Tammy Michaels
Livingston,TX
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Chris Grosser
Summary
Highly-skilled, creative photographer offering expertise in sales and marketing, customer service, product promotion, administrative processes and project management. Delivering outstanding skills in portrait, event, landscape and product photography, identifying client needs and providing innovative suggestions. Collaborating with decision-makers at all organizational levels. Delivering key presentations and building productive relationships to increase revenue. Presenting familiarity and experience in location shoots, print house operations, studio set-up and equipment requirements. Self driven to fulfill planned concept or desired results of each photographic project. Adaptable and flexible team player. Copes well with obstacles and remains true to creative goals. Exceptional skill working with Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom .
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Professional Photographer and Business Owner
Catchlight Photography
Orange, TX
06.2009 - Current
- Photographed high-quality images for both print and internet distribution
- Planned and prepared for all on-location and studio shoots
- Enhanced business operations by utilizing successful marketing and outreach strategies to bring in clients
- Managed correspondence with clients, documented interactions and tracked data transfers with manual and automated strategies
- Provided excellent customer service and account regulation, strengthening client relations and boosting revenue.
- Created fliers, price sheets, sale brochures, logos and all other print and web content for website, blog and social media.
- Managed all social media marketing
- Performed advanced computer processing of images for assignments.
- Established and administered annual budget with effective controls to prevent overages, minimize burn rate and support sustainability objectives
- Conducted target market research to scope out industry competition and identify advantageous trends
- Put together realistic budgets based upon costs and fees for effectively operating business
- Employed prompt decision-making and in-depth research to resolve issues efficiently and effectively
- Promoted business via social media to generate leads and maximize brand identity
- Stayed current with market trends to determine optimal pricing of goods and services and to capitalize on emerging opportunities
- Photographed high-quality images for both print and internet distribution
- Digitally edited photos to enhance appearance.
- Edited, toned, captioned, and uploaded photographs for publication.
- Managed and organized photo database using consistent naming conventions and key-wording for search optimization.
- Assisted clients in selecting poses, wardrobe and backgrounds to photograph different looks, concepts and locations.
- Displayed portfolio to show off best work to potential clients and promote skills and value.
- Directed wedding guests to pose for photographs.
- Scheduled and booked locations for photo shoots, working collaboratively with clients and contacts.
- Utilized natural and artificial lighting to capture desired images and maintain quality.
- Developed long and short-term business needs while driving customer feedback for process improvements.
- Provided excellent customer service and account regulation, strengthening client relations and boosting revenue.
- Enhanced business operations by utilizing successful marketing and outreach strategies to bring in clients, close sales and increase revenue.
- Offered image proofs to help clients choose best photos from shoot.
Company Photographer
Signal International Inc.
Orange, TX
03.2010 - 11.2013
- Photographed high-quality production progress and aerial photographs for construction projects.
- Produced time-lapse videos for progress and launch of completed projects.
- Completed various print and digital media for safety brochures, step-by-step training photos and special events.
- Uploaded and organized edited content to network and cloud storage.
- Edited, toned, captioned, and uploaded photographs for publication.
- Produced multiple views of each product.
- Edited, toned, captioned and uploaded photographs for magazine publications.
- Traveled to field locations as assigned
Education
Medical Transcription
Project Management
Primavera Scheduling
Skills
- Photography: Expert in Corporate Portraits, Branding, Architectural Photography, Product Photography, Social Media Content, Custom Stock Photos, Personal Branding
- Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom
- Videography & Video Editing Knowledge
- Retouching and color correction
- Equipment setup and maintenance
- Business operations
- Process improvement
- Problem resolution
- Supervision
- Team management
- Visual design
- Client Correspondence
- Professional Relationships
- Landscape Photography
- HD Photography
- Digital Photography
- Marketing Materials
- Wedding Photography
- Image Archiving
- Digital Printing
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Contract Preparation
- Branding Management
- Customer Feedback
- Photographic Editing
- Digital Enhancements
- Location Scouting
- Social Media Marketing
- Strategic Business Planning
- Wildlife Photography
- Business Growth
- Image Editing and Retouching
- Project Management
- Web Applications
- Equipment Maintenance
- Client Scheduling
- Adobe Photoshop
- Location Shooting
- Material Packaging
- Event Shoots
- Lighting and Angles
- Blog Posts
- Computer Design Programs
- Administering Social Media Accounts
- Creative Lighting
- Project Budgeting
- Create Artificial Light
- Print Development
- Understanding of business functions
- Business policies and procedures
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Company Photographer - Signal International Inc.
03.2010 - 11.2013
Professional Photographer and Business Owner - Catchlight Photography
06.2009 - Current
At Home Professions - , Medical Transcription
R H Associates - , Project Management
Innovative Management Solutions - , Primavera Scheduling
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