Kevin Keller
Photographer & Producer
Huntington Beach | United States
Skills
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Interests
Yoga
Rock climbing
Snowboarding
Calisthenics
Summary
Activity
Work experience
Kevin keller Photography
Photographer & Producer | 07/2020 - Current
• Photographer working with globally recognized clients including Adidas, ESPN, Red Bull, Coors, Ski-doo, UAG, Oakley, Jimmie Johnson Racing, Backcountry Access, and Madshus.
• Producer of photo/video shoots, tradeshows, and branded special events. Responsibilities include Casting scheduling & shooting, location scouting, permitting, scheduling, talent management, vendor sourcing, and project management.
• Doubled revenue year-over-year since 2020
Starch Creative
Account Manager / Sr. Producer / Sr. Marketing Manager | 05/2016 - 02/2020
• Oversaw $1.75 million portfolio of globally recognized clients such as adidas, Nixon, Vans, Calvin Klein, Surefire, Pelican, Fox Sports, ?
5.11 Tactical, Coop, Saleen, and Red Digital Cinema.
• Produced and managed diverse events including music festivals, pop-up shops, launch parties, and corporate events ranging from $20K
grass-roots activations to $1M music festivals.
• Collaborated with internal creative teams on conceptualization and development of brand experiences and marketing executions.
• Maintained strategic and tactical control of budgets and timelines to ensure projects remained on-schedule and profitable to the business. • Created full-scope cost estimates for design and fabrication projects.
• Oversaw design, manufacturing, and install/strike for client booths at major national trade shows.
• Secured high-value accounts through consultative selling, providing effective customer solutions, and promoting compelling business opportunities, leading to over $1 million in sales during the first year in account management role.
McClellan Nichols Sports Syndicate
Sports Marketing Manager / Agent | 03/2014 - 02/2015
-Support athlete management and career development for contracted talent within the firm
-Sign new clients, seek, negotiate, and attain new endorsement deals, and actively place
existing clients in endemic print/online media outlets and competitions
-Oversee PR and magazine placement for high caliber, Olympic athletes
-Develop marketing plans and presentations for athletes, brands, and film projects
-Maintain and update digital athlete biographies
-Locate, track, and prepare monthly documentation for contracted athlete media incentives
Burton Snowboards
Global Team Manager | 11/2011 - 02/2014
• Oversaw athletes’ schedules at world class snowboard events; arranged global marketing and sales meetings, product research and development meetings, marketing activations, catalog shoots, etc.
• Producer of award-winning, multi-million dollar budgeted action sports films, studio shoots for brand and product catalogs, and editorial collaborations with endemic media partners.
• Producer of multi-national photo and video shoots in North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia
• Managed 16 male and female Olympic hopefuls, including seven previous Olympic medalists
• Conducted multi-year strategic business plans in collaboration with Global Director of Team and Media Marketing
• Guaranteed compliance of individual athletes to diverse products within the line; provided correct brand image and product segmentation to coincide with a year round marketing strategy
• Negotiated/signed athletes to multiyear contracts for hard goods, soft goods, eyewear, and apparel
Burton Snowboards / The Program Brands (Forum Snowboards, Special Blend, Foursquare)
Team Manager | 12/2006 - 11/2011
-Carried out systematic assessment of each athlete in assigning outerwear and soft goods
based on their personality and style within the market
-Administer all product shipments to ensure proper supply of ample goods for each athlete and
core staff
-Organized the travel logistics for team and contracted the media for contests, photo shoots,
and all marketing appearances
-Assured precision in processing and paying the travel reimbursements and media incentives
to all athletes and media staff
-Forecasted and identified the annual travel and incentive payments for all athletes and
contracted media staff
-Provided exceptional on-site athlete and media support at all photo and media shoots
-Monitored the editing of all media projects from primary cuts to final product
-Showed expertise in supervising the entire regional workspace and logistics for editing and
motion graphics staff
-Offered assistance in formulating copies for sales catalogs and advertisements
-Fostered and strengthened close relationships with endemic media outlets
-Took charge of coordinating and producing world premieres of all Forum video releases
Mountain High Resort
Marketing Coordinator | 09/2005 - 11/2006
-Collaborated with the Marketing Team in developing advertisement campaigns; oversaw the
resort branding in marketing collateral
-Guided and supervised the Mountain High Snowboard Team and coordinated with the resort
park staff and media crew in taking photo and video assets for online and print marketing
-Responsible for daily snow reporting including email, telephone, website, and social media
updates
-Event assistant
Education history
Penn State University
Bachelor of Science | 2001 - 2005
