Summary

Award-Winning Photo Producer & Editor Outsourced Photo & Video Shoot Production and Stock Research. To view samples of my work, please visit: www.anastasiapleasant.com

Credits

9/05 – 9/06

Photo Producer & Editor (Executive Assistant & Project Manager)

Staff Position — www.anastasiapleasant.com Details
9/05 – 9/06

Clients include: Fortune, Sports Illustrated, Time, Century 21’s Fine Homes & Estates, Levi’s, Dockers, Hyundai, McDonald’s, Merrill Lynch, Adrianna Papell, Aidan Mattox, Raymond James, Girl Scouts, NUL, State Farm, Chevrolet, NCAA, GMC, Indy 500, NASCAR, PowerAde, Forsee. Epsilon, Alliance Data, Catapult, KPMG, Boca Raton Magazine, Samsung, American Express, Nuclear Powers Illinois, Novartis, NMSDC, Red Cross, Computer Associates, Wounded Warrior Project, TIAA-CREFF, Psychology Today, Canon, Olympus, Dove, Gillette, The Honda Classic, Lays, The Phillip Johnson Glass House and Jameson Caskmates.

9/05 – 9/06

Photo Producer & Editor (Project Coordinator, Project Manager & Executive Assis

Staff Position — www.anastasiapleasant.com Details
9/05 – 9/06

Project Coordination, Project Management & Executive Assistant • Manage and coordinate all aspects of multiple projects simultaneously including creative direction, hiring freelancers, travel arrangements, budget, location scouting, casting, catering, permits, insurance, furniture rentals under timely tight deadlines. • Extensive experience working with celebrities and confidential sensitive information and documents. • Well-developed skills in prioritizing, organization, decision-making, time management and verbal/ written communication. • Maintain communication with worldwide professional networks and clients to plan project direction and specifications. • Produced 30 shoots within a 30-day period for Fall Preview issues of TV Guide. Directed and coordinated shoots of more than 70 people at 10+ locations in New York, and over 60 people from 12 countries in London for Institutional Investor. Operations Administration • Prepare budget proposals and estimates. Create workflow spreadsheets and process invoices. • Contract, rights and rates negotiation with customers and vendors. • Staff management including directing a 10-member team while controlling a $1M operating budget for TV Guide. • Generated a savings of $10K+ below budget in one year with effective negotiations with Agence France-Press. Communication • Strong interpersonal skills, able to deal courteously and professionally with professionals and public at all levels. • Research and generate ideas for stories, creative direction and project direction. Stock photo and video clip research. • Design and create websites and PowerPoint presentations. • Committed to creative collaboration and team environment dynamics as well as working independently Computer & Technical Skills • Apple Computer and web proficient. Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, FileMaker, Wordpress, Foliolink. • Photographed staff, still-life images and real estate properties for print and web use.

1/99 – 1/04

Photo Editor (Executive Assistant & Department Administrator)

Staff Position — Institutional Investor
1/99 – 1/04
1/95 – 1/99

Photo Producer, Editor & Web Consultant (Executive Assistant & Project Manager)

Staff Position — www.anastasiapleasant.com Details
1/95 – 1/99

Clients included Business Week, Good Housekeeping, The Wall Street Journal, Woman’s Day Special Interest & McCall’s, Log Homes Illustrated, Timber Homes Illustrated, Country Accents, FIT, Victorian Homes, Your Company and CondéNet. Director of Photography for Condé Nast’s first website, epicurious.com. Researched stock photos and negotiated photo web usage rights, which helped set the standard image web usage fees for the photo industry.

1/94 – 1/95

Cover Photo Editor (Executive Assistant & Manager)

Staff Position — Newsweek
1/94 – 1/95
1/91 – 1/94

Picture Editor (Executive Assistant & Department Manager)

Staff Position — TV Guide Magazine
1/91 – 1/94
1/89 – 1/91

Assistant Photo Editor (Executive Assistant)

Staff Position — Entertainment Weekly
1/89 – 1/91
1/87 – 1/88

Assistant Photo Editor (Executive Assistant)

Staff Position — The Image Bank
1/87 – 1/88

Recos

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Education

Rochester Institute of Technology

BFA/Photo Illustration & Documentary Photography

Skills

  • Video Production
  • Editing
  • illustration
  • Creative Direction
  • Digital Media
  • Documentaries
  • Film
  • Photography
  • Social Media
  • Storytelling
  • Video
  • Project Management
  • Fashion
  • Videography
  • Mac
  • Journalism
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Photo Research
  • Digital Photography
  • Multimedia
  • Location Scouting
  • Advertising
  • Photojournalism
  • Graphic Design
  • Marketing
  • Editorial
  • Publishing
  • Commercial Photography
  • Photo Shoots
  • Studio Lighting
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Art
  • Magazines
  • Publications
  • Art Direction
  • photos
  • Image Editing
  • Strategic Planning
  • Photo Shoot Production
  • Styling
  • Fashion Photography
  • Project Coordination
  • Image Manipulation
  • Portrait Photography
  • Account Management
  • Newspapers
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Fine Art Photography
  • Event Photography
  • Portraits
  • Travel Photography
  • Editorial Photography
  • Photo Editor
  • Photo Production