Work experience

2.5 Years at a stock photography company

3 years Retouching

2 years Developing

2 years freelance photography

 

Owner/Retoucher/Photographer

Jonathan Eramus Creative Retouching & Photography

November 2014 – Present 

Current Client Base:

Yuri Arcurs Productions (Raw developing, colour editing, content editing)

Josh Hodge Photgraphy (Raw developing, content editing, colour editing, advanced retouching)

Jacob Ammentorp (Raw devloping, colour editing, content editing)

Anna Dabrowska (High end beauty retouching, colour editing)

Better Reach SA (Google Business View Photographer)

Yuri

 

 

Acting Raw Developing Manager, Raw Developer, Instructor, Image Retoucher

Yuri Arcurs Productions

April 2012 – October 2014 (2 years 6 months)Cape Town Area, South Africa

My positions I have held and duties and responsibilities are listed below

 

 

 

RAW Developing Instructor

Yuri Arcurs Photography

April 2012 – Present (2 years 6 months)Cape Town Area, South Africa

Duties & Responsibilities
Developed new internship/training program 
Training material formation
Program outline conception 
Mentorship progress and evaluation management 
Re-alignment of individual trainees specific requirements to program 
Training of staff 
Constant and final assessment of trainees performance
Presentation of successful candidates to CEO for approval

 

 

 

 

Acting RAW Developing Department Manager

Yuri Arcurs Productions

April 2012 – Present (2 years 6 months)Cape Town Area, South Africa

Duties & Responsibilities
Created departmental structure 
Workflow and Process development and management 
Workforce management
Performance management (target development and management) 
Staff development management
Incentive structure development and management
Quality control evaluation system development 
Development of Management Information Tool 
Overall Strategic and operation responsibility 
QC (Quality Control)of all images from team in preparation for final editing by the editor
Development of new outsourced contributor model (new revenue stream)

 

 

 

 

RAW Image Developer/Processor

Yuri Arcurs Productions

April 2012 – Present (2 years 6 months)Cape Town Area, South Africa

Duties & Responsibilities
Qualified in 10 week raw developing course
Responsible for first line of the image editing process 
Assessment of supplied shoot from photographer (first edit) Yield target of 20%-30% 
Selecting top images and final selection for batch (second edit) Yield target of 10%
Process and develop the images

• Optimal exposure
• Colour balance (Kelvin / Tint)
• Contrast 
• Clarity
• Highlight/shadow rescue
• Optimizing curves
• Cross processing
• Liquify
• Skin Tone calibration
• Replacements and extensions
• Cropping
• Tilt and lens corrections
• Sharpening
• Advanced colour effects
• Trend and style application
Baseline compare image development
Research on styles and competing images from other stock sites
Optimising and preparing images for Basic Retouching
Cross Checking of images in batch ensuring consistent develop
Average monthly workload maintained of 800 - 1000 images (5000RAWs) 
Team average +-500 per month

 

 

 

 

Retouching Trainer

Yuri Arcurs Photography

April 2012 – Present (2 years 6 months)Cape Town Area, South Africa

Duties & Responsibilities
Development of new three month training program 
Establishment of course outline
Development of evaluation/baseline criteria 
Training material development 
Formation of training schedule 
Daily development management (evaluated through and QC scoring) 
Training on basic retouching requirements 
Final evaluation of staff through formal examination (assessed on progress over period, overall performance and quality of work) 
Motivation to Chief Operating Officer and HR Director for successful candidates

 

 

 

 

Retoucher Team Leader

Yuri Arcurs Productions

April 2012 – Present (2 years 6 months)Cape Town Area, South Africa

Duties & Responsibilities
Managing team and administrative requirements (batch hand out, monitor and manage workload and performance) 
MIS management of team and report on performance to Department manager daily, weekly and monthly
Team incentive management

 

 

 

 

Quality Controller

Yuri Arcurs Productions

April 2012 – Present (2 years 6 months)Cape Town Area, South Africa

Duties & Responsibilities 
QC quality control to base-lined standards
Evaluation of supplied workflow and approval to ensure quality standards are achieved for online submission to ‘peopleimages.com 
Average monthly workload maintained of +1500 images

 

 

 

 

Image Retoucher

Yuri Arcurs Productions

April 2012 – Present (2 years 6 months)

Duties & Responsibilities 
Qualified basic retoucher 
Spot removal
Skin diffusion
Removal of technical issues (fringing, artifacting, banding) 
Isolation and deep etching
Image extension and replacements
Basic colour correction
Average monthly workload maintained of + 400 images

 

 

 

 

Owner and Freelance Photographer

J.E Photgraphy

January 2008 – December 2010 (3 years)Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Duties & Responsibilities
Processing and retouching of images
Promotion, marketing and sales of company and services
Photo shoot planning, coordination and implementation
Photo retouching and enhancement
Printing of clients pictures and/or creation of media disk
Specialised Digi-art
Creation and sales of HDR landscape, wildlife and scenic photography

Languages

 

HTML/CSS

PHP

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Skills

 

PHOTOSHOP

FLASH

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2010 - present

2010 - present