SHANA DARNELL

ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT, CREATIVE DIRECTION, PRODUCTION, PHOTOGRAPHY, PHOTO EDITING

I am a Creative Account Director specializing in advertising and marketing initiatives for companies. I also have extensive expertise in visual content creator specializing in photo editing, creative direction and production.

BIO

Possessing a total of 30 years of experience in the communication arts with several of the industry's most innovative media companies, I have been privileged to work on some of the most important journalistic endeavors of our time. Throughout my career, I have managed photography projects including the events of September the 11th, four Presidential Elections, a decade of CNN Heroes, Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, Hurricane Katrina, the Arab Spring, the Royal Wedding, and numerous breaking news events.

I earned my BFA in Photography from the Atlanta College of Art, now known as SCAD. 
In 1998, I moved to Paris, where I worked in the fashion photography industry, as a photographer, editor and first assistant to a celebrity photographer with Sygma Agency. 
In 2000, I moved to New York where I worked at Corbis, Gamma Presse, and Conde Nast Publications as a retoucher, photo editor and specialized in photo research and licensing, vendor management and art buying.

From 2004-2018, I served as a photo editor/content manager at Turner in Atlanta, covering hundreds of projects for CNN, HLN, The Atlanta Braves, PGA on TNT, NBA on TNT and Turner South. During my 14 years at Warner Media, I managed photography creation, production and distribution for several networks including CNN worldwide and HLN. This content was used globally for all levels of promotion, advertising, digital platforms and on-air programming. My contributions to CNN have been recognized by Communication Arts, where I was honored to serve as a judge for their 2012 Photography Competition. Additionally, I received recognition in connection with five Peabody Awards for CNN. Recently, I served as a Photography Client Manager for the Alderman Company supporting The Home Depot Creative Services team. I am now a proud member of The Hatch, the internal creative agency for Cisco serving as a Photography Client Manager and managing photography business initiatives.

Specialties: Account Management, Relationship building, Creative Direction, Photographic Storytelling, Photographer wrangler, Photojournalism, Brand Ambassador.

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