>Photography Operations Specialist

SONDER // Remote // Oct 2021 - Present

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• Oversaw photography shoots to maintain image standards and budgets while working with individual city teams

• Brainstormed and provided creative input for new production pilots

• Effectively managed numerous creative projects as well as processed a high volume of operational requests while maintaining high-quality outputs by employing coordination, collaboration and time-management skills

• Developed simplified processes to hire new contract photographers while maintaining relations & contracts for Central and West regions

>Jacob Cote Creative Services

Belleville, ON // Aug 2011 - Present

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• Photography (food/product & commercial)

• Video & Live Streaming Production

• Graphic Design

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• Launched and created two custom real estate home websites that sold for over $2.02 million and $3.5 million respectively

• Developed branding strategies while incorporating client wants & needs

• Increased client’s Instagram following by +3000 with pro photography and Videography including the implementation of a YouTube channel

• Generated analytic reports for clients’ web and social traffic/reach

>Photographer

Purdys Chocolatier // Vancouver, BC // August 2017 - September 2019

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• Supported Sr. Photographer and internal departments and their needs of original photography and video for internal, and external stakeholders

• Maintained a digital media database of all content created

• Increased Social Media-generated transactions by +421%

• Facebook engagement per post increased by +102%

• Instagram followers increased by +70%

>Production Assistant

Warner Bros. // Vancouver, BC // Sep - Oct 2016

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• Production Assistant for a scripted Warner Bros. TV series

>Professor

Loyalist College // Belleville, ON // Sep 2014 - May 2016

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• Instructed over 100 students in a single semester over multiple programs: TV & Film Production, Graphic Design, and Film History

• Implemented conflict resolution skills with various student matters 

• Spearheaded the General Education course creation of Film History - Created and scheduled social media content and website updates

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• TV & Film Production:

  • Graphic Design

  • Motion Graphics

  • Editing (AVID)

  • Script Writing (Film & TV Commercials)

  • On-air Promos & Theatrical Trailers

  • Art of Communication

• Graphic Design:

  • Digital Applications (motion graphics)

• General Education: Film History

  • Development and creation of the course and instructing several classes

>Festival Director

Hollywood North Film Festival // Belleville // Feb 2015 - Nov 2019

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• Managed all divisions of the annual non-profit international film festival operating with a $15,000 budget

• 300+ in attendance, including filmmakers from across Canada and USA

• Coordinated, monitored, and analyzed all media coverage

• Fostered community engagement with tourism and hospitality sectors

• Designed and created all print and digital materials

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>Festival Coordinator - Belleville DocFest

Belleville, ON // Oct 2015 - April 2016

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• Coordinated multiple areas of the sold-out documentary film festival

• Attended weekly board meetings while contributing updates

• Developed the creation of festival print materials and festival program

• Successfully photographed and updated social media channels during the festival weekend reaching over +15,000 people

• Produced a post-festival written report with recommendations

>Content Coordinator - Bay of Quinte Tourism 

Belleville, ON // Mar 2014 - Aug 2014

• Development of web video series, web & print graphic design, social media execution photography to promote tourism to Southern Ontario and upstate New York