Jennifer Townsend

Digital Art Manager · bebe Stores, Inc

Laguna Hills, CA

In My Own Words

Highly experienced photo editor looking to obtain a role in which my extended knowledge in web production and digital arts allows for future growth and development within the industry.

Work Experience

Digital Art Manager

bebe Stores, Inc

2014 – Present

- Lead Retoucher of web product images, printed catalog images and digital images for online lookbooks - Responsible for managing retouching team, providing work direction and prioritization. Reviewing work to maintain quality & efficiency. - Responsible for retouching and turning around a high volume of images daily - Supports graphic design team in loading imagery for projects such as home pages, banners, catalog publication and featured items - Works with marketing for catalog/licensing/international projects - Responsible for prioritizing workflow to meet content publication and deadlines - Partners with Creative Management and Art Directors to better understand the vision for each project and communicates that vision to retouchers in order to ensure expectations are met - Works with content manager/photo studio on closing missing imagery and researching issues - Maintains digital library and works with IT on purging old images

Digital Artist

bebe Stores, Inc

2012 – 2014

- Lead Retoucher of web product images and lifestyle images for look books, banners, homepages - Responsible for processing and loading 80-100 images per day - Manages department, ie. image issues/requests - Responsible for prioritizing workflow to meet content publication and deadlines - Works with content manager/photo studio on closing missing imagery and researching issues - Supports graphic design team in loading imagery for projects such as home pages, banners, catalog publication and featured items ? - Works with marketing dept. for catalog/licensing/international projects - Maintains digital library and works with IT on purging old images - Balance Ecommerce and Marketing retouching demands for quick daily turnarounds

Senior Digital Production Artist

The Wet Seal, Inc

2009 – 2012

- Retouch and optimize digital images for website; which include: clipping, resizing, silhouetting, color correcting, cropping and re-naming - Run completed images through batch job and upload to server - Maintain internal image archive - Schedule and delegate tasks to other retouchers - Manage outside work from independent contractors; which include: sending and receiving images electronically, reviewing work, and creating invoices for payment - Interview and train new hires (specifically to production artist positions within my own department)

Junior Digital Production Artist

The Wet Seal, Inc

2007 – 2009

- Retouch and optimize digital images for website; which include: clipping, resizing, silhouetting, retouching, cropping and renaming - Run completed images through batch job and upload to server - Copywrite descriptions and activate product for two different brands