Experience

Visual Image Photography

• United States
• Photography
• 1 - 100 Employee

• School Portraits Department Manager

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  I manage the school portraits department for a regional school portraits and team and individual sports photography company that covers southeastern Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois. My duties include training and management of 40 photographers, the scheduling photographers, overseeing pre-photographic production, and office staff management. I consult with the sales staff to support their efforts to provide the best experience to our customers. I manage the school portraits department for a regional school portraits and team and individual sports photography company that covers southeastern Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois. My duties include training and management of 40 photographers, the scheduling photographers, overseeing pre-photographic production, and office staff management. I consult with the sales staff to support their efforts to provide the best experience to our customers.



Self Employed

• Southeastern WIsconsin

• Freelance Photographer/ Photo Ilustrator

  • May 2013 - Present

  I photograph the following: Portraits Family Portraits Weddings Events Real Estate Collectible Cars Landscape Team and Individual Sports Photography I utilize my expertise in Adobe Photoshop to manipulate images and retouch portraits. Process Raw files with Adobe Lightroom I also employ Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign to create photo illustrations. I apply and manipulate artificial lighting when required using Speedlights, studio strobes, and continuous light sources along with light modifiers. Show less



Costar

• Field Research Photographer

  • Nov 2016 - Jul 2017



Herff Jones

• United States
• Consumer Goods
• 700 & Above Employee

• Yearbook Sales Representative

  • 2013 - Jun 2015

  ♦ Independent Sales Representative for national school yearbook company ♦ Develop new sales territory in state of Wisconsin ♦ Market the Herff Jones yearbook brand to teachers and school administrators ♦ Establish name recognition in territory dominated by national competitor ♦ Qualify prospective schools through internet research and school visits ♦ Determine prospects’ needs to match with Herff Jones solutions ♦ Maintain contact with prospects over long sales cycle of 6 months or more ♦ Write proposals for new business to school administrators and yearbook advisers ♦ Sign 3 new accounts within first year ♦ Manage contacts, prospects, and accounts with Salesforce CRM software ♦ Work with educators and students via presentations and demonstrations of yearbook software and photography ♦ Utilize Herff Jones proprietary yearbook software and Adobe InDesign and Photoshop ♦ Manage finances and office of independent small business Show less



Network Photography

• Jackson, WI

• Photographer, Designer

  • Jul 2004 - Apr 2013

  ♦ Photograph the following in an all digital, photographic work-flow: teams and individuals, sports action photography, events such as dances and weddings, studio portraiture ♦ Create and develop distinctive corporate identity for company at inception including logo design, letterhead, business cards, logo wear, marketing materials, and signage ♦ Founding partner on management team that took $140,000 of purchased business to $1,000,000 in sales within 3 years ♦ Manage and develop High School Senior Portrait Program both in the studio and on-location ♦ Provide all photographic digital enhancement and retouching of all portraiture ♦ Create unique schedule posters for athletic teams to promote community awareness ♦ Design and implement personalized specialty keepsake products for sports such as trading cards, gear bag tags, composite photos, and posters ♦ Develop, design, and maintain corporate web site www.networkphoto.net and trade show booth graphics ♦ Use Adobe Creative Cloud with an emphasis on Photoshop, Lightroom, and InDesign for all design, illustration and retouching ♦ Establish and foster positive working relationships with vendors, coaches, and administrators ♦ Establish separate identity and marketing for all studio ventures as Studio at Network Photography ♦ Oversee departmental budget and business plan ♦ Train new photographers in the proper use of outdoor fill flash, posing, and completing paperwork ♦ Provide digital imaging tutorials to employees in various versions of Photoshop Show less



Visual Image Photography

• United States
• Photography
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Photographer, Lead Graphic Designer

  • Jul 2000 - Jun 2004

  ♦ Photograph sports team and individuals at high school and youth league level ♦ Photograph action at state high school sports finals in Illinois and Wisconsin ♦ Photograph events such as high school dances and corporate parties ♦ Photograph products for ads and sales and marketing pieces ♦ Establish a graphic design program in a $7,000,000/year company which positions VIP to become unique in team and individual photography market with customized photo products ♦ Provide all design services for the company: order envelopes, forms, letterhead, and sales pieces ♦ Manage major projects such as Graduation Portrait brochure (15,000 household mailing), and supervise employees associated with projects ♦ Develop and design specialty products such as trading cards, gear bag tags, and sports posters ♦ Design special request items such as custom team schedule posters and media book covers ♦ Design cohesive sales and marketing pieces for the company ♦ Responsible for creating ads for program books for sporting events and conferences including program ads for Illinois High School Association and Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state finals ♦ Develop, design, and maintain corporate web site www.vipis.com ♦ Digital, photographic compositing such as placing athletes into photographs in which they did not originally exist or extending backgrounds of tightly photographed subjects ♦ All of the above done utilizing Adobe programs Photoshop, Illustrator, Image Ready, Go Live, and InDesign along with QuarkXpress Show less