Resume

MARLA PINSKY

248-885-9099 | photomarla@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Talented, staff photographer with an exemplary record of doing excellent support work.  Visual professional, with a critical eye for color and details capable of producing high-volume, high-quality output daily. Extensive background at working within tight deadline constraints to do research or produce drafts.  Detail-oriented and flexible, with ability to work independently and as part of a team effort.  Academic credentials include a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rochester Institute of Technology with a major in Photojournalism.   

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ABOVE ALL ADVISORS, New York, NY                                                                        
2011 – Present

Executive Assistant

• Responsible for managing all executive level administrative tasks including arranging conference calls, meetings and travel agendas.  
• Demonstrated capacity to handle client and other external communications as well as internal requests in a timely manner.
• Handle data entry, scheduling, filing, phones, computer, printer and copier maintenance, copying, faxing and providing technical support.

MICROPRENEUR ACADEMY, Online                                                                                           
2009 – 2015

Virtual Administrator

• Edited audio and video for the Academy’s online educational modules and podcasts.
• Supported the CEO in the maintenance of four company websites.

FANFOTO, Detroit, MI                                                                                                                 
2007 – 2008

Staff Photographer

• Photographed fans at Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings games and then directed them to website to purchase photographs.
  

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, MA                                                                 
2000 – 2007

Staff Photographer & Photo Technician

• Handled scheduling, composed credential requests and expense reports, directed data traffic via servers and the Internet, and composed and responded to correspondence
• Provided technical support and performed data entry, archiving, filing, and answered phones.
• Took photographs for all sections of newspaper using Nikon D200, D1x, and D1H cameras.
• Additional responsibilities included color correcting, downloading images, and writing accurate captions; maintained photo archive.

EDUCATION

ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Rochester, NY                                              
June 1999

Bachelor of Fine Arts. Major: Photojournalism

• 3.1 GPA

CORE COMPETENCIES

Calendar coordination ♦ Correspondence management ♦ Meeting preparation ♦ Travel management ♦ Data entry ♦ Filing ♦ Technical Support ♦ Computer & printer maintenance ♦  Zoom ♦ LiveStream ♦ EMS Calendar ♦Microsoft Word ♦  Outlook ♦  PowerPoint ♦ Excel ♦ Macintosh and PC operating systems ♦ Adobe Photoshop ♦ Adobe Creative Suite ♦  HTML ♦ Adobe Premier ♦Capture One ♦ QuickBooks ♦  Camtasia Studio ♦  Audacity ♦ WordPress ♦ Quickbooks ♦ Evernote ♦ Dropbox ♦ Hootsuite ♦ Film and flatbed scanners ♦  Printers ♦ Canon and Nikon professional digital systems both video and still♦  Studio and location lighting

REFERENCES

Upon Request 

PORTFOLIO

Available at http://photomarla.blogspot.com, http://wedphotomarla.blogspot.com, http://sportphotomarla.blogspot.com and http://productmarla.blogspot.com

Portfolio

Portfolio

mmmmm pizza

Look at the large pie. The huge pizza hypnotized me. Look at the fun toppings. New York pizza is special.

...and then I shot a wedding

Kathleen is held up by the groomsmen at Hingham Harbor but that was only after she kissed the maid of honor while her groom looked on.

More night lights

I was feeling a bit Canadian. I spent some time last week driving thru the country to the North. It made me smile for no real good reason. This Victoria British Columbia. I just drove thru Ontario.

Big City Lights

The Queensboro Bridge at twilight. There is nothing like a little motion blur to make your day.