Dani T.

Dani is a wedding & portrait photographer based in California. She takes on a small amount of weddings per year, so that she can approach each wedding with the utmost care. She is unique and thoughtful in her approach — capturing the beauty of real moments, incredible spaces, golden light, and heart. She blends a photojournalistic approach with an editorial eye — marrying candids with gently guided posing so that her couples receive beautiful, organic images. She infuses a sense of elevated artistry into each portrait, and carefully shapes light so that each image is a piece of art. Her deep appreciation for truth and thoughtfulness is an intentional part of her process. She has recently been nominated as a rising star wedding photographer by Rangefinder Magazine.

• Design logos, collateral, digital graphics, and signage for Museum social media, programs, events, promotions and campaigns on a daily/monthly basis for all departments. This includes meeting with various departments, developing, and designing work. • Coordinate and photograph Museum events, exhibitions, installations, staff and workshops for website, social media, and collateral materials. • Update newly launched website with ongoing multimedia and copywriting development. This includes designing new pages, updating existing pages, initiating interactive web ad promotions, creating and managing forms, managing event calendar, and maintaining communication with front-end web design team to assure quality and accuracy in all interactive project work. • Maintain best web practices and user experience optimization. Manage promotional codes for Museum’s forms. • Design within the Museum style guide. Manage design projects and timelines along with Manager. • Work with members of other departments to promote educational, community, membership, donor, and other Museum events by providing assistance in and implementation of creative strategies/visuals. • Assist Manager with developing and executing advertising plans.

• Designed logos and collateral for new programs, events, and signage for the Museum. • Assisted Coordinator with developing and executing advertising plans. • Assisted the Coordinator with the social media program – multiple platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat), including daily posts and responding to comments. • Updated external calendar listing sites on a monthly basis. • Monitored and tracked media coverage, maintain press archive, and generate social media and web reports as requested. • Provided updates on website. • Managed Museum guest pass donations to schools, teams and other non profits as requested. • Worked with members of other departments to promote educational, community, membership, and donor events.

• Managed all social media platforms. • Rebranded the organization with original style guide, including fonts, colors, and image/video editing techniques. • Created design templates for collateral and web materials. • Photographed programs for process images. • Maintained marketing relationships and sponsorships. • Managed social media marketing internship program. • Implemented digital workflow strategies through various storage and project management systems. • Oversaw and engaged in content creation.

• Culled and curated images for website. • Designed blog layouts. • Researched venues for roundups. • Edited images to tell a cohesive and visually appealing story.

• Developed a professional film schedule & contribute to an inspiration board, story board, and script. • Created video vignettes that contribute to the new student ceremonies, alumni department, and to each of the University's College of Arts & Sciences 28 majors. • Interviewed colleagues and peers throughout the campus. • Assisted with marketing goals for launch of the University's redesigned website (scheduled for January 2016). • Worked with each department to blend their ideas with creative marketing goals.

• Shot photographic material for magazine's articles. • Worked with art director to create photographic clippings and arranged material in Adobe InDesign layouts. • Coordinated and managed shoot schedule for off-site shoots. • Worked with internal creative and marketing teams to coordinate and direct shoots. • Worked with art director to uphold San Diego Magazine standards.

• Welcomed, greeted, and assisted customers with a positive, genuine, and mindful attitude. • Advised and styled customers by offering knowledgeable information on apparel, shoes, and jewelry. • Displayed and arranged merchandise to promote sales. • Worked to meet sales goals of $500-$1000+ worth of clothes per client. • Maintained and assisted customers with fitting rooms by offering suggestions and opinions. • Ran the cash register. • Informed customers of the latest sales and future merchandise to promote interest.

• Welcomed students to create art and utilize the labs I directed. • Assisted students with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Bridge, and Adobe Lightroom. • Helped students print large photographic prints in the lab's professional Canon ink-jet printers. • Monitored and assisted students in the darkroom with mixing darkroom chemistry, processing 35-mm and 120-mm film, and printing silver-gelatin photographic prints. • Performed darkroom cleanup. • Worked closely with USD's art department staff in order to maintain a clean, creative, and fun atmosphere for students.

• Assisted with culling, batch-editing, and fine-tuning in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom. • Helped maintain customer service goals, including emailing clients, ordering prints, and arranging the layouts for clients' personalized photography books. • Helped manage and maintain marketing goals through blog posts, timed social media posts, and curated imagery throughout the SheWanders Photography website.

• Selected women's and men's apparel, bags, jewelry, and shoes from large surf brands (Billabong, O'Neill, Hurley, Roxy, and RVCA) for future selling in Urban One Inc. stores (which are the largest & highest volume surf shops in Mexico). • Predicted popular sales items and trends for the next two seasons (oriented towards a Mexico-based demographic). • Maintained relations with brand representatives. • Arranged meetings for Urban One Inc. owners for new brand connections.

Bachelor's Degree in Visual Arts, with an emphasis in Photography and Film. Senior Thesis Show: "Elsewhere" (November 2015) Attended UC Santa Barbara & Bard College before transferring to USD.