Linda Barrett

Images with the power of visual story telling. Portraits, branding, headshots, lifestyle and celebrity photography. Image assets with impact. I'm all about relationships...making people comfortable in front of the camera or grabbing that spontaneous moment. Available to work on projects across the globe. Message me, call or email to discuss booking. I can't wait to work with you!

Developed creative ideas, projects and curriculums to train staff, inspire customers and build brand awareness. Build increased revenue through relationships developed in workshops as well as in-store expereinces, delivered through creative engagement. Managed three budgets for material odering, supply use and labor. Reponsilbities included tracking sales, seat registration, delivery of html web upload, photography for image content and web presence. Inspiring others while managing to success through creative passions. Designing curriculums that span from bookbinding, letterpress, box making and paper arts to the ever so popular wedding favors and complementing accents. Do Something Creative Every Day was not only our mission, but is my passion!

General Manager and Managing Partner for both divisions of retail and wholesale manufacturing focused on custom and speciality hand crafted bookbinding. Head buyer for handmade Japanese papers and imported silk bookcloths, including the Italian paper inserts.

Table top commercial and gallery photography. Prints sold and held in private collections, Board of Trade, Print colleteral, Marketing, Advertising and media campaigns nationwide. Small limited edition prints in B&W hand printed, signed and numbered. Versed in several Formats: Hasselbad 2 1/4"x2 1/4", 4x5 and 8x10, large formats.

President and General Manager for a 120 employee family business selling service contracts, throughout the chicagoland area, for such industries as construction clean-up, new corporate offices, banking institutions and other companies requiring ongoing facilities maintenance and services. Primary focus was on selling and maintaining ongoing relationships with customers, including overseeing scheduling and hiring of staffing.

Worked as support for large format table top photograher. Assisting in everything from: styling shoots, setting lighting, processing film, printing b&w photos, coordinating and maintaining all gear, location confirmation and general manager of the studio.