Years Experience Management
Resume:
Jason Noffsinger
abjk88@r.postjobfree.com Arvada, CO 80005
Phone: 303-***-****
Summary
Experienced imaging professional with an extensive background in both
commercial photography and digital asset management. Demonstrated
expertise in managing a vast archive of images for use in both print media
and web applications.
Experience
Staples/Corporate Express - Broomfield, CO
Senior Photographer / Image Coordinator
March 2001 - April 2010
Designed and implemented a digital asset management system that realized a
cost savings of over $400,000 and greatly improved process flow
Managed a web publish process that maintains nearly 300,000 images for a
B2B e-commerce website earning over $6,000,000 per day
Established a comprehensive workflow to process images from a variety of
sources to meet both print and web specifications
Completed award winning work in commercial photographic illustration,
including conceptual still life, portraiture, and lifestyle (GD USA
American Inhouse Design Awards: 2007 - pg 89 & 114, 2008 - pg 115 & 198)
Collaborated with Graphic Designers, Creative Directors, Marketing
Specialists, Merchandisers, Executives and Facilities Staff to execute
successful photo shoots on extremely tight budgets
Trained and supervised Image Coordinators and other team members assisting
with Photoshop post-production work and image archiving
Created an online video tutorial series training vendors to supply properly
formatted images and metadata
O'Clair Photography, Inc. - Woodstock, NY
Studio Manager
May 1996 - March 2000
Assisted in the planning and production of large scale advertising and
stock photo shoots, including shot list creation, casting, scouting,
travel, set construction, and equipment rental
Responsible for on-set assisting including light and camera rigging, shoot
scheduling, and crew coordination
Coordinated photo shoot post-production, including film processing and
submission, film archiving, Photoshop post-production, and digital image
archiving
Education & Certifications
New Horizons Computer Learning Centers
Technical and Applications Training
July 2000 - November 2000
CompTIA i-Net+ certification
Earned a MASTER CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster) DESIGNER Certification
after passing the CIW SITE DESIGNER and CIW E-COMMERCE DESIGNER tests
350 hours of formal technical training in HTML, JavaScript, Flash,
Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, and Quark Xpress
Colorado Mountain College - Glenwood Springs, CO
A.A.S. - Professional Photography
Graduated with Honors, Phi Theta Kappa
December 1994
Jason Noffsinger
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Qualifications
Technical Skills:
Design, implementation and oversight of digital asset management systems
using both embedded metadata and database solutions
Imaging workflow creation, testing and implementation
Fluency with both Mac and PC platforms, including daily use of both for
imaging and image/database management
Experience with a wide variety of software and systems, including:
MS Access, MS Excel, MS Word
MS Expression Media (iView Media Pro) - for image archiving and embedding
metadata
Adobe Bridge, Adobe Photoshop (including actions and droplets), Adobe
Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe InDesign
Camera Bits Photo Mechanic - for image ingesting, shoot editing, and
embedding metadata
Controlled Vocabulary Keyword Catalog - a hierarchical catalog of 11,000
keyword terms for use with Photo Mechanic
ExifTool - a command line utility for reading, writing, and editing
metadata in image, audio and video files
Ambrosia Snapz ProX - screencast software for creating video tutorials
IBM Websphere Product Center - an enterprise content management system
Photoshelter Enterprise Edition - an online content delivery system that
was implemented as a keyword searchable image database for divisional users
Weblog technologies including Wordpress (self hosted) and Blogger
Web browsers - Firefox, Safari, MS Internet Explorer, Google Chrome
MS DOS batch files - for copying, moving and renaming large numbers of
files
Photography Skills:
10 years experience in digital photography using a variety of camera
systems
In depth knowledge of 35mm, medium format, and 4X5 camera formats
Extensive experience in small product photography including product
preparation and complex styling
Wide ranging photography experience, crossing nearly every photographic
specialty: Lifestyle, Portraiture, Architecture & Interiors, Event
Coverage, Sports & Motion, etc.
Frequent use of both studio and battery operated strobe equipment, as well
as continuous light sources, including tungsten, HMI and fluorescent
Experience with outdoor location lighting using large-scale reflectors,
scrims, and butterflies, as well as generators for the use of strobes
Production Skills:
Daily use of Adobe Camera Raw and Abobe Photoshop Lightroom for raw capture
conversion
13 years experience with Adobe Photoshop (4.0 - CS5): color and density
correction, complex clipping paths, CMYK output targeting for four-color
offset and rotogravure presses, perspective control, photo composites,
antique photo damage repair, overall image enhancement
Coordination of a color managed workflow, including: monitor calibration,
accurate white balance for digital photography, and the use of output
profiles
Extensive experience in photo shoot preproduction, including: set design &
construction, prop & wardrobe procurement, camera & light rigging, talent
casting, location scouting, obtaining permits, shoot scheduling and crew
coordination
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