Pamela Jones - Hubbard

Cell: 646-***-****, acwa35@r.postjobfree.com

www.spotsational.com

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/pamela-jones-hubbard/84/b1a/204 flickr.com/photos/131965432@N03/

Summary

Experienced Photo Editor and Retoucher, offering several years in the Photographic Print indus- try. With strong attention to detail, with excellence and quickness accurately edit mass produc- tion of print orders using Photoshop CS6 retouching and editing. Always meeting deadlines re- gardless of when assignments were received. Pleased clients re-ordered often. Multi-tasking, be- ing team oriented, helping when and where it's needed. Quantities, large volume orders in digital editing / retouching and traditional retouching prints and murals are my specialty. A skilled tradi- tional retoucher. Spotting and repairing damaged prints and murals of all sizes and paper. Prints destined for private collections and major exhibits for museums, galleries and conventions in the U.S. and globally. Background includes advertising for High-end Fashion, Advertising, Fine Arts, Sports, Weddings, Editorials, Family Portraits, major department stores and various other industries. Quality, trust, making clients happy and pleased is what I provide.

Work History

Some companies I’ve worked for have either changed name, location or both.

Cashier The Home Depot Super Store- Union/Vauxhall NJ

2/2016 - present

Cashier ( PT ) for the largest home improvement retailer in the US. With accuracy, respect and kindness for customers ring up their orders and help them with applying for HD credit card if they are interested and all their questions and needs at Front End check out.

Trim Lead / Cashier / Sales Macy’s Inc. Department Store - Livingston Mall, Livingston, NJ

10/13/2015 - 1/30/2016 Seasonal

During Christmas season one of my duties was as a Trim Lead. Followed instructions from the Store Managers, Visual Managers, and Macy’s visual lay-out forms; decorated store Christmas shop area and Christmas trees. Kept store layout of Christmas trees and Christmas ornaments and cards stocked as customers purchase them.

Sales and Cashier for different departments in the store: Housewares, Children’s / Infants, Junior Miss, wherever management needed.

Kept departments neat and orderly.

Helping customers when needed and making their shopping experience successful and pleasant.

Editor /Photographer/Sales WorldWide Photography - Paramus Park Mall, Paramus, NJ

3/13/2015 - 4//4/2015 Easter Seasonal

For this Seasonal position I would take picture's of babies, children and family members at a prepared set at Paramus Park Mall, NJ for the Easter Holidays. Explaining promotional packages to customers who are returning customers and families who are passing by. Several new families would come to take pictures that day after talking with them, or would return later in the season.

Help Customer's choose the shot they wanted. Edit what was selected, to their satisfaction.

As a Sale's Representative or when I wore the costume, having a pleasant demeanor and personality, being engaging and respectable would bring more business at WWP Easter set and to the mall as a whole. Management was pleased the sifts I worked

Make seating and placement arrangement suggestions that would make for a better shot.

Charming and polite conversation with customers would be instrumental in them coming back with friends and other family members increasing sales and customers feeling good when they left the WWP Easter set with their prints.

Helping families feel relaxed when some children were uncomfortable and provide a posi- tive sitting experience.

Digital Photo Editor / Retoucher Life 365 Portraits - Florham Park, NJ

12/2007 - 2/2015

With strong attention to detail, swiftly and accurately editing mass production of print orders us- ing Photoshop CS6 and other editing software programs Life365Portraits used for retouching and editing. With a keen eye color corrected, edit pictures shot in different lighting, different settings and different cameras making them look harmonious in multi-picture collages, as well as the whole order working as one. Cropping corrections, retouching unwanted items out of prints such as blemishes, bruises, arms, hands, feet, glare in glasses; filling in finger nail polish, etc., adding in missing parts as well.

Qualitatively and swiftly digitally edit an extremely high volume of orders using Adobe along with other editing software programs.

At its busiest up to thousands photographs daily. For a major and one of the largest and long existing Family Portrait companies in the United States.

Handled print corrections as per sales representatives and customer service request. Many orders edited were re-ordered.

Customers and regional managers would often write and let management know of their pleasure with prints and special retouched assignments.

Cashier / Server Gourmet Dining Services - New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights Newark, NJ

11/2005 - 12/2007

Worked as a Cashier and Server for Gourmet Dining Services @ NJIT.

Kept Cashier Station and Serving Station clean, worked fast, kept a pleasant atmosphere for students, faculty and support staff.

Worked as a Sales Person / Cashier in the Woman’s department at TJMaxx and Century21.

Kept up with the merchandise and designer brands and sizes available and company poli- cies to better assist customers. Assisting customers when needed, making their shopping experience pleasant and successful.

Companies achieved high sales days and weeks. Over all helped departments run smoothly with diligence and caring.

All companies I cashiered, at the end of shifts / closing my cash register counts were always accurate.

Photo-Retoucher Modernage Custom Digital Imaging Labs - New York, NY

8/1997 - 11/2005

Traditional Retouching and spotting using color and black retouching dyes, other water base paints, pencils, as well as archival supplies to repair and enhance Murals, Head Shots, Wedding, Commercial and Editorial prints and duratrans ( lighted prints ). For museums, galleries and prominent photographers were clients such as:

The Smithsonian Museums, Ellis Island Immigration Museum, Museum of Jewish Her- itage, National Museum of American Indian, New York Transit Museum, New York His- torical Society, ABC Photography, Galerie LeLong, Gruber Photographers, Int’l Center of Photography ...

During busy periods retouched and completed a high volume different assignments simul- taneously.

With many of the print and transparency sizes ranging from 30x40 to 40x70 and much larger.

Communicated with photographers, galleries and their support staff in detail manner.

Able to keep challenging Photographers and staff pleased.

Assignments finished in a excellent and prompt manner always meeting due dates and deadlines.

Many murals and gallery quantity orders were re-ordered often.

Clients included : Peter Beard, Harry Benson, Debra Cox, Chester Higgins, Zhang Huan, Steven Klien, Neil Leifer, Sam Samore, Helen M. Summer ...

Photo-Retoucher Color by Pergament - New York, NY

10/1992 - 8/1997

Frequently handled morning rush jobs in such a way to fully meet requirements of demanding clients such as:

Revlon, Max Factor, Lancôme, Estée Lauder, Bobbi Brown, Calvin Klien etc.

Prioritized which assignments needed to be done depending on the degree of difficulty, size and quantity and due date; getting all done on time. Meaning orders packed and de- livered to clients / customers on due date and time.

Entrusted with bulk orders of prints of all sizes.

Orders involved tens to thousands in print total. Clients such as: Coach, Macy’s, Ralph Lauren, Marlboro, Unicef ...

Occasionally did paste-up of pamphlets used in fashion buyers shows for Calvin Klien.

By request from clients I was asked work on their morning orders and rush jobs.

Education & SoftWare Training

Columbus College of Art&Design, Columbus, Ohio - Major Advertising Design Millennium Solution Focus, Inc., Bloomfield, NJ

West Essex County College, West Caldwell, NJ

The New School-Computer Instruction Center, New York, NY Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Publisher, Office- Excel, Power Point, Access,Word, Outlook, Quark Express, Labtricity Works-Station, HTML.

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