Fotis Variatzas

Experience

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  Fotoview

  Apr 2009 - Sept 2009

  Intern

  Image studio advertising photography- Art studio Georgios Depollas Co-founder of Photographic Center of Athens (PCA), GreeceAssigning metadata to travel photographs, Color correction and Retouch for company’s internet database www.fotoview.gr, Programs used: Adobe Photoshop, Fotoware Fotostation & Adobe Bridge, 6-month Internship • Editing archival Pictures for travel magazines and press, Program used: Adobe photoshop• Studio Photography pack-shot, still-life e.g. products, artwork, paintings, sculptures, Jewellery• Classification & Management of digital image database Show less

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  Hellenic Army

  Sept 2010 - Apr 2011

  Photographer

  Photographer during mandatory military service in Hellenic Army. Kavala, Greece • Editing archival pictures using Adobe Photoshop• Classification and development of digital photo-database• Covering confidential exercises and ceremonies

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  Fototheme/picturestudios

  Dec 2012 - Feb 2013

  Photographer/retoucher/stylist

  Fototheme-Picture studio, West end, London, U.K. Fashion photography, advertising, pack shot, still life, retail and accessories of brands, for inventories and editorials of magazines and newspapers in studio setting. • Taking pictures of clothes and accessories worn in mannequin or flat styled• Digital editing of the pictures by cutting out the garments from background and making clipping paths so they can be used in different backgrounds and layouts• Retouch and manipulation of images. Adding inserts or additional parts of it into the main image• Preparing products for shooting by steaming and styling them according to each brand’s principles. • Briefly some brands I have retouched for: Versace, Etro, 20812, BHS, Burtons, Phaze8, Tatler RU, Vogue RU, Next, Evans, Lashes, Lipstick, Myla, Agent Provocateur and others Show less

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  I Heart Studios

  Mar 2013 - Oct 2014

  Digital/Creative Retoucher

  I worked for iHeartstudios as a retoucher for e-commerce fashion brands and creative projects. Into my responsibilities was the editing of high amount of pictures on the highest standards for e-commerce purposes on a busy environment while liaising with photographers and stylists for the accomplishment of the best result.E-commerce/Creative Retoucher for Harrods and New_Look accountsRetouching for Creative projects seasonal themes and E-commerce picture editing on Body models shots, mannequins, garments, accessories, home accessories etc. Also occasional administrator for “New Look” account. Main responsibilities:• Retouch to the highest standards for Creative projects and advertising photography. Tops, Home essentials, furniture, Lingerie, Accessories, Bottoms, Maternity, Shoes, Dresses, Body models etc. Apx80 - 100 images / day.• Video editing using After Effects (mainly for shoes)• Cutting out, Color matching garments, Quality checking, also creating actions, re-sizing, re-shaping and image building. • Batching and uploading according to client’s standards using BIG ABBYSS and SCENE7. • Liaising with client and providing guidance to photographer/stylist • Briefly some brands I have retouched for: New Look, Harrods, Ben Sherman, Hobbs, Chanel, Valentino, Hackett, Baraboux, Matalan ect Show less

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  Office Shoes

  Nov 2014 - Jul 2015

  Digital Retoucher and Photographer

  Digital retoucher and Photographer.Digital editing for company's imagery. Photographer for social media channels.•Image editing (photoshop) for www.office.co.uk imagery. creative, still life, body model shots•video editing (Adobe flash/Actionscript ) spins for video shoes. •Indoor and Outdoor photo shooting for company's social media channels. •Maintenance and updating of spreadsheets; assigning metadata on pictures for common sharing throughout different departments of the company.•Maintenance of archive and server's image bank.•Batching according to company's image sizes•Research on buying new equipment Show less

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  Talon Aerolytics

  Feb 2016 - Dec 2021

  Technical Product Development (inbound) / Area Manager

  Talon is one of the leading software companies in the Global drone market. It operates mainly on Telecommunication industry and serves its customers on B2B correlation. It offers Cloud, Management and RTC Digital products in SaaS format but also provides aerial capturing services by licensed UAV pilots.Project Management and Product Development responsibilities:• Collection of requirements from Stakeholders on upcoming projects and maintaining the communication channels of allocated developing design and operational teams.• Analysis of use cases and planning along with the Dev and Design teams• Schedule, Scope, Cost (baselines) and Risk management of the Cloud and Management products• Monitoring products' health (cloudwatch, google analytics, tableau), proactive actions when needed • Mockup preparation (photoshop) and presentation on Stakeholders (inbound)• Composing RFP's, RFI's & SLA's documents • Comply with the latest UX trends on B2B and B2C markets• Researching and testing new methods, software & market stats for the smoother UX• Visual storytelling• Good understanding of HTML, CSS, SQL, familiar with AWS Knowledge on various project Management platforms and Adobe's products. (Currently on PMP training Certificate) Show less

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  Schoox

  Jan 2022 - Jul 2024

  Schoox is a learning management system for talent development. The role in this position covered the following tasks• Product Owner. Performing Scrum Methodology on JIRA (planning, daily, review, retrospective)• Facilitating respective meetings• Reporting to line Manager the status of deliverables• Planning according to a given capacity for the upcoming train• People management 21 (PTO’s, Checkins, 1o1)• Custom Reports on Tableau (per individual, per team)• Jira Management of issues, prioritization• Liaising with Tech Leads, QA Leads for estimations Show less

  • Product Program Manager

    Feb 2024 - Jul 2024

  • Software Development Manager

    Jan 2022 - Feb 2024
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  Kaizen Gaming

  Sept 2024 - now

  Agile Delivery Lead

  • Guiding two scrum teams. Agile team transformation and encourage teams to adopt agile values and apply Scrum• Monitoring delivery flow and ensure timely and accurate execution of the roadmap items, while maintaining inter-team alignment. • Remove impediments and distractions to optimize teams’ performance. Proactively solving out dependencies• Capture and report team performance metrics • Liaising with casino providers games specifications certifications• Documenting and establishing processes on confluence Show less