Mary Kang

Manger and creative of the in house studio and art department at The Lions Management, a prestigious boutique fashion management company in New York City. Work included but not limited to running a studio, managing portfolios for talent, web design, original branded content creation, photo and video creation and editing, creative direction, etc.

WORKING IN THE ART DEPARTMENT AT A MAJOR GLOBAL TALENT AGENCY, RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: - PRODUCING AND CREATING PHOTO AND VIDEO CONTENT IN-HOUSE FOR BOTH TALENT AND CLIENTS RANGING FROM TIFFANY’S TO LONGCHAMP TO VOGUE ITALIA - EDITING AND CREATING DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL PORTFOLIOS FOR INDIVIDUAL TALENT - PHOTO AND VIDEO EDITING FOR INSTAGRAM, INSTAGRAM LIVE, IGTV ACTIVATIONS, AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT - MANAGING AND UPDATING THE WEBSITE IMAGERY TO MAINTAIN THE SOCIETY BRAND ATTENDING EVENTS WITH AND PHOTOGRAPHING TALENT (I.E. MET GALA, NEW YORK FASHION WEEK, CFDA AWARDS, ETC.) - DESIGNING AND CREATING PRESS KITS AND PRESS RELEASES FOR TALENT - COLLECTING AND ORGANIZING PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL ARCHIVES OF TALENT FROM PUBLICATIONS - ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE INTERPRETING BETWEEN TALENT AND AGENTS

WORKED IN THE PHOTO DEPARTMENT AT AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER, RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED BUT WERE NOT LIMITED TO: - PHOTO RESEARCH FOR BOTH LONG FORM AND SHORT FORM STORIES - EDITING AND COMPOSITING IMAGES TOGETHER FOR WEBSITE - CREATING ORIGINAL GRAPHICS AND VISUALS - COMMUNICATING WITH AGENCIES AND LICENSING IMAGES FOR EDITORIAL USE - REACHING OUT TO AND COMMUNICATING WITH INDIVIDUAL SOURCES FOR VISUALS - COLLABORATING WITH WRITERS TO CREATE STRONG IMAGERY FOR STORIES

WORKED IN THE ONLINE PHOTO DEPARTMENT AT A MAJOR FASHION PUBLICATION, RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED BUT WERE NOT LIMITED TO: - PHOTO RESEARCH FOR BOTH LONG AND SHORT TERM PROJECTS - CREATING ORIGINAL PHOTO AND VIDEO CONTENT IN-HOUSE FOR INSTYLE.COM - EDITING, CREATING, AND DESIGNING VISUALS FOR INSTYLE.COM - COMMUNICATING WITH VARIOUS LICENSING AGENCIES TO AQUIRE IMAGES FOR STORIES - WORKING AND COMMUNICATING WITH AND EDITORS AND WRITERS TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN INSTYLE.COM’S ONLINE IMAGE - FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WORKED AS THE EARLY MORNING EDITOR - TACKLING THE ONLINE PHOTO DEPARTMENT ALONE. CREATED AND SOURCED IMAGES AND VISUALS FOR BREAKING NEWS STORIES TO LAUNCH FIRST THING IN THE MORNING

WORKED IN THE STUDIO FOR A NEW YORK-BASED COMMERCIAL AND FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER, RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS INCLUDED BUT WERE NOT LIMITED TO: - PRE-PRODUCTION ASSISTING (I.E. CONFIRMING RENTALS, CALLING STUDIO SPACES, ETC.) - POST-PRODUCTION ASSISTING - ORGANIZING AND ASSISTING WITH ARCHIVING - ORGANIZING STUDIO AND RUNNING ERRANDS AS NEEDED

WORKED IN THE FASHION DEPARTMENT AT AN MAJOR INTERNATIONAL FASHION PUBLICATION ASSISTING THE FASHION DIRECTOR, FASHION EDITORS, AND ASSISTANT FASHION EDITOR. TASKS INCLUDED EDITING FASHION SPREADS, RECEIVING INVENTORY FROM DESIGNERS, AND COMMUNICATING WITH FASHION HOUSES AND PR COMPANIES.

WORKED IN THE PHOTO DEPARTMENT AT AN MAJOR INTERNATIONAL FASHION PUBLICATION ASSISTING THE PHOTO DIRECTOR, PHOTO EDITOR, AND ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR.