Oscar San Nicolas Abad
Amsterdam, Netherlands
EMAIL-MOBILE
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PROFILE
Seasoned creative project management professional with more than 10 years of international retouch and photo edit
experience working on exceptionally inspiring projects and leading different kinds of teams across 4 regions (Amsterdam,
London, Australia, Hong Kong), from global campaigns to international e-commerce platforms, which required intuitive,
leadership and innovative styles.
SKILLS
Photography Studio management
Brief creation
eCommerce platform layout
FTP integration for remote projects
Photo edit
Project management
Multi-brand processes
Onset Digital Operation
Budgeting
Team training and development
IT skills - Qualifications in S.O Windows, Office pack and Adobe (very experienced with Adobe CC and CaptureOne)
Languages - English, Spanish, Catalan
WORK EXPERIENCE
FEB 2019
FEB 2020
1 year Freelancing Project
Head of Post Production for IHeart Studios
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Digital content creation studio and consultancy
- Manage a team of 40 across Amsterdam, London, Australia and Hong Kong
- Contribute €1.4M revenue annually
- Built in-house post-production team from scratch for Amsterdam branch
- Recruiting and establishing new work-flows, structures, style-guides and system in order to
manage over 160,000 images annually
SEP
2018
FEB 2019
Freelancing Project
Project Manager & Senior Retoucher
- Report to general operation manager and manage a team of 6 in Amsterdam
- Managing the market launch internal imagery for Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein
DEC
2015
NOW
Freelance retoucher
International
Working either on location and remotely for different brands, such as Ted Baker, SONY,
Panasonic, Vaara or River Island on their e-commerce, look-book, campaign and commercial
promotions.
JUN
2013
2015
Mid-weight Retoucher for Net-A-Porter
London, UK
International multi brands luxury e-retailer with HQ in London, €1,655M GMV in 2015
- Edited 120 images/ day for eCommerce and editorial retouching
- Responsible of colour correcting, resizing images and adjust them to fit company guidelines
within the deadline
- Attended monthly meeting between all studio departments to keep the quality throughout
all images for 800 brands
- Trained new team members
OCT
2013
DEC
JUN2014
Retoucher for IHeart Studios London
London, UK
Digital content creation studio and consultancy
Worked for a wide range of mainstream clients such as Harrods, Hackett and Levi’s , for the
e-commerce and creative department up to 100 images/day.
FEB 2013
OCT 2013
Freelancing Project
Retoucher for MeMedia
London, UK
Digital marketing agency
In charge of retouching sets of photos for different photo-studios and modelling agencies.
Work based on selection of the best images, colour correction, skin and garment cleaning.
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Oscar San Nicolas Abad
Amsterdam, Netherlands
EMAIL-MOBILE
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MAY
JAN
2012
2012
2008
FEB
2013
Creative Editor for IZMAYLOVA
London, UK
Ready-to-Wear womenswear
Management and organization of the creative departments (photographic, video and
graphics), following deadlines and within the standard quality. Also responsible for the visual
aspect of social media, and event production.
MAY
2012
Assistant Fashion Photographer
UK
2010
intern for WS Photography Studio
Assistant Graphic Designer and Photographer part-time
for Azul Argenta Productions
London,
Alicante, Spain
WORKSHOPS
2015
Adrian Sommeling organized by Train to Create
London,
UK
Two days intensive workshop where he taught us about his creative process and techniques.
Adrian focused on photo manipulation, from light set-up to recreating reality with photoshop.
2015
Pratik Naik organized by Wacom
Madrid,
Spain
The workshop focused on high-end beauty and hair retouching. Pratik shared his workflow
focusing on the techniques and the basis for his aesthetic decisions.
2014
Natalia Taffarel organized by Train to Create
London,
UK
Retouching, myths and reality of the industry Sponsored by Wacom and in partnership with
London College of Fashion.
EDUCATION
2009
2010
Management of Photography Museum Exhibitions
Mustang Art Gallery, Alicante, Spain
2009
2010
2007
2010
Photography
Superior School of Arts, Alicante, Spain
Graphic Design
Superior School of Arts, Alicante, Spain
REFERENCES
References available upon request
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