Aaron Clair

Background

About Aaron Clair

Studied at Brighton College of Technology and gained a 2-year Distinction in Media studies. Started as a Junior Photographic Technician at The Argus newspaper in England. After 6 years at The Argus i was lucky enough to be able to move to New York and become a staff photographer with Splash News and Pictures, 2 years later promoted to Chief Photographer; I accepted a promotion to Managing the Photo desk in 2013 I have a very good relationship between photo editors across the globe and within a variety of news organizations, print and on-line. Ive since been promoted to Editorial Director. In-charge of the day to day running of the Editorial department of Splash News. Directly responsible for over 20 staff as well as liaising with a team of over 500 freelance photographers/writers from around the world. Hard hitting news stories are covered by Splash and getting said stories covered at lightning speeds. Searching social media including to find celebrity sightings and news stories to send my reporters and photographers on. Specialties: Social media searching, Twitter, Facebook, Travel management and cost setting for 'out of town' jobs, keeping to a budget, working as a team as well as an individual, project management, spearheading projects and Celebrity Set-up accounts, Skills, not limited to Adobe Photoshop Adobe Lightroom Excel, Word, Mac OS and Windows platforms, Working to extreme deadlines Organizing a team Purchasing Budget Management International Press Law Shorthand French and Spanish language