Venkatraman Mahalingam

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Focused in pursuing my career in an organized company to utilize my creativity with a challenging and diversifying environment by putting my strong professional skills and experience into practice. My knowledge and skills in Photography is inclined towards learning and pushing the boundaries of style and creativity. Visual content is the essence of modern marketers to promote business in today’s dynamic and competitive environment with a professional knowledge of both Photography and Marketing. I have the ability to understand and communicate the buyers need.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Comprehensive experience in E-commerce, Media relation, Project Management.

Sound knowledge and experience in Photography, Studio Management, Creative Advertising and Videography.

Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Dreamweaver, InDesign and UX interface

Digital Imaging, Printing, Design, Communication, Marketing, Networking, sales

Basic knowledge in MS Office

Analytical tools, Digital Marketing and CRM

EDUCATION

Post Graduate – Marketing Management 2018

Sheridan College, Canada

Bachelor of Science-Visual Communication 2009

SRM University, India

WORK EXPERIENCE

Senior Photographer 2018-Present

Wowme Photography and service

Toronto,Canada.

Managing Studios in multiple locations

Handling daily shoots and appointments

Editing, photo manipulation and retouch

Marketing

Senior Photographer and Studio Head 2015-2017

Primeside retail private ltd. – Parisera.com (http://www.parisera.com/)

Chennai, India.

Overall responsibilities for managing, heading and handling the studio and daily product shoots, creative shoots and banner advertising.

Working alongside the Retouch & Upload/Copyright Department to warrant an effective workflow across the Production Team

Producing and following shoot guidelines accurately, continually making improvements where necessary

Produced advertising and editorial photo shoots which incorporated model casting, acquiring stylist teams, equipment rentals, hotel and ground transportation, location and studio scouting, permits, itineraries, and project budgeting

Fashion Photographer and Video Production artist 2014-2015

Net Avenue Technologies – Cbazaar.com (https://www.cbazaar.com/)

Chennai, India.

Handling the studio, models and daily shoots.

Coordinating with models, stylist and make-up artist 2014for daily shoot targets

Creating & making video ads for YouTube, websites and tutorial videos regarding fashion

Plan and execute Creative shots for banner webpage, magazines and social media

Assistant Cinematographer and Freelancer -Ravindranath Guru 2012-2014

Chennai, India.

Worked as an assistant cinematographer for Tamil feature films

Chain of restaurants Food Photography

INDIAN NATIONAL NEHRU STADIUM – Exclusive Photographer

Assistant Photographer -Unique Media Corp 2009-2012

Chennai, India

Worked under the supervision of Senior Photographer Mr. Jay (commercial photographer) MD of UNIUE MEDIA CORP.

Assisted for Commercial photography (print ads) for companies such as Mahindra and Kinetic Honda

Assisted as a chief photographer for Art films THE IDENTITY and KURAL 786

Worked with a French Street Theatre Organization “CompganieOff” – Bonjour India performing across various cities in India as an Inter-cultural event. (2012)

Portfolio link

Flickr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/venkat306/

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