ELSA GÜEREÑA >>

ADDRESS > DECATUR / GA / 30030 & BROOKLYN / NY / 11231

PHONE >  404 / 226 / 5259

E-MAIL > EGUERENA@GMAIL.COM 

WEBSITE > SOMETHINGELSA.COM

EMPLOYMENT >>

2012-CURRENT > NEW YORK / NY > LAIRD+PARTNERS >

PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT > PRODUCTION MANAGER

/ Directing fashion photography post-production & multimedia advertising layout design.

/ Collaborative project management for art director, account manager & outside vendor.

/ Managing creative, retouching, logo, layout composition & mechanical specifications.

/ Supplier sourcing, multimedia development & project budgetary negotiations.

+ Instituted online image system for efficient retouching, project monitoring & archive.

+ Established global networks with artists, printers, retouchers & various vendors.

+ Clients: Rimmel Cosmetics, Pandora Jewlery, Donna Karan & Rachel Roy.

2007-2012 > NEW YORK / NY > BOX STUDIOS >

PREPRESS DEPARTMENT > PRODUCTION COORDINATOR

/ Design & print for elite editorial, advertising & art photography.

/ Coordinated post-production for luxury brands multi-seasonal campaign ad & editorial work.

/ Internal job management between Prepress, Producers & Retouching Departments.

/ Digital GMG color management for unified international proofing, publishing & exhibitions.

+ Developed scripts & coding system with programmers to automate custom layouts & color.

+ Utilized Google Docs to streamline production tracking of hundreds of digital files.

+ Increased speed & efficiency of ad/proof output, tripling release work over 4 years.

+ Clients: Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, Louis Vuitton, David Yurman, Tommy Hilfiger, etc.

2006-2007 > ATLANTA / GA > ARTIFACT DESIGN >

MOTION DESIGN > MOTION DESIGN INTERN                                

/ Storyboard and graphics composition for in house & client presentation.

/ Assistant editing, animation & administrative for motion graphic design projects.

2003-2006 > EVANSTON / IL > NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY >

ART HISTORY VISUAL MEDIA COLLECTION > DIGITIZATION ASSISTANT

/ Photography slide scanning, image correction, color management & archive.

/ Technical support for art department faculty & students image needs.

EDUCATION >>

2002-2006 > EVANSTON / IL > NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY >

SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS > BACHELOR OF ARTS > RADIO_TV_FILM > GPA 3.4

SKILLS >>

LANGUAGE >

/ ENGLISH & SPANISH > Bilingual written & spoken fluency.

MULTIMEDIA >  

/ ADMINISTRATIVE > Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Google Docs.

/ DESIGN > Acrobat Pro, Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Photoshop & Illustrator.

/ FINE ART > Drawing, Painting, Digital Photography & Installation.

/ FILM & VIDEO > DSLR Photography, Final Cut Pro & After Effects.

/ WEB > Dreamweaver & CSS/HTML knowledgable, Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn & Google+