Anne Mincey

Freelance Photo-Stylist ● Prep Staging Stylist ● Merchandise Wrangling ● Backgrounds & Surfaces Artist ● Props sourcing /crafting ●Creative Project Management
2009 – Present
Atlanta GA
Produce aesthetically presented images for advertising photography; arrange, position, shape, & sculpt: apparel, accessories, soft goods, & products. Create sets, paint surfaces & backgrounds, source & craft props.
Skilled at conjuring inventive styling solutions, incorporating unconventional materials, and constructing forms. A resourceful idea person, creative problem solver, and an inventive lateral thinker adept at devising innovative styling solves.

Extensive experience in photo-shoot production logistics for print and
Ecommerce advertising.
● styling ● prepping & staging ● sourc(erer)ing & creating props ● Paint backgrounds & surfaces
● merchandise management ● creative project management
• Style apparel, soft goods, and other products
• Prep and stage apparel and products
• Conceptualize, source, paint, draw, acquire items, for sets, walls, backgrounds, and surfaces
• Create and source props
• Devise and construct styling forms
• Carters, Osh Kosh, Bloomingdales, Rubbermaid, Stein Mart, Westport, Williams and Kent, Link Soul, Cooper Jones, Turttleson, Aspen Brands,
Can You Imagine Gifts, Cornerstone Cakes, and other brands and retailers

Carters / Osh Kosh E-commerce photography Styled E-commerce lay down photography apparel, accessories, soft goods, and other products for Carters, Osh Kosh, Skip Hop, Just One You, Child of Mine, Simple Joys, Sam's, and Costco
*employed acute attention to established brand styling details, producing quality accurately styled images, successfully managed scheduled time by rarely requiring reshoots.
* Collaborated with and supported Sr Stylists on specialty projects anticipated special styling needs, preliminarily styled products, gathered tools, materials, painted sets, shopped for props, organized and prioritized shot order; flexibly pivoted direction as needed, multitasked, and developed workarounds to offset delays when schedules changed managing time efficiently.
* Prepared merchandise to be shot utilizing proprietary merchandise tracking database software, provided Sr Stylist with information ensuring consistency within established style guidelines and entered metadata into photography database.
* Excelled at devising inventive and innovative styling tools sourcing materials, exploring methods, and constructing forms.
Improved the consistency and ease of styling multiple item sets which enhanced the aesthetic of images for the Carters / Osh Kosh site
* Maintained and updated images and notes in the digital "Styleguide"
* Strong communication skills, compatible, amiable, and enjoy working with a variety of different people.

Photography Manager
• Designed sets, props, and surfaces, for each gift collection featured in seasonal catalog photoshoots
• Styled products
• Color corrected and managed images
• Oversaw press checks
Gift Packaging Designer
• Designed on-trend gift packaging and accent pieces for 4-6 new gift collections per season.
• Sourced unique materials utilizing unconventional materials developed award-winning gift packaging.
• Developed database of suppliers and cultivated productive beneficial relationships.
Creative Project Manager
• Managed catalog production; point person for communication information between CEO, Graphic Designer, Photographer, Printer, and Suppliers.
• Sourced and managed new suppliers’ information keeping track of materials, pricing, minimum order requirements, delivery date.