 7
- Basic HTML/CSS knowledge
- Mac and PC platforms
Professional Experiences
2015Current
Owner/Photographer
Blu Hill Studio
Wedding and Event Photography Studio
- Capture and edit photographs for weddings, corporate events, parties, and portraits.
- Perform touch ups and edits on images in Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.
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Maintain maintenance for both camera and lighting equipment.
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Build relationships and consult with clients during pre and post production to meet their needs.
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Provide customer services to clients regarding scheduling appointments and photo shoots.
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Order supplies and maintain inventory for office and photographic needs.
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Process, catalogue and deliver photographs, in a timely manner.
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Manage bookkeeping, sales, marketing, and purchasing equipment.
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Adapt to various locations and photographic situations.
20092010
Sales Associate/Photographer
Picture Me Portrait Studio
- Developed positive customer relationships through friendly greetings and excellent service.
- Helped customers with questions, problems, and complaints in person and via telephone.
- Reached daily store goals or exceeded goals.
- Provided a creative photography session delivering a variety of portraiture exceeding customer expectations.
- Sold photo collections and specialty products.
- Created sales lead and booked appointments.
- Cash handling at the point of sale.
- Opening and closing duties.
2008Current
Graphic Designer
Self Employed
Responsible for developing professional design work for both print and web.
- Develop designs and layouts for brochures, posters, magazine ads, newsletters, mailers, logos, postcards, banners, digital signage, forms, PowerPoint presentations and website design.
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Prioritize workload and effectively coordinate multiple projects to meet tight deadlines.
- Review specification and make creative decisions based on the understanding of client's needs.
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Prepare design files for production to ensure quality material are produced in a timely manner and delivered appropriately.
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Present design ideas clearly and concisely.
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Source, composite, and retouch images for print and web.
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Communicate by e-mail and phone with clients.
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Edit video, audio, and photographs for marketing, online content and social media accounts.
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Ability to work within assigned budgets.
Education
20042008
Bachelor of Arts in Visual Art
Lander University
Greenwood, SC