Michael Barkin

Relevant Skills

Information Management:  Address complex problems through assessing needs, gathering and disseminating information. Work with diverse, often geographically disparate populations and audiences. Experience with systems thinking (iterative processes, diagrams, information flows, decisive action).  Skills related to emerging technology trends and ethical practices.  Human-centered design, information architecture, intellectual property, information system design, organization of information.

Technical/Systems/Software:  Consideration of context and meaning in technical solutions.  Metadata, database queries and design.  Expertise in use of PCs, Mac, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator), Photo Mechanic, Expression Media, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access), SharePoint, HTML

International Experience: Includes photojournalistic projects and research with geographic scope in North and South America, Europe, and Africa.  Conversational Spanish skills.

Born in Oregon and spent many weekends camping and climbing at Smith Rock during high school.  Won the Josten's/Kodak "Get the Picture" contest, including $1000, a Domke camera bag, and 40 rolls of film with a photo of Amiri Baraka speaking in the school auditorium.  Many rolls of film later shooting with Leica M6's and a Nikon D700.

 

Bringing together skills and experience working as a photographer; as Assistant Operations Manager at Aurora Photos in Portland, Maine; and as a Content Coordinator contractor in Image Acquisition at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington.