Professional
Experience:
1988
to Present- Photography/ Design Consultant,
Art Director and Fine Art Photographer
20 years of experience in fine
art and commercial genres of photography
(ie: editorial, advertising, landscapes,
architectural, fashion, CD covers, branding
for large corporations and small businesses.
Using a variety of formats in film and
digital image production, I've worked
with digital offset printing, latent
photographic printing and digital layout
and pre-press. I always produce the highest
quality images depending on what the
project and budget dictates, with experience
as an Art Director and graphic designer,
I deliver images, designs and layouts
camera ready for pre-flight, in whatever
prescribed specifications the project
or client may dictate. Often coordinating
with colleagues in my personal network
of proven professionals, who may offer
their assistance serving in a support
capacity and/or cover overflow to ensure
the work is completed before the deadline.
1996-Present
Web Designer, Webmaster, Web Developer
and Design Consultant
Designing and
implementing web sites for
a variety of companies, using industry
standard and state of the art computer
equipment and software,
to produce clean, modern, user friendly
web sites, with excellent, organic
search engine listings.
2000-Present,
Search Engine Optimization, (aka "SEO")
Consultant
Optimizing
web sites for first page organic search
rankings, in all the most widely used search
engines (Google,Yahoo,MSN,AOL), using the
most widely used search quires relative
to a web site. Carefully crafting code,
tags and copy to increase the importance
visibility and ranking of a site relative
to targeted search terms. After designing,
implementing and administering web sites,
through constant research and experience
in the utilization of the latest software
and the most up to date criteria used by
search engines robots to rank web sites
relative to search quires, I have formulated
the most effective method to realize unpaid
top "organic" search
engine ranking. HIgh ranking in highly
searched search terms, relative to your
site is the key to increasing web traffic
generated from search engines used
to find your web site. I have honed my
methodology over the past decade as a web
professional and utilize a combination
of industry leading software and personal
experience, which
the best terms to target relative to your
web site and how to garner top ranking
for those specific terms.
2005-2007 Art
Director of the Underground
Shopper Magazine
Creating
ads, farming and delegating responsibilities to consultants/ talent, collaborating
with clients / ad agencies, acquiring logos and camera ready ads from clients/ad
agencies/PR firms, managing the art department and all visual content, shooting
cover photography, image scanning, color correction, graphic design/ ad layout,
coordinating efforts with editorial department, proofing all visual content,
pagination and indexing of all pages, for a deadline driven, monthly 4-color
magazine.
2000-2003
Web Developer/ Webmaster for
Shopping Business Inc.
Designed and implemented web site, created
digital banners, buttons, served as webmaster
and network administrator, appeared weekly
on the radio to promote shopping online
and the companies web presence, developed
web site and ascertained the most relevant
features to include online, served as
webmaster and web administrator, maintaining
the server and ensuring content rich,
user-friendly web experience.
1998-2000 Photo Editor / Chief Photographer for
Diva Communications, Inc.
Participated in Editorial meetings and
brainstorming sessions, collaborated
with Art and Editorial
Departments to produces images that punctuated
copy while meeting design specifications,
captured all custom photography for editorial
content and ad
layouts and covers, acquired
camera
ready logos, photos and designs for
layout from clients and
ad agencies, producing shoots,( ie:scouting
locations, acquiring props, hiring
talent (ie:models, hair/makeup, stylists,
illustrators) whenever necessary capturing
images, scanning film and prints, color
correction, re- sizing images, for use
in visual media editorial and advertising
production including, television,
print and web/electronic publications.
1994-1998 Staff Photographer
for Money Business, Inc.
Photography production, location/studio
shoots, still photography for television
broadcasts( "still-store"), film development,
film/print scanning, color correction,
scouting locations, hiring talent, procuring
props, processing prints for deadline
driven, 4-color magazine and national
cross-media visual publications and
broadcasts.
Community
Service and Appointments:
Sausalito
Arts Commission and Political Appointments
and Art Community Service
2007-Present
Chairman, Sausalito Arts Commission
Our mission is to promote
the local art community and act as a
liaison between local artists and the
City Council of Sausalito. We are the
stewards of public art in Sausalito. As
Chair I am responsible for coordinating
the efforts of the Arts Commission. I
maintain the Arts Commission's files,
produce post and distribute our agendas,
in accordance with the Brown Act, recruiting new
members, attend meetings
with city administrators and sessions
of City Council. I serve as the
liaison to the Sausalito Chamber of Commerce
and the Sausalito Arts Commission. My
responsibilities with the Commission
have included fund raising, lobbying
City Hall to further our agenda, endeavoring
to protect our public art and increase
the representation of local artists work
in our community. I am responsible for
helping to organize our combined efforts,
being a representative for our organization
to city government and other civic and
interest groups in Sausalito Marin County
and the State of California. My personal
projects with the Arts Commission have
included, producing and promoting Sausalito
Art Walk, compiling a new Public Art
Registry including producing photography
and histories of all the works, designing,
implementing and administering a new
web site and online
presence for the SAC, writing
copy and producing
photography for a quarterly column
about the local art community which publishes
in Chamberwaves, creating an Artists' Registry
for Sausalito.
I personally spear-headed the latest
thrust to finally accomplish the six
year effort to restore the historic cor-ten
steel sculpture "Hermandad",
by Sergio Castillo. Working in concert
with my predecessors who's contributions
made the completion of this project possible
and brainstorming new solutions most
precisely restore the sculpture and picking
up the project after the necessary steps
had already been taken and securing the
funds necessary to complete the project
during my tenure. Raising public awareness
of the sculpture which has resided in
Gabrielson Park since 1968. I have been
in regular communication with Arts Commissions
in other communities, as well as other
art related non-profit foundations to
ascertain ways to more efficiently accomplish
our agenda. By communicating with former
members and Chairmans of the Sausalito
Arts Commission and city administrators
I was able to determine what I believed
to be the best solutions to reform our
organization into a more visible, viable and
productive asset to our community.
Sausalito
Art Walk 2006-2007
Promoter and Producer of Sausalito Art Walk
www.artwalksausalito.org>
Producing and promoting Sausalito
Art Walk, branding, (ie: posters, flyers,
business cards, collateral), vetting artists
and performers in collaboration with the
Sausalito Arts Commission, acquiring permits,
insurance, PR including interviews in local
media, regular press releases announcing
appearances and performances, through area
media outlets, distributing public service
announcements for radio, designing and
maintaining the official Art Walk web site,
serving as a liaison to local merchants,
soliciting support and donations from volunteers,
expanding the event, diversifying the disciplines
represented, broadening the demographic,
overseeing logistics at every Art Walk,
coordinating the efforts of volunteers,
offering logistical support whenever needed
and being on site for every event to ensure
thing run smoothly.
Sausalito
Chamber of Commerce
October
2007- Present
Membership Committee for
Sausalito Chamber of Commerce
Member of the Chamber of Commerce committee
charged with formulating ways to recruit
new members, while making membership
an attractive option to businesses and
members of our community and the surrounding
areas. I have specifically worked towards
increasing membership among local artists.
I endeavor to bridge the gap between
the Arts Commission, local artists, local
businesses and the Chamber of Commerce.
February
2007- Present
Columnist for Chamberwaves, Member Chamberwaves
Committee
Writing a monthly column published in "Chamberwaves" previously
distributed in the Marin IJ monthly and
now distributed by the Marin Scope. The
article highlights the local art community
of Sausalito and Marin County. The article
now distributes quarterly with the MArin
Scope
The
common thread of my professionally
produced visual
media has been public relations,
editorial and advertising across all
forms of media. My clients have
been individuals, groups, small
businesses and even fortune 500
companies. Through the use of carefully
crafted copy and unparalleled image
quality. I spare no expense in
maintaining the finest equipment
money can buy and industry leading
software designed for professional
publishing. By bringing together
the aforementioned variables and
the diversity of my fine art production
and professional experiences I
am able to increase public awareness
and visibility for my clientele
and their products.. Through
my experiences I am afforded the
ability to thoroughly consider
strategies for your successful
visual media campaign. Besides
the highest caliber of the tools
of the trade availed to me, I have
the faculty to instinctually sense
the precise method to put my clients
best foot forward and via visual
representations paint a your product
in the best possible light.
I
currently offer a wide array of photographic
and design services, in digital and
film formats. The professional services
I offer include freelance photography,
photographic enhancement and restoration,
commissioned fine art, graphic design,
ad/editorial layout, copy writing,
general PR and web design services.
I represent artists and musicians on
the West Coast. I provide multimedia
PR services for businesses that need
greater visibility, both locally and
nationally. I have photographed countless
locations, have the expertise needed
capture the images that will best suit
any needs, fitting within your specifications,
whether your producing an album cover,
a magazine ad, or you need to update
your modeling portfolio. I am an experienced
network administrator and web designer.
I have been building "hot-rod" PC
computers for the last several years.
I have spent the past 15 years in Public
Relations across all forms of media
and have cultivated the contacts you
need to get your foot in the door with
many high profile media outlets, most
cost effectively. I have the heart
of an artist and the conceptual mind
required to get your message to your
demographic. I have found some of the
greatest rewards in my fine art and
volunteer work which I devote every
moment of spare time towards. Through
event productions, exhibits, my articles,
serving as Co Chair of the Sausalito
Arts Commission, serving on two committees
for the Sausalito Chamber of Commerce,
I have found a great deal of personal
reward through volunteering my time
for the betterment of our community.
All the photography contained within
this site is available for purchase,
some as stock images while others strictly
as fine art. All rights are copyrighted
exclusively by Joshua Goldstein. If
you wish to inquire about any of the
images for use in your design, or to
purchase fine art, click
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For
a quote for photographic, or graphic
design services, you
may email me at info@joshuagoldstein.net
of call me direct at 415-377-1697
Thank
you for visiting my web site and I
hope you have enjoyed browsing through my
art.
Warmest
Regards, Joshua Goldstein
1001
Bridgeway Ave. Suite, 166
Sausalito, CA 94965
info@joshuagoldstein.net
415.377.1697
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