Photo retoucher with a background in ecom, product, portrait, & corporate photography. I work non-destructively with open lines of communication. What can’t be done in pre, let me help you with post!

Erin Rudy

Photo retoucher with a background in ecom, product, portrait, & corporate photography. I work non-destructively with open lines of communication. What can’t be done in pre, let me help you with post!

Available to hire

Photo retoucher with a background in ecom, product, portrait, & corporate photography. I work non-destructively with open lines of communication. What can’t be done in pre, let me help you with post!

Work Experience

Freelance Retouching & Photography at Self-employed
June 1, 2006 - Present
Specializes in retouching/image manipulation with a background in product, portrait, commercial & ecommerce photography. Focus on beauty, portraiture, product, and ecommerce retouching; maintains accessible image and invoice databases; adapts media assets to meet client needs; works with calibrated monitors; strong color matching.
Social Media & Booth Attendant at Chimera Publishing
September 1, 2011 - September 1, 2017
In charge of all social media for Chimera Publishing (Facebook event scheduling, Instagram & X posts); engages with followers; assists owners with booth setup/breakdown at comic & tattoo conventions; packs and ships sold items on eBay; provides additional support as needed.
Photo Editor / QA at Comcast Data Services
September 1, 2011 - September 1, 2017
Responsible for image quality of the Xfinity website, iPad app, X1 system, and images across Xfinity; primary focus on cast & crew images and updating older images; media asset management for the team and administrative duties as assigned; covered Olympic imagery in 2012, 2014, and 2016.
Assistant Editorial Photographer & Retoucher at Advertising Specialty Institute
January 1, 2008 - April 1, 2009
Pepping and photographing items, image manipulation and siloing through Photoshop, and renaming images to fit company standards. Maintained product inventory in building and organized image files for magazines.
Photographer & Retoucher at Advertising Specialty Institute
August 1, 2009 - April 1, 2011
Pepping and photographing items, image manipulation and siloing through Photoshop, and renaming images to fit company standards. Maintained inventory of products in the building and organized image files for magazines.

Education

Associate Degree in Specialized Technology - Photography at Antonelli Institute of Art & Photography
September 1, 2004 - May 1, 2006

Qualifications

FG4LE Forensic Genealogy Training for Law Enforcement
October 1, 2021 - November 28, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Retail, Software & Internet