Skills -- AP Style in stories, captions and headlines -- Canon, Nikon and Sony DSLR cameras for photography and videography -- Photo and video archiving -- Social Media branding -- Adobe Creative Cloud products -- Management -- Intermediate communication levels in Russian language
Experience
Pictures of the Year, International (Jan. 2021 – Present)
Started out as a Social Media Coordinator in 2021 before becoming Lead Coordinator in 2023 and now help out and train current coordinators and volunteers as an emeritus.
-- Delegate tasks to and train others involved -- Update and maintain the new digital archive and POY website -- Attend events and educate people on POY -- Help develop social media strategy and community outreach
College Photographer of the Year (Aug. 2020 – Present)
Started out as a Social Media Coordinator in 2020 before becoming Lead Coordinator in 2022. I've been working as an archivist for the competition since June 2023.
-- Delegate tasks to and train others involved -- Put together guidebook for future coordinators and volunteers -- Aid in digitization and archiving of past years -- Help develop and maintain social media strategy
Columbia Missourian (Jan. 2019 – Dec. 2019)
I held many positions in the newsroom from 2019 until my master's graduation in 2023 including being a staff photographer and photo editor, running the photo desk as ADOP/ADOV and working on the social media and community outreach desk.
-- Maintained communication with the newsroom -- Researched and pitched stories and visuals -- Edited videos and photos for web and print; developing way in which videos can be put in print -- Ran the fall weekly "Friday Night Sights" photo special section -- Scheduled and drafted social media posts for Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
Education
Masters of Arts in Photojournalism University of Missouri 2021-2023 Bachelor of Journalism in Convergence: Photojournalism; minor in Russian University of Missouri 2016-2020
References
Jackie Bell, Director of College Photographer of the Year, belljs@umsystem.edu Brian Kratzer, Director of Photography Columbia Missourian, kratzerb@umsystem.edu Lynden Steele, Director of Photojournalism at Reynolds Journalism Institute, steele@rjionline.org
Elizabeth Underwood is a photographer and editor in Columbia, Mo. Her work focuses on the intersection of sports and community. She is available for assignment.