Experience

Accomplished photo editor and researcher with a keen eye for visuals. Savvy with budgets.
Proven track-record of meeting deadlines while coordinating a high volume of accurate work.
Reliable and flexible when priorities shift. Excellent interpersonal skills. 

Associate Photo Editor
TRAVEL+LEISURE MAGAZINE
Dotdash Meredith | Dec 2018-Feb 2023​

• Selected and hired photographers, stylists, groomers and tailors
• Negotiated rates and produced portrait, interior and still life shoots
• Comprehensive photo research, obtain clearance for PR and stock photos, distribute captions

Freelance Digital Asset Manager
Bed Bath & Beyond | Sep 2018-Dec 2018​

• Maintain metadata and keyword assets entering Digital Asset Management system
• Photo research, assemble, and deliver digital assets for re-use in weekly, monthly, and special circulars
• Post-production merchandise reports

Freelance Digital Librarian
TIME INC AFFLUENT MEDIA GROUP
A subsidiary of Time Inc. | May 2016 - Feb 2018

• Create photo rights reports (InStyle, People, People En Español, Real Simple, Time, Time for Kids...)
• Research photo rights; collaborate with editorial to resolve image contracts and usage rights for PR images; update rights report when outstanding image contract issues are resolved
• Maintain metadata and keyword assets entering Digital Asset Management system; verify current publication information; asset type and update rights across digital repositories
• Photo research, assemble, and deliver digital assets for re-use by international editions

Freelance Photo Editor
DEPARTURES (magazine)
American Express Publishing, division of Time Inc | Jan 2013 - Aug 2015

•   Book Project: The World of Departures by Assouline
• Photo editing, research and rights report for 25 year anniversary pictorial book Magazine Departures, Departures Home + Design and Black Ink
• Produced front-of-book and select feature shoots and maintained magazine visual standards
• Researched and edited photo galleries for front-of-book and feature stories
• ​Negotiated rights & usage with photographers, photo agencies, publicists and news outlets
• Stamped photo, entered metadata, photo credits, captions into K4, InCopy; distribute ETS letters

Deputy Photo Editor
TOWN & COUNTRY MAGAZINE
Hearst Magazines | 1992 - 2012

• Conceptualized and directed photo shoots; comprehensive photo research
• Selected and hired photographers, stylists, hair & make-up, and models
• Managed front-of-book expenses and negotiated photographer fees and clearances
• Liaised between legal and photographers to set up contracts
• Coordinated with publicists for celebrity and VIP photo shoots
• Scouted locations; made team travel arrangements; obtained permits and model releases
• Booked studios and coordinated product availability with editors, photographers and stylist
• Cataloged photography on Digital Asset Management and in the Adobe Creative Cloud
• Responsible for photo credits and caption accuracy in Woodwing, K4, and InCopy

Photo Editor
M Inc. MAGAZINE
Fairchild Publications | 1991 - 1992

• Responsible for photographic creative direction of men’s luxury lifestyle & business magazine
• Selected and hired photographers, stylists, groomers, and models; styled still-life as needed
• Liaised with art directors, designers, and editors 
• Photo researched and managed imagery for editorial purposes; coordinate images with publicists

Computer

Bridge, Photoshop, Photo Mechanic, Woodwing, K4 Publishing systems, Adobe InDesign 
  

Education

SUNY | EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE, NY, NY
A.A., Visual Arts

FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NY, NY
Advertising and Communications

PRODATA, JERSEY CITY, NJ
Certificate in Web & Design
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STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA, BRADENTON, FL
Two-year theatre program

AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Actor’s Equity Association and Screen Actors Guild
• Volunteer at the N.Y. Aquarium
        

LANGUAGE 

• fluent in Spanish