212 674 2676(h) 917 226 9597 (m) PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND wowOwow.com, 2008 - present Freelance Photo Editor * Edited and researched photos for wowOwow's content such as upcoming styles, n ews, and gossip. * Negotiate and clear rights on photo contracts with various photo agencies for the website's startup. * Maximize on a minimal photo budget. * Research photos for editorial content. * Consult editor's on photo usage. Forbes Inc., 2000-2007 Senior Photo Editor * Manage photography selection for the website, which includes all content-edit orial news, lifestyle section, and subsidiary sites such as ForbesTraveller.com and ForbesAuto.com. * Commission and research photography according to assigned stories or sections . * Seek and assign photographers, stylists, prop stylists, hair and makeup artis ts, models and locations in order to successfully execute ideas and concepts for certain stories and sections for the website. * Collaborate with the Creative Director and Editors to execute photography and design layout for various content. * Coordinate photo shoots by communicating and scheduling all the talent involv ed. * Negotiate rates and clear rights with photo stock agencies, photographers and /or their representatives, and illustrators to maximize the photo/art budget. * Research photography and contact various stock agencies, newspaper magazines, and independent photographers for existing photography. Sotheby's Inc., 1999-2000 Head Photo Editor * Directed and edited all the photography for the Halper Baseball Collection, ( largest baseball collection in the world.) * Assisted on building up the new digital photography studio and editing statio ns for Sothebys.com, which was previewed on CNN.com. * Managed high volume of images before it was uploaded to Sothebys.com. Deadlin es consisted of 3-5 uploads weekly. * Managed a staff of 15 editors and photographers. * Configured Sotheby's Temporary Cataloguing Tool for a way of communicating er rors. * Implementing strategic solutions in communicating w/ others from different de partments to have a more efficient production. * Research new technology of digital cameras and software. * Built a temporary digital studio in Sotheby's Los Angeles featuring Heirloom Discovery Day. * Trained Photographers and Photo Editors in Sotheby's London to duplicate the work force in Sotheby's New York. David Price Medical Photographer, 1998 - 1999 Photographer * Photographed on pre and post operations on patients for plastic surgery. Dennis Gallante Photography, 1998 - 1999 Digital Retoucher * Retouched and manipulated photographs for the photographer. Kenneth Willardt Fashion Studio, 1997 - 1998 Digital Retoucher * Retouched and manipulated photographs on Photoshop. * Scanned negatives/chromes using a drum scanner. Marge Casey & Associates, 1997 Internship * Worked with photography representative on dealing with clients for advertisin g and editorial needs. * Put books together for represented photographers for specific jobs needs to c lients. * Updated internal database/contacts of clients from magazines and advertising agencies. EDUCATIION School of Visual Art, New York, NY Awarded Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography degree in May of 2000. COMPUTER SKILLS Proficient in PC and Mac Platform in Photoshop; Illustrator; InDesign; Quark and QPS; Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint; HTML; CSS: BBEdit; HomeSit e, and Retrospect.