Luisa Rupenian

About

Experienced Photo Retoucher with a demonstrated history of working in the fashion industry. I am also an experienced food photographer. Competent in Photography, Capture One, and Adobe Photoshop. Strong arts and design professional with a Bachelors of Fine Art focused on Photography & Imaging from Art Center College of Design.

Experience

• Food Photographer · Luisa Rupenian Photography2015-01-01 –
• Retouching Supervisor · Forever 21 HQ2018-10-01 – 2025-04-01
• Assistant Manager, Photo Retoucher · Forever 21 HQ2018-10-01 – 2025-04-01

  Photo Retouching – Expert in color correction, skin retouching, texture enhancements, and product retouching to maintain high visual standards. Quality Control – Ensure all images meet brand quality standards before uploading to the backend system. Digital Asset Management (Bynder) – Upload images to Bynder and serve as the main point of contact for image-related inquiries. Adobe Photoshop & Workflow Optimization – Develop and refine Photoshop Actions to streamline workflow efficiency and enhance production speed. E-Commerce Imaging & Process Management – Conduct final quality checks for all Forever 21 e-commerce assets, ensuring seamless execution. Team Leadership & Training – Oversee and support the in-house retouching team, managing workflow and tracking performance through KPI reports in Excel. Outsourcing & Collaboration – Primary point of contact for outsourced and overseas retouching teams, ensuring smooth coordination and quality control. Campaign Retouching & High-Impact Visuals – Assist in retouching campaign images and high-visibility in-store campaigns as needed. Vendor Image Processing – Crop and resize images from vendors according to company guidelines before uploading to Bynder. Web Content Management – Identify and resolve asset discrepancies in the backend system, ensuring seamless website integration. Conduct staging reviews before final deployment.

• Photo Retoucher · Reformation2019-10-01 – 2020-01-01
• Photographer/Photo Retoucher · Social Control - Social Media Agency2017-12-01 – 2018-05-01

  Photograph products/food/lifestyle. Creating conceptual content production for new projects each month. Style and prep products for still life images. Retouching, compositing, masking, color correcting photos using Capture One, Adobe Bridge CC and Photoshop CC. Use Illustrator for vector art projects. Light, shoot, edit, crop, process, retouch, color correct and markup all product photography to correct file size specifications. Photograph food, help cook/bake and food style/prop style during photo-shoots. Cropping resizing images for Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest. Creating cinematography content and video editing. Graphic Design: creating juice Banner Ads for the web. Creating sponsored Ads for Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest. Maintain and organize photo equipment and cleanliness of the studio. Name, upload and maintain digital assets onto Dropbox so that they can be easily accessed.

• Product Photographer/Photo Retoucher · Kis jewerly2017-02-01 – 2017-12-01

  Photograph products on white background for catalog and upload to web. Style and prep products for still life beauty shots. Photograph models on location and in-studio. Retouching, compositing, masking and color correcting photos using Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC. Cropping and resizing images for web usage, Instagram, Pinterest. Use InDesign CC for contact sheets, design product catalog. Marketing on Pinterest.

Education

• ArtCenter College of DesignBachelors Fine Art, Photography & Imaging
• ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGNBFA, Photography

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