Summary
Activity
Work experience
grantlechner.com
Freelance photographer & graphic designer | 04/2012 - Current
Freelance photographer and designer working with clients on a wide range of projects.
Graphic Design: branding & identity systems, in-store marketing, apparel, editorial design and packaging.
Photography: lifestyle/editorial, product, portraiture and live music coverage
Clients Include: Boombah Inc/ GQ "Men's Month" / Haberdash Chicago / Adidas Y-3 / USASF / ICU / React Presents / Keh Camera / Buzzfeed / Freshly Inked Magazine / DOPE Magazine / Chicago Music Magazine / Gnarly Magazine / Chicago Tribune / Red Bull "Art of Motion" / Sears / Kmart
Notre-Shop Chicago
Studio Photographer | 10/2018 - Current
Boombah Inc.
Brand Image Designer/Photographer | 09/2016 - 10/2018
-Manage and meet all Ecommerce photography needs including product receiving, prep, general styling, crop & retouch for all still media.
-Photographing product still lifes and on figure following guidelines and brand standards
-Photographing finalized samples & prep files for digital customization platform
-Content creation for all marketing efforts wether traditional or digital mediums.
-Collaborating with creative and product development teams to concept & execute photoshoots
-Quality assurance of all images. Including cropping and final processing, naming and accurately archiving images for future use.
-Meet daily/weekly production schedule of e-commerce/digital marketing needs
-Designed & Manage photography studio, in/out products, set build/tear-down and equipment repair and upkeep.
Haberdash Men's Shop Chicago
Lead Photographer | 03/2014 - 02/2016
Collaborated with marketing team to organize and execute lifestyle/editorial marketing content for both digital and print campaigns.
Created ongoing content for social media platforms in parallel with marketing efforts.
Produced imagery for use on Ecommerce homepage/ blogposts/ marketing campaigns.
Assisted lead designer in managing ecomm homepage content of sliders & banners.
Sears Holding Corporation
Ecommerce Photographer & Studio Assistant | 03/2013 - 03/2014
Assisted daily in the studio to streamline workflow with product logging and other preparation before photoshoots.
Photographed and styled products according to the standards of the Sears & Kmart brands working with a wide selection of products from apparel and other soft goods to fashion accessories, home and other hard goods.
Maintained proper file organization practices for handing off images for final retouching.
Whole Foods Market
Customer Service Representative | 06/2010 - 12/2012
Customer Service Representative handling transactions in the checkout line, making sure each customer was well taken care of and helped when needed. I was also responsible for general cleaning duties around the front end of the store as well as carts in the parking lot.
Education history
College of DuPage
Associates | 2008 - 2010
Columbia College Chicago
B.F.A. | 2010 - 2012
