Rita Ornellas

Rita Ornellas

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Art Buyer & Casting Director

  • Education

    • Conservatory Dance School of Orfeão de Leiria

      1999 - 2014
      8th Dance

      Activities and Societies: Participation in anual workshops on the fields of Classical Dance, Contemporary Dance, Jazz, Character Dances, Floor Barre; Co-work with The National Conservatory Dance School; 3rd Place in the Category Children Duet/Trio Modern & Contemporary Dance on the Dance World Competition; Soloist in the years of 2012-2014. Vocational formation in Classical Dance, Contemporary Dance, Classical and Contemporary Repertoire, Tradicional Dances, Music Formation applied to Dance, Composition, Choreographic Workshop.

    • Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Centro Regional do Porto

      2018 - 2021
      Master of Arts - MA Photography
    • Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Centro Regional do Porto

      2014 - 2017
      Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Cinematography and Film/Video Production 16

      Activities and Societies: Equipa de Produção do Festival Black&White, 2015 This course allowed me: to be familiar with the history of all sound and image areas, as well as the main trends and authors; to know the fundamental aspects of audiovisual language; to build a coherent and well-referenced discourse on the practical dimension of each sound and image area; to make critical and autonomous reflections about each area; to operate and manipulate technical equipment; to master basic composition and editing rules in image and sound; to know the up-to-date innovations… Show more This course allowed me: to be familiar with the history of all sound and image areas, as well as the main trends and authors; to know the fundamental aspects of audiovisual language; to build a coherent and well-referenced discourse on the practical dimension of each sound and image area; to make critical and autonomous reflections about each area; to operate and manipulate technical equipment; to master basic composition and editing rules in image and sound; to know the up-to-date innovations and technological processes in multimedia art and to use them in multi-modal integration projects; to conceive, produce and implement complete projects, combining artistic concerns and technical skills.Main interest in Photography. Show less

  • Experience

    • JOHN - Short Film

      Oct 2016 - Jun 2017
      Director

      Director, Writer, Art Director and Co-Producer of the short-film "JOHN".

    • The Portuguese Winery

      Jan 2018 - Mar 2019
      Photography and Digital Marketing Trainee
    • PARDO - Short-film

      Jan 2018 - Jul 2018
      Producer

      Producer and 1st Assistant Director of the short-film "MULTI".

    • Parfois

      Apr 2019 - Mar 2021

      • Assist on castings and in charge of model bookings and managing contact with international modelling agencies and and other talents based on production plan.• Negotiate or participate in negotiations for resources, within prescribed budgets, for assigned projects.• Management, planning and control of the studio’s budget in contact with the Finance Dept., directly reporting to the Head of Studio and Marketing Director.• Monotoring all payments for external suppliers.• Produce management information reports.• Co-ordinating shoot logistics and thinking creatively within constraints of budgets planning, both for e-commerce and contents.• Assist in monitoring the workflow of the studio’s work, to make sure both the photography team and the retouching team are meeting deadlines.• Assist on productions of all Editorials and Campaigns with creative input.• Occasionally develop video content (internally and for editorials). Show less

      • Junior Producer

        Dec 2019 - Mar 2021
      • Studio Assistant

        Apr 2019 - Dec 2019
    • MANGO

      May 2021 - Dec 2021
      Fashion Producer & Art Buyer

      • Responsible for coordinating and developing creative productions, such as editorials, lookbooks, e-commerce and a wide variety of stories featured across different media within MANGO WOMAN and MANGO HOME, all the while ensuring that corporate content strategy is properly implemented. • Keep up to date with the trends of the fashion and art industry and its main characters in all fields ir order to source photographers, stylists, casting, HMU artists and other creative players. Work out contracts and negotiation of usages and fees. • Track and ensure budget compliance. Carry out its analysis for proposal of improvements and/or for its redistribution. • Anticipates industry cycles and recommend booking strategies accordingly. • Liaising with internal teams in order to manage integrated multi-channel productions, coordinating travel and location bookings, and ensuring the production of final assets. Show less

    • Amazon

      Jan 2022 - Apr 2022
      Production Coordinator and Consultant

      • Consult and coordinate on the launch of fashion e-commerce at Amazon Barcelona Studio for Women and Men. • Responsible for the sourcing, scheduling and booking of all creative talents, such as models, photographers, art directors, stylists, etc., within specified budgets, legal usage and timelines resulting in bar raising imagery. • Communicate with internal teams to understand business needs and the required reallocation of workflow and talent. • Manage production budget and partner closely with Procurement teams to ensure proper financial reporting. Show less

    • H&M

      May 2022 - now

      - Global casting and art buying for lookbook and campaigns for both internal and external productions (models, photographers, stylists, art directors, HMU, production companies, etc).- Extensive network within fashion industry with both creative agencies and talents.- Contract management and negotiation (terms, fees, usage, legal clearance).- Creative and strategic budget planning, forecasting and control for overall casting, art buying and production costs. Main stakeholder of Womenswear casting for H&M's e-commerce, but also collaborating with Menswear, Divided and H&M Move concepts.

      • Art Buyer & Casting at H&M Studios - Woman and Beauty

        Sept 2023 - now
      • Art Buyer at H&M Studios

        May 2022 - Sept 2023
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Production Assistant

      Issued by Black&White Film Festival on Sept 2015
      Black&White Film FestivalAssociated with Rita Ornellas