Marcus Donner

• Produces high-quality, engaging, and well-executed photographs, videos, and visual content with the goal to capture the story hidden in life’s unique moments. • Expert at capturing emotions, personalities, and scenes in healthcare, biotech, research, education, breaking news, sports, food, travel, the arts, and the environment. • Highly skilled in on-location lighting and shooting to achieve clients’ brand vision and strategy. • Knowledgeable in camera systems including Sony, Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Olympus, and GoPro. • Adept at using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, PhotoMechanic, and CSS web design. • Clients have included the University of Washington (UW) Center for Neurotechnology, UW School of Nursing, UW Department of Global Health, UW Foster School of Business, Seattle University, Northeastern University, Willamette University, University of Michigan, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, City of Bellevue, The Associated Press (AP), Reuters, Microsoft, Greenpeace, The MacArthur Foundation, KNKX Public Radio, The Sundance Channel, and more. • Experience shooting video footage, capturing audio, providing editing and color grading for numerous clients including MTV, Runner’s World, Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), Scotopia Pictures, Von Piglet Productions, Women in Film Seattle, Puget Sound Business Journal, Seattle University, and Peg Cheng’s Fear & Writing and How To Write a Personal Statement courses. • Taught photography and videography workshops in numerous cities including Seattle, New York, San Francisco, Orlando, Tucson, Colorado Springs, San Diego, and Rome, and for various clients including the UW Communications Department, Best Buy, Woodland Park Zoo, and the Seattle Public Library.

Co-created Plaid Frog Press, a Taiwanese-Mexican-German-American-owned indie press that publishes an eclectic selection of books, zines, cards, and stickers. Go to www.plaidfrogpress.com to learn more. • Publications authored include: - Three Tips For Better Food Pics, 2023 - Noodle Taco: A Taiwanese-Mexican-American Culinary Adventure co-written with Peg Cheng, 2022. - San Francisco Mission District Food & Photo Walk, 2022 - City Critters: Wildlife Photography In Your Own Backyard, 2021 - Travel Photography For Everyone: Iceland, 2020 - Three Tips For Better Bird Pics, 2020 - Three Tips For Better Pics, 2020 • Publications designed include all of the former titles and the following: - Rebel Millionaire by Peg Cheng, 2020 - The Contenders by Peg Cheng, 2019

• Served as in-house photography expert for a Digital Asset Management (DAM) app that helps consumers organize their photos and videos into an accessible database. • Led the design team and supervised three full-time employees. • Part of the leadership team that made presentations to investors and business-to-business partners. • Taught photo and video organizing workshops at public facing events and national trade shows. • Wrote successful patent application that was granted patent #10,739,934.

Photographed and produced videos for business stories, including CEO portraits, healthcare, biotech, small businesses, non-profit groups, aviation, philanthropy, the arts, restaurants, and architecture. Sigma Delta Chi Award for Feature Photography (in a non-daily publication), 2012 National journalism award from the Society of Professional Journalists for a photo story shot in the Puget Sound Business Journal about renowned chef and restaurateur Tom Douglas and his culinary team.   Sigma Delta Chi Award for Feature Photography (in a non-daily publication), 2009 National journalism award from the Society of Professional Journalists for a photo story shot in the Puget Sound Business Journal about Tod Leiweke, CEO of Vulcan Sports & Entertainment, who managed both the Seattle Sounders FC and Seattle Seahawks.

• Planned and managed venue photo services at the Richmond Olympic Oval and the Olympic Caldron lighting by Wayne Gretzky during the Opening Ceremonies. • Managed and provided venue-specific training to 17 paid and volunteer staff who coordinated, and assisted with, photo services for more than 130 international photographers. • Coordinated planning, installation and maintenance of venue rate card services including the placement of a special temporary network connection for the International Olympic Photo Pool at the Caldron lighting during the Opening Ceremonies. • Fostered good working relationships with the venue press manager and press operations team, which included attending daily venue meetings, writing reports, and coordinating with the broadcast team. • Presented photo briefings to photojournalists covering venue-specific rules, including flower and medals ceremony procedures. • Provided individual guidance to photojournalists unfamiliar with long-track speed skating. • Facilitated the placement and approval of remote cameras with Venue Manager, Sport Manager, Broadcast Manager and Starting Officials.

King County Journal, Kent and Bellevue, WA Also published as the Journal-American, Eastside Journal and South County Journal • Managed eight person photo staff and coordinated 250+ weekly assignments with five departments for a mid-sized daily newspaper. • During first year as Director of Photography, coached a demoralized photo team of new and veteran photojournalists into a motivated, storytelling-focused team that resulted in the team sweeping the photo story category in the Associated Press Northwest Regional Awards the following year. • Delegated staff workloads and managed resources to always meet deadlines and stay on budget. • Led visual content strategy, planning, and style for the daily newspaper. • Established a searchable photo database that organized 12 years of daily newspaper photos. • Engineered technology upgrades and capital purchase proposals to transition from chemical darkrooms to digital darkrooms, and then from film cameras to digital cameras. • Mentored design staff on increasing page design quality and effective photo use. • Served as the sole on-site media supervisor and court liaison for international media coverage of the Gary Ridgway, “Green River Killer,” murder trial. Coordinated with the court, facilities manager, IT, sheriff’s department security, local media and national media.

Also published as the Eastside Journal, South County Journal and King County Journal. • Photographed people in a multitude of settings and from all walks of life including portraits, breaking news, sports, food, healthcare, business, the environment, aviation, and the arts.

Top Graduating Senior in Photojournalism Award