Sean Arbabi's resumé

CREATIVE OPERATIONS & PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERT FOR DIGITAL & PRINT PRODUCTION

32+ years of knowledge and experience leading photo studio production and high-end photography.

PHOTOGRAPHY:

Highest level of photographic knowledge

and expertise, producing quality impactful

imagery for clients and major studios

worldwide; in-studio and on-location,

pre to set to post production, projects

and photo editing from concept to delivery.

STUDIO PRODUCTION:

Leading/ directing crews, managing teams,

producing studio and on-location shoots,

defining roles and responsibilities,

delegating tasks, improving industry

standard processes for digital workflows.

LEADERSHIP:

Coordinating budgets with a track record of

savings through improved systems, processes,

and efficiencies. Managing groups through

servant leadership and valuing team members.

SYSTEMS SOFTWARE:

Proficient in Adobe CC, Apple,

Capture One Pro, FileMaker, Google docs,

Global Edit, MS Office, Workfront.

Knowledgable with photographic

systems, DSLR/Mirrorless cameras,

lighting, modifiers, and grip gear.

CAREER

WILLIAMS-SONOMA POTTERY BARN, San Francisco Richmond, CA – potterybarn.com

Post-Production Manager - Asset, Color, and Print Pottery Barn Kids – Pottery Barn Teen

8/2021-11/2022

SUMMARY:

• Overseeing all post-production imagery and retouching for digital and print, editorial and ecommerce,

to produce high-quality final assets while delivering accurate and consistent product color-matching.

DESCRIPTION:

• Strategically partnering with Digital Production, Creative, Photo Studio, Digital Asset Management, Merchants,

and Product Developers to oversee project timelines, style and lighting guides, production workflow, and

supply chain efficiency. Supporting photography, editing, merch tracking, retouching, and digital asset management.

• Maintaining, forecasting, balancing, and maximizing quarterly/ annual budgets.

SUCCESSES:

• Fine-tuned processes throughout production to maximize budgets, reduce lead times, increase

quality, update KPIs, reduce customer returns, and improve overall efficiency for 16K+ assets annually

TAILORED BRANDS, Fremont, CA – tailoredbrands.com

Photo Studio Director E-Commerce Producer Men’s Wearhouse, Jos A Bank, K&G, Moores

3/2017-4/2021

SUMMARY:

• Directing all operations for a multi-bay shared-services Photo Studio for various E-commerce

and Editorial based shoots for multiple brands.

DESCRIPTION:

• Managing and hiring a team of 15 employees and 50+ freelance photographers, models,

producers, stylists, digital artists, tailors, and assistants.

• Maintaining and forecasting a multi-million-dollar annual budget (freelance, on-call, full-time payroll).

Photo Studio purchase requirements. tracking costs, analytics, KPIs for studio production.

• Strategically partnering with Merchants, Brand, Creative, Site Merch, Digital Asset Management, Engineering,

Legal, Human Resources, to oversee project timelines, style lighting guides, production workflow, and

supply chain efficiency; supporting photography, merchandise tracking, and post-production.

• Producer/Project manager of all E-commerce Stills and Fashion photo shoots

SUCCESSES:

• 94% production increase with just a 19% cost increase in four years. Increase in moral, efficiency,

process, and image quality. Discovered various layers of inefficiencies through the product

procurement and E-commerce processes, from Merchants to Site/Creative to Studio.

JULIE COYLE ART ASSOCIATES, Sausalito, CA – juliecoyleartassociates.com

Marketing Director Digital Asset Manager Artist

10/2016-3/2017

SUMMARY:

• Creating art, organizing, and updating all Digital Assets, Server management, and client files

DESCRIPTION:

• Generating new projects with clientele, Hotels, Design Firms, Senior Living Centers.

• Creating new Photoshop art for projects, streamlining printing process

SUCCESSES:

• Created salable art, generated sales from various clients, organized all digital assets

ARBABI IMAGERY, Danville, CA – seanarbabi.com

Commercial Photographer Author Producer

7/1991-3/2017

SUMMARY:

• Produced hundreds of assignments, led crews in on-location, including models, stylists, assistants,

art directors, and clients, photographing from airplanes, helicopters, boats, vehicles. Involved in

pre-production planning and post-production preparation of all jobs.

DESCRIPTION:

• Growing a pro photographer business from scratch to a well-known name in the industry.

SUCCESSES:

• Published in over 300 magazines and 200 companies globally

• Photo editing and managing a million+ image stock collection from worldwide locations including the

US, Mexico, Canada, Asia, and Europe. Photographs and articles published worldwide on six continents.

• Authored and photographed two how-to books for Random House Amphoto:

o The BetterPhoto Guide to Exposure (Jan 2009), The Complete Guide to Nature Photography (Dec 2011)

• Led live and online photo workshops: Multi-media digital presentations with field photo sessions.

• Published with and completed assignments for numerous major clients worldwide including:

o Amazon, American Express, Backpacker, California Tourism, Discovery, ESPN, Fuji Film, Hewlett Packard,

Microsoft, MTV Networks, National Geographic, Newsweek, The New York Times, The North Face, Nikon,

Petersen’s Photographic, Random House, REI, Shutterbug, Sunset, Timex, The Travel Channel, Via, Vogue.

THE GIFTED LINE, Point Richmond, CA - johngrossmancollection.com

Studio Photographer Studio Manager

9/1991-1/1996

SUMMARY:

• Catalog and Production photography for new and existing product line

DESCRIPTION:

• Managed photographic studio including organization of equipment and image files.

SUCCESSES:

• Collaborated with designers on studio shoots, product design, and project planning

EDUCATION

Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, CA: Bachelor of Arts 1988 - 1991

San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA: Photojournalism General Ed 1985 - 1987

INTANGIBLES

I take great pride in working collaboratively with teams, personalities, and departments throughout

my career, locally and around the world. I work from a communicative, transparent, kind, respectful,

team-oriented, easy-going approach. Get the job done, enjoy the challenges of multi-tasking, and

lead by example while uplifting your team, colleagues, and strategic partners. I am proud leading

with this method, proven successful from a budgetary, production, quality, and moral-lifting standpoint.

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