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Freelance Photographer / Production / Art Director

My goal is to continuously progress and excel in a position where I can make a difference. I look forward to putting my talents to use in a stimulating and productive environment that encompasses my love for the outdoors, photography, travel and even music! I am always looking to gain people skills and experience with working in a social environment that deals with the greater interests of customers and produces top-level creative content.



-Duties include: organizing production personnel, coordinating set construction, help producer to create estimates.		
-Stylize and assist in Art Direction for production.
-Assist the Producer and the Director in all aspects of the production company. 
-Working with clients such as Levis, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, and Comcast; gaining hands-on experience in production, photography, filming, editing and PR.

Production Assistant

-House Photographer for Another Planet Entertainment
-Architectural Photography / Landscape
-Production: Cinematography, DSLR, Editing, Grip, Lighting, DP.

-Worked on a confidential project with mechanical, hardware, and software engineers to tackle challenging design issues, resolve emergent hardware problems, and improve current processes 
-Sorted through a large database of imagery establishing a style guideline with senior management and engineers.  
-Improved studio production, accelerating time-to-market for over 4,000 products, broadening target audience, and saved significant costs in resources
-Discovered and identified differences of operation output that threatened quality and partner satisfaction – proposed solutions that were implemented
-Exceeded project goals while maintaining high-volume product photography and 3D imagery.
-Trained and managed a small team in photography and quality assurance.

Google - Assistant Director of Photography for 3D imagery / Quality Assurance

Photographer and Photo Editor for SFSU's newspaper, magazine, and online editorial publications. Contributed content on a daily basis, managed staff and press, assigned stories, and oversaw editorial content.

Photo Editor/ Photographer

Worked as a photographer and editor covering events such as multi-day music and arts festivals to intimate clubs. 
See work:  http://loudfarm.com/photos/

Photographer/ Photo editor

Photographed and documented local events with a fast turnaround rate. See work: http://www.sfweekly.com/related/to/Sam+Heller

Freelance Journalist

Worked in and out of the SF Weekly office covering events such as multi-day music and arts festivals, photographing high-end restaurants, and sporting events in the Bay Area.

Photo Intern

-Assisted in coordination of The US Open of Surfing (2004/2005) and the National Scholastic Surfing Association.
-Junior Event Managed and oversaw street teams for local fundraising events.
-Tracked and recorded sales and revenue for Southern California branch.

Marketing Intern

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Sam E. Heller: Freelance Photographer / Production / Art Director in Berkeley, CA

Sam E. Heller

Avocados and Coconuts

San Francisco Bay Area

Google

Golden Gate [X]Press

loudfarm.com

SF Weekly

SF Weekly

O'Neill

Miami Ad School-San Francisco

San Francisco State University