Geoff Ridenour

I make cool shit happen.

Punchbowl specializes in three things that are near and dear to all of our blessed little hearts: cannabis, alcohol, and food. That's right, our team of brand designers and content wizards are ready to take the social media game by storm with clever, sometimes funny, and engaging posts about all the things that make life worth living. From lip-smacking images of perfectly-prepared cocktails to macro-trichrome-holy-smokes reels, we can do it all. And, we're doing it all with a keen eye for detail and a quick wit that's sure to keep you entertained and engaged. We have options from basic on white e-commerce photography all the way up to our premium styled and art-directed content pieces. All of it slays. Let's get after it.

My Wacom pen has more miles than your first car. I make cool shit.

The Senior Retoucher performs a variety of image tasks including retouching, color correction, archiving and naming images, image output and more. Key Accountabilities: • Image retouching of on-figure, fashion, laydown, and still life images, by utilizing tools in Photoshop such as, adjustment layers, selections, paths, etc. • Color correction of product from sample. • Quality Control of outsourced images from our off-shore partner. • Reviewing vendor-provided images against quality standards and determining viability for use online. • Retouching, cropping and optimizing vendor images for use on the Macys.com site. • Track progress of all on-going projects, capturing metrics, reporting data weekly. • Uploading, downloading, transferring, preparing, naming and archiving of images according to specifications. • Lead and develop off-shore team, in-house retouchers & freelance talent. Enforces Site Standards and best business practices, provides feedback, and serves as a backup. • Collaborate with other teams within the organization. • Work on special projects including researching new technologies. • Driver of outsourcing assets to off-shore team. • Ensures that projects are completed by established deadlines.

Essential Functions: • Reviewing vendor-provided images against Macys.com quality standards and determining viability for use online. • Retouching, cropping and optimizing vendor images for use on the Macys.com site. • Track progress of all on-going projects, reporting data weekly. • Image retouching of on-figure and laydown images, utilizing clipping paths, adjustment layers etc. • Preparing, naming and archival of images according to specifications. • Ensure all images are properly optimized and sent to the website. • Regular, dependable attendance and punctuality.

Set up and maintain sets for Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom and Macy's both on-figure fashion and still life. Documentation of lighting designs for future use. Troubleshooting of any camera, lighting or computer issues on set.

Provided faculty, staff and the student body with multimedia equipment and accurately managed inventory. Maintained and managed the photo studio, wet darkroom and video studio.