JOSEPH SCHUSTER

Team Halprin & Zero260Films are award winning Los Angeles based production and new media companies. I supervise the company’s entire digital presence. The company is a commercial production agency representing top notch international directors and talent. The company image and website is highly dependent of the presentation of an extensive library of videos which need to stream at HD quality. I designed the company portfolio websites, along with the pre-production websites for still photography and advertising shoots. I have supervised and maintained a database server with an extensive photo library of tens of thousands of filming locations. The company has a library of thousands of videos arranged in collections by director that needs constant upkeep. I developed a customized search engine to catalog this massive amount of media generated. 

My approach is to help clients develop a sensible, scalable solution that fits present day needs and expectations and provides an open pathway to future iterations and revisions. I have dozens of satisfied clients, who have all achieved their individual website goals beyond their initial expectations. I have an extensive roster of design, re-design, and web architecting. I oversee and develop WordPress installations, template customization, WooCommerce e-commerce stores, website domains, linux servers, website hosting choices that are appropriate, are all areas of expertise.

Brightcolors.com sells fine art, limited edition prints, originals and collectibles via the internet. The primary e-commerce venue is built on the eBay store/ auction model. The company has established an outstanding reputation and flawless customer feedback over the span of thousands of successful transactions over the last 10 years

Examples are London Arts Group (www.londonartsgroup.com) and Bright Colors LLC, (www.brightcolors.com), as well a principal partner in two premiere online art gallery websites dealing in limited edition prints in a variety of media, styles and genre. I have extensive knowledge of modern, contemporary & decorative art sales and marketing online and in more traditional gallery settings. This has given me a great deal of experience target marketing to niche consumer.

I was the webmaster and online strategist for Art on Royal – World Art Auctions, a company that operated art auctions aboard eight Royal Caribbean luxury cruise ships. I supervised the design and implementation of front-end consumer website and integration with backend sales and inventory system.

Managed Artwork provides web-based management software tailored exclusively to the needs of fine art galleries. Over 700 fine arts professionals use our software daily managing their inventory, contacts, transactions, consignments, marketing, website, and more. Requiring only an internet connection, the Artwork Manager is available where you are – at the gallery, at an art fair, at home or on the road.

We have cast thousands of Commercials, Industrials, Infomercials, Voice-overs, Print Ads and Live/Trade shows. We have extensive experience with both Union or Non-union projects. Whether highly accomplished actors or real people we will meet your needs.

I helped manage, run and maintain an on-going art auction & road-show which visited high-end hotels and resorts across the USA for over 4 years. For 5 years I was an executive in ARI, a national chain of decorative fifteen (15) galleries across the US. In this position I created promotional materials for artists and receptions, planned marketing campaigns, promoted artists at the highest levels of national notoriety along with expanding the galleries both in terms of product offerings and store/gallery re-design. I’ve built or refurbished seven high profile galleries acting as ombudsman with the local staff, national headquarters, contractors and landlords.

Educational Film Foundation, WNET, NOVA, Zala Productions, Colossal Pictures; Liquid Television, Pacific Western Productions, Gale Anne Hurd, Brian De Palma, Steve White Productions, Chris DeFaria, Milton Ketselas, Jeffrey Tambor, Al Mancini The Beverly Hills Playhouse,

Twenty-eight week UX-UI Bootcamp covering the theory and tools used by modern designers, and how to employ user-centric design. I learned a wealth of creative tools and methods to build dynamic experiences. I mastered the fundamental skills for UX/UI, and worked on complex teamwork projects to create professional results.

I did post grad work in the Department of Philosophy for which I did not receive a degree. I did desktop publish a series of translated books for a notable professor. These were the very early days of self-publishing and I learned a lot about design despite having gone to Stanford for a different reason. This was my first professional job using a mac computer.   

The STS Program is a multidisciplinary degree that studies science and technology in a social, cultural, and historical context. Established in 1971, it was one of the first programs of its kind at an undergraduate institution. I graduated with Departmental Honors for my senior seminar paper.   

I lived by myself at the tender age of 20 years old in a studio apartment in Harlem in 1984.  There is no way to summarize the education I received that year.  

The Roeper School is an internationally recognized school community for gifted and talented children. It was pioneer of the open classroom concept in education where grades were blended to gether so children had contact with other ages.

Among my many extracurricular accomplishments, I was captain of the school fencing team, played three years high school soccer . I was also an active member of the Drama & Musical Club and performed and directed many plays.

While studying at high school language foreign student program I was immersed in Spain and Castilian culture. I began to dream in spanish and soon I found I could read and speak fluently.  It was an amazing experience for a 17 year old from Michigan.  

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