Katie Anderson : Senior Photo Retoucher and Brand Lead

Experience

Straub Collaborative – Senior Photo Retoucher / Brand Lead, 2023 – Present

• Responsible for QC/QA of final images and deliverable creation 
• Managed client request tickets and delegation of work for deadlines
• Created and maintained brand standardization guides for Chicos, White House Black Market, and Soma imagery for both full-time and freelance retouchers
• Lead retouching contributor to RFP proposals for client test projects which resulted in client acquisition and retention
• East Coast technical point of contact for server issues, organization and cleanup
• Adapted brand guides for overseas retouchers
• Cross trained on project and program clients such as Bombas, Orvis, Titleist, and Canada Goose

Freelance Photo Retoucher, 2021- 2023

• Worked with photographers on external creative shoots
• Followed varying brand guides for edits and sizing
• Edited mannequin images and composited insert shots

YNAP Corporation (Net-a-Porter & Mr Porter) – Senior Photo Retoucher, 2017 – 2019

• Responsible for edit and critical color for clothing, accessories, fine jewelry and beauty
• Responsible for QC/QA of final images and deliverable creation
• Lead 1-1 training with Junior team members and created training materials
• Created standards and approved imagery as Team Lead for accessory images
• Managed the completion of weekly lists of images to transfer from several servers, rename, and edit to match various brand standards
• Worked on editorial images for website banners and blog photos

Program Skills

Education

MFA in Game Development: Concept Art, 2018 – 2021

  Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

BFA in Visual Communication: Illustration / Animation, 2011 – 2015

  Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY