Louis Leibowits

Story Land Pictures, I'noir LLC, Ducalm Skin Care, PBS, Left/Right, ATIVA Medical, Animal Farm Creative and others.

Product and package design, photography, photo retouching, presentation decks for sales and marketing. * Managed all aspects of licensing submissions including licensor meetings, asset acquisition and design concepts. * Developed efficient asset retrieval system for creative, sales and marketing staff. * Tasks included project workflow, request forms development, content & asset acquisition, icon and package design templates. * Developed design deliverables for which company won the right to used test assets that were not available to other licensees. Graphic Designer/Photo Retoucher/Asset Optimization Coordinator (As needed/per project basis)

Handled COBY: Consumer Electronics Package/Display/Product Design/Licensee Submissions. * Designed and executed Tech-Packs for Product, Packaging and Displays. * Other Brands worked on: CYLO, C WONDER, BEBE, ISAAC MIZRAHI, KENSIE, BODY GLOVE.

Directed and managed a large team of Designers, Social media/Web, Photographers, Trade Show and Public Relations. * Lead Licensed Property Development: Products, Packaging, Collateral and Marketing. *

Kodak, Gold's Gym, Ritz Camera, Stanley Tools and assorted private label. * Trained the Designers and Photographers in production efficiency techniques using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat. * Created PowerPoint Presentations for the Chief Marketing Officer.

Developed and implemented a highly efficient asset retrieval system for creative and marketing staff. * Collected and organized photo, testimonial and video assets for a 75 woman product clinical trial. * Transcribed video footage with time-code notations. * Photo retouching and collateral image composition for packaging, advertising and in store display.

FESCO - Brooklyn, NY * Reviewed and revised production submission process. Led Production and Graphics teams to create 70 SKU rollout of new brand consisting of phones, tablets and laptop computers. * Tasks included project workflow, request forms development, content & asset acquisition, icon and package design templates. * Developed design deliverables that elevated, differentiated and functioned on-brand and on-strategy. * Designed new on-brand visual elements to effectively convey concepts and messaging. * Developed and presented new concepts with limited direction for varied internal and external client needs.

Display design, product photography, photo retouching, packaging and presentation. * Graphic design and layout for consumer electronics and in store display mockups. * Generated PowerPoint presentations, proposals and decks, for the sales/marketing departments. * Mentored new members of design staff during onboarding. * Designed advertisements, tradeshow banners and signage from concept through completion. * Designed art and copy layouts for web and direct mail advertising material.

Creative Services - designing, managing creative assets, talent acquisitions, projects and logistics for a variety of clients. * Developed design deliverables that elevated, differentiated and functioned on-brand and on-strategy. * Directed vendors to ensure consistency within brand guidelines, for marketing materials. * Presented projects to clients. * Designed art and copy layouts for direct mail advertising material.

Managed visual assets, graphics, illustration, display, packaging, style-guides and collateral. * Proposed and presented new concepts for the brand and varied licensee needs. * Created series of style guides for multiple brand properties. * Designed advertisements, tradeshow banners, signage, blog posts, newsletters and other materials. * Sourced artists for original and restoration assignments. * Directed vendors to ensure style consistency with other marketing materials. * Monitored and adjusted production schedules while adhering to assigned budgets. * Managed logistics for multiple trade shows, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and associated events.

Managed all aspects of licensing submissions including licensor meetings, asset acquisition and design concepts. * Managed visual assets, graphics, illustration, display, packaging, collateral and license submissions. * Developed design deliverables that elevated, differentiated and functioned on-brand and on-strategy. * Designed proposal covers and custom brand presentations for sales force customers. * Generated detailed specs of final designs.

Created concepts for several new and compelling seasonal window design proposals, to be presented directly to Mr. Armani. * Produced photorealistic renderings with Photoshop and Illustrator for visual department. * Rendered multiple display layouts for multiple seasonal theme proposals. * Executed Photo retouching on raw imagery for advertising and window displays. * Designed art and copy layouts for direct mail advertising material and edited company web site in order to update seasonal offering pages.

Created license contract, winning presentations for Hasbro and Elvis Presley Enterprises. * Attended licensor rollout meetings and updated design staff on all new requirements and trends. * Lead and trained graphics team in new techniques using Illustrator and Photoshop. * Trained staff in garment body construction using Illustrator. * Created graphics and spec-sheets for licensor submissions.

Taught Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator for fashion design. * Researched current and emerging art and graphic design technologies. * Mentored new members of design staff during onboarding.

SONY/BMG - New York, NY * Created original artwork and graphic assets for TV and DVD release. Assets included logos, lower thirds, DVD menus and jacket art concepts. * Contributed to review meetings to convey vision, insure execution, on schedule and under very tight deadlines. * Directed the animation team to produce animated logos and "Lower Thirds", (introducing interviewees and segments). * Delivered assets to and directed postproduction house to insure implementation of production assets. * Attended and contributed to meetings with Sony/BMG and Elvis Presley Enterprises.

Developed design deliverables that elevated, differentiated and functioned on-brand and on-strategy. * Presentation, collateral, POS and POP design, visual merchandising, photographer. * Mentored new members of design staff during onboarding.

Created innovative POS and POP displays for cosmetic and implement marketing teams. * Contributed to daily department meetings keeping projects on schedule and on budget. * Developed innovative concepts in product identification and pushed vacuum forming to its limits.