GIL VELEZ

917-***-**** / ac9zum@r.postjobfree.com / www.linkedin.com/in/gil-velez

PHOTO RETOUCHER

Versatile and analytic photo professional with a proven background in digital retouching projects. Strong approach towards achieving positive results along with an excellent ability to manage project completion in a time-efficient manner. Adept at diverse retouching software including Adobe Photoshop and Creative Suite. Extensive background in still photographic principles, techniques, and equipment.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

• Fifteen years of experience retouching images at a high volume level

• Worked on tight deadlines on 4 monthly publications and 2 bi-monthly titles

• Generated retouched photos with a total of 55 magazines a year, plus covers and interiors PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HATCH Collection, New York, NY • 2016 – Present

HATCH is an e-commerce clothing company that celebrates motherhood in style. Freelance Photo Retoucher

• Edit image quality using Photoshop to remove unwanted marks, blemishes, and anomalies

• Manipulate adjustments to clothing and alter the background per photographer’s instructions

• Communicate with production through email and phone for any corrections that were required

• Manage the project workflow to meet company’s tight deadlines. Penthouse Magazine (a former subsidiary of FriendFinder Networks), New York, NY • 1993 – 2016 Penthouse is a men’s magazine that combines urban lifestyle articles and erotic content Photo Retoucher, 2004 – 2016

• High volume of model retouching, with some fashion, and product shots on a very tight deadline

• Adjust and converted all camera raw files for magazines and some online material

• Communicated with Art Director and Production Manager on color corrections for all images

• Upheld consistency in quality control of archived images for all publications and special projects

• Prioritize and managed schedules for projects on all magazines to meet deadlines Production Assistant, 1993 – 2004

• Create production schedules and ensured all publications met deadlines

• Recorded and kept track of all materials that were used in all print publication

• Trafficked materials between Art Department and Editorial Staff for pre and final edit

• Color-corrected match prints provided by vendor and in-house proofer

• Communicated with printers for issues with press and shipped materials

• Archived and organized of all film, color proofs, and digital files for all magazines SKILLS

• Photoshop, InDesign, Bridge, Capture One, Microsoft Word, Wpm30

• Outputting image files for print and web

• Video editing for online publications

EDUCATION

• Sarah J. Hale High School

• Diploma, Graduated 1989

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