Dan Minkkinen

Informing customers about the history, philosophy, and beer at Tree House Brewing.

Handling can packing, can sales, and checkout operations.

Multitasking to help out other team mates.

Efficiently and accurately pouring drafts with careful attention to product quality.

Assessing flavor profiles and assisting customers with their choices effectively.

Ensuring clean facilities inside and out.

Organizing and managing merchandise inventory.

Consistently maintaining a friendly and welcoming atmosphere at Tree House Brewing.

Providing various digital imaging services to the general public and small businesses. Specializing in all formats of digital imaging, including but not limited to event photography, pro commercial production, and photo restoration and retouching.

Interfacing with clients by email, phone, and chat. I work very closely with every department and handle each step of a customers rental experience.

• Establishing and maintaining relationships with customers
• Supplying quick response times (via email, live chat, and phone calls)
• Knowing all practices and policies of Borrowlenses. com
• Troubleshooting equipment problems, and general account issues
• Recommending appropriate photo gear based on the customer's needs

Working with images of furniture and home furnishings from a variety of national retailers and manufacturers; helping clients capture their eCommerce opportunity. Edited product images to optimize them for websites. Worked with a team of professional graphics artists to continuously improve product presentation and present accurate, high-quality visuals to inspire and sell.

• Created detailed silhouette paths of each product and corresponding alternative views.
• Performed complex color correction and matching between multiple files.
• File management, including renaming, re-sizing, layer organization, and file archiving.
• Reviewed peer assignments to ensure that they met department standards.
• Extensive experience in monitor calibration, color profiles, and color management.
• Independently created, managed, and assisted in automation and faster workflow within Photoshop and Mac OSX through actions, Applescript, and Javascript.
• Completed assignments in a timely manner with minimal need for second-round alterations.

Responsible for color correcting, image masking/silhouetting and manipulation of digital images to produce the highest-quality images possible. Working within the creative team to accurately represent the company's clothing, accessories, and home goods both in print and on line.

• Color corrected over 80,000 images within 3 months, with two other employees, in preparation for the new company website.
• Color corrected, masked, pathing, silhouetted, and manipulated digital images to produce the highest print quality possible
• Worked within creative team to accurately represent products both in print and on line
• Processed RAW images from photo shoots and balance color
• Oversaw image files for migration to e-Commerce environment
• Prioritized retouching and color correction schedules to meet high volume of images under tight deadlines
• Maintained and followed server image asset organization, proper file naming, and image protocol.

Retouched images of products and models, prior to each products event / release on a future date.

*1 month contract.

Produced and organized weekly photo shoots of current and future furniture and home style goods, for internal website, social media, and print advertising.

• Studio set-up of no-seam backgrounds and strobe lighting.
• Organized layout of product including alternative angles, detail shots, and swatches.
• Edited and post processed images prior to final image retouching.
• Color matched to product swatch to ensure customer trust, loyalty, and ideal experience.
• Created and edited product romance copy, description, and product details.
• Maintained website with current inventory and future new product release sales.

• Prepared bids and quotes that met specific customer needs.
• Negotiated details of contracts and payments, and prepare sales contracts and order forms.
• Provided customers sales and support for photo and video related equipment.
• Provided on-location set up, assistance, and consultation for corporate clients.
• Represented company on camera safaris sponsored by Canon and Nikon.
• Built strong customer base whose loyalty that followed into next position.
• Assisted customers outside of company time with questions as well as hands-on help with purchases made through Hunt’s.

• Restored and manipulated old and new images using Photoshop.
• Printed work for consumers and businesses using large format Epson and Canon printers.
• Produced and arranged technical presentations for camera clubs on topics such as proper color calibration or inkjet printing tips and techniques.

• Provided customers sales and support for photo and video related equipment.
• Represented company on camera safaris sponsored by Canon and Nikon.
• Built strong customer base whose loyalty that followed into next position.
• Assisted customers outside of company time with questions as well as hands-on help with purchases made through Hunt’s.

Organized employee teams for weekly tasks including.

• Scanning student/instructor memory cards into negatives and prints printing daily contact sheets and work prints for editing organizing meta data and student work for end of week slide shows.
• Produced and organized multimedia projections for evening instructor slide shows.
• Provided basic troubleshooting for Apple and PC platforms.
• Taught mini-courses on use of Canon digital SLRs, basic image editing software using Photoshop, iViewMedia Pro, and assorted printing and scanning tips and tricks using Canon equipment.
• Assisted teachers with digital imaging and lighting equipment instruction.
• Maintained inventory of lenses and SLR bodies provided by Canon, Italy.
• Created DVDs of weekly courses including video segments, slide shows, and snapshots of workshop life.