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Creative professional with 10+ years of experience spanning high-volume photo retouching, photography, and creative direction. Leads men’s photography projects at Urban Outfitters and also serves as CMO and Creative Director for an early-stage startup, translating brand vision into compelling visual content across e-commerce, campaign, and editorial channels. Known for managing creative teams, building efficient production workflows, and delivering consistent, deadline-driven output—retouching hundreds of images daily while maintaining strong quality control. Skilled in creative direction, color correction, compositing, brand strategy, and implementing production systems such as DAM to streamline work.…Creative professional with 10+ years of experience spanning high-volume photo retouching, photography, and creative direction. Leads men’s photography projects at Urban Outfitters and also serves as CMO and Creative Director for an early-stage startup, translating brand vision into compelling visual content across e-commerce, campaign, and editorial channels. Known for managing creative teams, building efficient production workflows, and delivering consistent, deadline-driven output—retouching hundreds of images daily while maintaining strong quality control. Skilled in creative direction, color correction, compositing, brand strategy, and implementing production systems such as DAM to streamline work.

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Creative Director, Photographer, Image Editor, +2

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Creative professional with 10+ years of experience spanning high-volume photo retouching, photography, and creative direction. Leads men’s photography projects at Urban Outfitters and also serves as CMO and Creative Director for an early-stage startup, translating brand vision into compelling visual content across e-commerce, campaign, and editorial channels. Known for managing creative teams, building efficient production workflows, and delivering consistent, deadline-driven output—retouching hundreds of images daily while maintaining strong quality control. Skilled in creative direction, color correction, compositing, brand strategy, and implementing production systems such as DAM to streamline work.…Creative professional with 10+ years of experience spanning high-volume photo retouching, photography, and creative direction. Leads men’s photography projects at Urban Outfitters and also serves as CMO and Creative Director for an early-stage startup, translating brand vision into compelling visual content across e-commerce, campaign, and editorial channels. Known for managing creative teams, building efficient production workflows, and delivering consistent, deadline-driven output—retouching hundreds of images daily while maintaining strong quality control. Skilled in creative direction, color correction, compositing, brand strategy, and implementing production systems such as DAM to streamline work.

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Creative professional with 10+ years of experience spanning high-volume photo retouching, photography, and creative direction. Leads men’s photography projects at Urban Outfitters and also serves as CMO and Creative Director for an early-stage startup, translating brand vision into compelling visual content across e-commerce, campaign, and editorial channels.

Known for managing creative teams, building efficient production workflows, and delivering consistent, deadline-driven output—retouching hundreds of images daily while maintaining strong quality control. Skilled in creative direction, color correction, compositing, brand strategy, and implementing production systems such as DAM to streamline work.

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Chief Marketing Officer & Creative Director at PBL (Startup — Pre-Launch)

January 1, 2024 - Present

Lead all marketing strategy, campaign development, and creative direction from concept through execution. Conduct market research and competitive analysis to inform brand positioning and go-to-market strategy. Direct visual identity and brand assets across digital channels. Manage hiring and team-building efforts including recruitment of creative and marketing interns.

Senior Retoucher at Urban Outfitters

February 1, 2020 - Present

Manage men’s photography retouching projects across e-commerce, campaigns, and seasonal lookbooks. Retouch 200–250 images daily, maintaining average weekly output of 600–700 images to deadline. Oversee and mentor assistant retouchers and provide quality control and workflow guidance. Led implementation of a Digital Asset Management (DAM) system to streamline production processes. Produce retouched lead images for web and social media including Instagram content; perform color correction, compositing, and retouching for both digital and film photography.

Retoucher at Rue 21

September 1, 2018 - February 1, 2020

Retouched 200–250 images daily with average weekly throughput of 500 images. Performed advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Bridge, and CaptureOne for production retouching. Applied color correction and high-quality retouching for print and digital output.