Photo Editing

Live Sports: NFL & Freelance

Staff Photo Editor: National Football League
- Coordinate a team of photo editors for NFL games and events, including the Super Bowl, NFL Draft, and Hall of Fame.
- Train new editors for NFL game day workflow and archiving requirements.
- Live edit multiple games and assignments at once, delivering images in real-time across NFL departments, NFL teams, and media outlets while maintaining a high level of efficiency and accuracy.
- Archive and manage image assets.
- Managed the @NFLfocus Instagram account growing from 150k to 196k.
- Fulfill image requests from the newsroom, social department, and legal teams on deadline.
Austin FC - Atlanta United - Ultimate Fighting Championship - Professional Fighters League - Houston Astros - Carolina Hurricanes - Buffalo Bills - Amazon Prime
- Develop/improve photography teams.
- Consult on best editing practices, streamlining workflow, editor training/sourcing and
  image delivery to social/digital teams.
- Live photo editing throughout game days and events to ensure a consistent look to images, provide high quality deliverables for clients and athletes, curate galleries highlighting the event.
- Utilize expert knowledge to create a selection of images for individual photographers to deliver to wire services for the highest usage and sales potential.
- Provide event recaps highlighting team successes, identifying areas of improvement, and offering solutions for future events.

ZUMA Press
- Source global photographers for breaking news while ensuring delivery of images on deadline.
- Research and deliver the best available photos for client usage.
- Ingest, edit, and transmit images of current news events in real time.
- Negotiate pay and act as the liaison between photographers and clients for assignments.
- Onboard new contract photographers and build photo essays.
- Enhance SEO, edit metadata, update website, and broadcast images to ZUMA's global network via FTP.

SURFER Magazine
- Work under photo editor and assistant photo editor on the production of editorial assignments.
- Refine and color correct selection of images for print and digital.
- Collaborate with photographers on story ideation and execution for print.
- Oversee contributor payment processing and invoicing.
- Live edit images on site of events and prep for publishing on website.
- Cover photography assignments as needed.

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