I am an award-winning, Senior Retoucher based in Chicago, IL. I have over 15 years of agency experience with companies such as Bader Rutter, CA Fortune, FCB, The Marketing Store, SGK, Upshot. I have worked on everything from McDonalds to celebrities and politicians, with output ranging from social to billboards. I have retouched images shot by photographers including Sandro Miller and Annie Leibovitz, and have been cover featured on both Advanced Photoshop Magazine and Communications Arts. My work has been printed in magazines such as Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Harper's Bazaar, InStyle, People, Seventeen and Vogue. I have a vast portfolio that spans across Food and Beverage, Lifestyle, Portraits, Interiors and Exteriors, Health care, Automotive and Transportation, Hardline and Softline Products and photo restoration.

Angela Carlson

I am an award-winning, Senior Retoucher based in Chicago, IL. I have over 15 years of agency experience with companies such as Bader Rutter, CA Fortune, FCB, The Marketing Store, SGK, Upshot. I have worked on everything from McDonalds to celebrities and politicians, with output ranging from social to billboards. I have retouched images shot by photographers including Sandro Miller and Annie Leibovitz, and have been cover featured on both Advanced Photoshop Magazine and Communications Arts. My work has been printed in magazines such as Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Harper's Bazaar, InStyle, People, Seventeen and Vogue. I have a vast portfolio that spans across Food and Beverage, Lifestyle, Portraits, Interiors and Exteriors, Health care, Automotive and Transportation, Hardline and Softline Products and photo restoration.

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I am an award-winning, Senior Retoucher based in Chicago, IL. I have over 15 years of agency experience with companies such as Bader Rutter, CA Fortune, FCB, The Marketing Store, SGK, Upshot. I have worked on everything from McDonalds to celebrities and politicians, with output ranging from social to billboards. I have retouched images shot by photographers including Sandro Miller and Annie Leibovitz, and have been cover featured on both Advanced Photoshop Magazine and Communications Arts. My work has been printed in magazines such as Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, People, Seventeen and Vogue. I have a vast portfolio that spans across Food and Beverage, Lifestyle, Portraits, Interiors and Exteriors, Health care, Automotive and Transportation, Hardline and Softline Products and photo restoration.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Digital Imaging Specialist at Incorporated Contractor
June 1, 2012 - Present
Perform image corrections, advanced compositing, focus stacks, color grading, recreating textures such as metal and skin, refined masking of complex subjects, and create animations. Content ranging from merchandise to celebrities. Provide and execute creative direction from concept to completion. Collaborate with photographers and guide teams on-location or remotely. Research, source, and verify licensing of stock photography. Choose selects, mark-up images, delegate to post-production team. Check and correct work for uniformity and accuracy.
Senior Retoucher at Foote, Cone & Belding
February 1, 2018 - December 27, 2022
Retouch and composite high end images from render, stock and raw for output spanning from web to billboards. Build and maintain digital media asset libraries. Act as project lead on aligned brands and delegate work to other retouchers in post-production workflow. Manage digital media files, QC all assets ensuring quality and consistency.
Retoucher and Industrial Illustrator at McMaster-Carr
October 1, 2012 - September 29, 2017
Retouched and composited industrial supply images for print and web in high-volume environment. Create technical diagrams and application art in Illustrator. Work within a team to develop and implement more efficient workflow and improve processes.
Digital Imaging Specialist at Schawk Retail Marketing
May 1, 2010 - September 30, 2012
Retouched and comped images, review and corrected files completed overseas to meet quality standards. Review accuracy of color and art in InDesign documents for client submission and press. Develop standards, write SOPs, create estimates and manage specialty work including web, social, magazine ads, packaging and signage from concept to publication for such clients as Claire’s, CVS, Dollar General, Herbalife, Life Fitness, Lord and Taylor, Nike, Sears Holding Company, and True Value.
Retouching Quality Control at Schawk Retail Marketing
September 1, 2008 - April 30, 2010
Trained in-house Digital Department, Schawk partner companies and teams overseas on Nike retouching workflow and procedures. Delegated and supervised work, reviewed and corrected images to meet criteria. Provided continuous feedback for improvements. Created Standard Operating Procedures and image standards for seasonal style guides.
Photo Retoucher at Schawk Retail Marketing
August 31, 2006 - October 6, 2008
Outlined, cropped, color corrected, clean up images and created composites for clients including Amway, Brylane Home, Bloomingdale’s, Fannie May, Harley Davidson, Harpo Studios, Linens ‘n Things, Lord and Taylor, Luxottica, Nike, Rust-Oleum, Sears Holding Company, and Quixtar. Ensured quality, accuracy, creative look and printability of products to meet specifications as to color, structure and file type from art directors and the client for print and web.
Production Artist at Schawk Retail Marketing
June 30, 2005 - October 6, 2006
Built layout and populated electronic pages. Checked accuracy of type, artwork and template.
Graphic Artist and Digital Production Manager at Total Images Group
October 16, 2002 - July 14, 2005
Edited and retouched photography, created advertising, designed page layouts for custom photo albums. Managed workflow of digital images shot in-studio or on-location from Raw to print delivery.

Education

Bachelor of Arts at Indiana University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2001
Summer Scholarship Course Work at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
June 1, 1996 - June 1, 1997

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Retail, Professional Services

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