Jenna Raber Fazzari
**** ********* ** ******, ** 60502 630-***-**** ***.***@*****.***
Objective ____________________________________________________________________
To gain a position that will allow me to use the organizational, photography and project management
skills that I have acquired from my work in visual resources and my photographic education.
Skills Summary ______________________________________________________________
1. 6. 10. Organized
Photography: 35mm, Microsoft Office
11. Working Under
4X5, slide film, digital. Suite
2. 7.
Image Retouching Multiple Project Deadlines
3. 12. Detail Oriented
2- D Design Principles M anagement
4. 8. 13. Positive Attitude
Communications: visual Creative
14. Able to work
and writ ten. Conceptualization
5. Adobe Creative Suite: and Problem i ndependently and as
Photoshop CS5, Solving part of a team.
9.
I llustrator CS3, 3+ years in an
I nDesign CS2 Office
Environment
P rofessional Experience ____________________________________________________
Visual Resources Libra ry Assistant MAY 2009- MAY 2010
The Visual Resources L ibrary at Grand Valley State University ____Allendale, M I
• Documented student and faculty artwork with a product photography style on
a weekly basis.
• Completed multiple documentation and slide organization projects
concomitantly; under deadlines and changing priorities.
• Organized and corrected the meta-data of over 29,000 art history slides and
complied them into spreadsheets for GLEAN, the digital slide collection for
G rand Valley State University.
• Completed a wide range of administrative duties in assistance of the Curator
of The Visual Resources Library, including filing, typing, wri ting library
communications and light cleaning.
PHO TOGRAPH IC TEACH I NG ASSISTANT JAN. 2009- DEC.2009
Grand Valley State University; Photography Department _ _Allendale, M I
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• Assisted, and oversaw student use of the black and white darkroom.
• Maintained darkroom equipment
Jenna Raber Fazzari
EVEN T PHO TOGRAPHY INTERN MAY 2008- AUG. 2008
Boyne City Main Street Program _ Boyne City, M I
_
• Documented Boyne City community events and festivals through
p hotojournalism.
• Edited photos for print output for Main Street Program publications.
• Developed sample layouts for publication pages with Adobe InDesign CS2.
ST UD IO P HO TOGRAPHY I NTERN /J OB SHADOW M AY 2008- J UNE 2008
Karen Walker Photography ___East Jordan,
MI
• Assisted Photographer Karen Walker with Backgrounds, studio lights, and
reflectors.
• Greeted customers and discussed studio packages with them.
R ETA I L SALES ASSOCIATE 2006 - 08
Mary’s of Boyne and Halfway to the Top Boyne City and Charlevoix, M I
• Operated cash register, returns and layaway, while providing excellent
customer service.
• Styled window displays, in stored displays weekly.
• Assisted with scheduling.
L IBRARY P AGE 2003 – 05
Boyne District Library Boyne City, M I
• Shelved books and organized shelves of books, audio books, and DVDS.
• Assisted library patrons in navigating the stacks and our online search
system.
• Created spreadsheets of book spine labels, patron statistics and summer
reading program attendance.
Education ___________________________________________________________________
B ACHELOR SCI ENCE, P HO TOGRAPHY M AY 2010
OF
Grand Valley State University; Communications Department A llendale, M I _______________
2488 Ptarmigan Ct. Aurora, IL 60502 630-***-**** ***.***@*****.***
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• 3.5/4.0 GPA
• Photography coursework included black and white film, 4X5 large format
p hotography, color printing, digital scanning, photo retouching, color correction,
d igital photography, photo history, studio photography, 2-D Design and studio
l ighting.
• Coursework in mass communication, communication theory, speech,
i nterpersonal communication, and capstone communication.
• General education coursework completed as well.
• Made Dean’s List consecutively from spring 2008 to spring 2010.
GENERAL TRANSFER CRED I TS JAN 2006-DEC 2007
North Central Michigan College Petoskey, M I
• General Coursework taken with an emphasis in humanities in order to t ransfer to
a four-year university.
E xhibitions __________________________________________________________________
2010 Performing Arts Center Gallery. Allendale, M I.
BANGARANG! Senior Photography Showing.
2010 M uskegon Museum of Art. Muskegon, M I
82nd Regional Exhibition. J ur ied Show.
Collections __________________________________________________________________
2009- Grand Valley State University’s GLEAN Collection.
2010- Grand Valley State University’s GLEAN Collection.
2010- Grand Valley State University’s Pe rmanent Collection.
2010- P r ivate Collection of Stafford H. Smith.
2010- P r ivate Collection of M uskegon Museum of Art Perpetrator
References ___________________________________________________________________
Mrs. Yin-Fen Pao, Curator of the Visual Resources L ibrary
****@****.***
Mr. Stafford H. Smith, P rofessor of Photography
2488 Ptarmigan Ct. Aurora, IL 60502 630-***-**** ***.***@*****.***
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Mrs. Teresa McGill, M ary’s Of Boyne Store Manager
2488 Ptarmigan Ct. Aurora, IL 60502 630-***-**** ***.***@*****.***
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