Looking for offsite freelance work retouching and editing photographs.

I've been working with Photoshop as one of my main tools since it was released. Even while working as an Art Director at a large ad agency in San Francisco, I did the retouching work myself since I enjoy it so much.

I now work exclusively as a retoucher; clipping, masking, color correcting, compositing and retouching for Whole Foods Global, Sonnentag Design, NBC Emmys, FOX Studios, Circa Now, LoneStar Overnight and several other agencies.

As a retoucher I am extremely familiar with creating and using paths, masks, layer masks, color correction and matching, and compositing.

As a freelancer, it is imperative that I am able to manage projects, collaborate and be quick and reliable in my work.

As an Art Director I developed an eye for what makes a good image which is a huge help as a retoucher.

As a designer and production artist I am familiar with the realities of print production.

I understand that this position is not in located in Austin, where I live, however I hope that you still consider me for the position and/or use me for any projects or overflow. All of the clients that I currently work for are remote and I've never even met 80% of them face-to-face. This speaks to my ability to get quality work done with minimal supervision.

My website address is www.nathanyost.com and my site showcases a lot of before and after work. Clients that I've worked for and with over the breadth of my career include:

Whole Foods
Microsoft
Applied Materials
Sonnentang Design and the NBC Emmys
FOX Studios Creative
Circa Now
LoneStar Overnight
SGI
3com
AMD
Tektronics
Blue Shield of California
Del Monte
Revo
Goodwill
TxDOT
Texas Department of Health Services
The Sierra Institute
Utah State University
Penn State University
Texas State Fire Marshal
Texas Secretary of State.

Work History
Retoucher/Image Editor • Self
2013-present •  Austin, Texas

Sr. Art Director • ThinkStreet
2006-2013 •  Austin, Texas

Art Director • Freelance
2002-2006 •  Austin, Texas

Art Director • McCann Erickson
1998-2002 •  San Francisco, Ca

Sr. Designer • Anderson & Lembke
1994-1998 •  San Francisco

Designer • Ladd & Assoc.
1993-1994 •  Orange, Ca

Designer • Fahrentheit
1993 •  Costa Mesa, Ca

Designer • Lamoureux & Assoc.
1991-1993 •  Anaheim Hills, Ca


Client History 
Whole Foods
Microsoft
AMD
Applied Materials
Del Monte
Revo
Tektronics
Blue Shield
Lone Star Overnight
Secretary of State-Texas
Amedica
GeoSearch
Utah State
Penn State
Sierra Institute
Texas Department of Health
Texas Department of Transportaion
Goodwill
SGI
Ultimate Sound
Regis Properties
Memory Direct
Sinkmaster
Delta Crafts. 

Education 
BFA Graphic Design 1991
Cal State Fullerton

Visual Communication Studies 1988-1990
Cal State Long Beach

Awards 
Adweek’s 19th Annual Agency Report Card
Austin Tellys 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
Communication arts advertising annual 1999 
san francisco icon awards 1999
los angeles ad club student award 1991