the dreaded change
2013 - 2014
as all human beings i dislike change, it was not easy to shove away 30 years into boxes and move 7,404 air miles away from everything i had ever known
as all human beings i dislike change, it was not easy to shove away 30 years into boxes and move 7,404 air miles away from everything i had ever known
finding work was tough, the first few months i must have sent over a gazillion job application to no avail. disheartened i started walking into shops to see if i could find some work. my luck changed the day i walked into pinto portraits.
Toni Pinto the owner and photographer at Pinto Portraits, was an amazing help, she heard my plight and gave me my first gig on US soil. We created a video showcasing her process to share with potential clients.
check the video out
Soon after wrapping up the pinto project i got a part-time photography gig with Inter-state Studios, Lynwood WA. The job was to photograph school kids for the year book. Because we had to get to the school's before students come in, the commute to work started for me at 0300 hrs.
As per company policy we were not allowed to keep any work for portfolios. But my work day consisted of driving across state to assigned schools, setting up the chroma backdrop, do a 3-point lighting setup, calibrate the camera and be ready to shoot over 80 students in the day, pack up, drive back and transfer/log the shoot into the company software. It was a fun experience which i had to cut short because a new opportunity knocked at my door.
Got picked up by Imaginecs, as a junior photo editor. Worked on catalog images for Pendleton & Nordstrom. Main task's included image masking, manipulation and color correction. The three months flew by fast and i learnt a lot from Alison Walker, color manager at imagine color service and her awesome team.
About a month after i finished up at with Imagine Color Services.
On January 12th 2015, i was standing outside...
2015 - Present Day
Joined Staples in January 2015. The first year was spent understanding how the Staples design department operated. With the help of some really talented coworkers was able to pick up the process and work my way from an associate ux designer into the current position of Lead Ui Designer.
My team, under the creative direction of Ellen Johnston is responsible for the User Interface Design for design.staples.com