About me

Dear to whomever this may concern,

I am currently working full time as a Digital Retoucher at Cocosa.com (*) - a luxury fashion website, selling brands such as Giles Deacon, Matthew Williamson, Vivienne Westwood, Karl Lagerfield and Michael Kors. I am responsible for producing high-turnover of images for both e-commerce and creative. I am also responsible for dealing with our external client, Issa London (*), ensuring their imagery are retouched to their specification for their e-commerce website and lookbooks.

My previous job, I worked as a Senior Creative Retoucher at Doubletake Studios (UK's leading makeover photography studios) and I have been a loyal and dedicated employee for over 3 years. In my spare time, I am also a Photographer specialising in portraits.

I have acquired the skills to assist in managing a dynamic and interesting team of people with a passion for Photoshop. My current and previous job as a Senior Creative Retoucher allowed me to assist in leading a team of Retouchers to ensure the smooth-run of the business, therefore good communication is essential as well as liaising with other departments such as Photography, Design and Editorial/Marketing. I have proven ability to work well and efficiently under extreme pressure to stringent deadlines and time constraints, yet, still managing to keep the consistency quality of work to a high standard, hence having an eye for detail.

I believe this would be a great opportunity to work within your company, as not only have I acquired excellent high end retouching/technical understanding within a digital photographic studio, and have the ability to lead a team and work well independently, I am extremely passionate about fashion, photography and Photoshop. I am very hardworking and is always willing to go the extra mile and take on new challenges. I strive to push boundaries with the willingness to learn new skills and expand my knowledge to help further my career, which is why I believe your company and I will strongly benefit from one another.

My high end retouching work can be viewed here which was published in Spain:

* - 'Espacio Actitudes' Magazine (Issue 27, page ).

My recent photography work can be viewed here which was published in September, 'Off to School' issue: *

My recent e-commerce work with Issa London can be viewed from their 'Cruise 2013' collection: *

I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for your time in viewing my application.

Yours Sincerely,

Alana Lang

Skills

High technical proficiency in Macintosh and Windows PC, Wacom Board/Pen, Adobe Softwares - InDesign, Photoshop CS5, Illustrator, Camera RAW, Bridge, Microsoft Softwares - Words, PowerPoint, Excel, Nikon SLR Camera and competent in photographic studio lighting, Excellent knowledge in CYMK ‘ready-to-print’ and ‘optimizing images for Web’ formats, Multilingual - English, Cantonese and Vietnamese, Senior Managerial Skills

Sector Experience

Online Fashion E-commerce Industry, Digital Art/Creative, Photography

Awards

1997 - 2001 Hackney Free & Parochial School / 8 GCSE’S Graded A-C’s, 2001 - 2003 Leyton 6th Form College / 3 A Levels - Graphic Design, Photography & Media, 2006 - 2008 London South Bank University / BA (Hons) Digital Photography and Media Studies

Clients

asos.com, Cocosa, French Connection, Issa London, Right Move Magazine, Superlooks