Lawrence Levene
INTERACTIVE ART DIRECTOR
Mobile
646.413.3433
Home
323.426.9178
Email
larry@lglevene.com
Website
lglevene.com
OBJECTIVE
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To obtain a role where I can use and expand my design, conceptual and
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technical skills to create exceptional work for clients that will improve
their brand and increase their customer base.
WORK EXPERIENCE
9/2009 - 12/2013
The CDM Group— CDMi & AgencyRx
Freelance Art Director
Designed and conceived microsites, HTML emails, banners, printed visual aids for Lipitor, Viagra
and several other pharmaceutical products.
Clients: Pfizer, Genentech, Bayer, Amgen
9/2013 - 10/2013
Lunchbox
Freelance Art Director
Designed and concepted microsite, mobile web experiences and social media assets for
Axe Hair, Suave and several other personal care products.
Clients: Unilever
7/2010 – 10/2013
HAVAS WORLDWIDE Strat Farm
Freelance Art Director
Designed and conceived a successful consumer relationship email marketing campaign for the launches
of new products from AT&T and WeightWatchers. Designed and conceived rich media banners and a
microsite for a new launch campaign for Johns Hopkins Medicine. Led art direction for successful new
business pitch for Mead-Johnson.
Clients: AT&T, WeightWatchers, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Capgemini, Mead-Johnson
9/2007 - 8/2009
Hill Holliday
Associate Creative Director
Supervised and mentored junior art director/copywriter and production teams. Responsible for
casting and managing several studio photography and video shoots. Developed animated GIFs,
FLASH, Rich Media Ad units and Microsites for clients.
Clients: AOL, CVS/Pharmacy, Chili’s, Pitney Bowes, Novartis, USTA, Cleveland Clinic
CONTINUED ON OTHER SIDE
WORK EXPERIENCE ( C O N T . )
4/2005 - 8/2007
Ogilvy One
Senior Art Director
Developed advertising concepts as well as look/feel for TD AMERITRADE and Six Flags— from top-brand
layer down to button design. Worked with Eyeblaster, Eyewonder, PointRoll. Developed animated GIFs,
FLASH and Rich Media Ad units. Responsible for presenting work to clients on the phone and in person.
Helped develop offline television ideas for Motorola, Six Flags and Ameritrade.
Clients: TD Ameritrade, Six Flags, Motorola
8/2000 - 4/2005
TBWA\Chiat\Day & TBWA\TEQUILA
Senior Art Director
Led teams producing interstitials, emails, ad units, and websites incorporating Flash, HTML,
animated GIFs, audio, video, and 3D. Implemented full range of rich media platforms:
EyeBlaster, Unicast, PointRoll, and Enliven.
Clients: Absolut, Sprint Nextel, A&E, Kmart, Pfizer, Embassy Suites
8/1999 - 7/2000
JWT
Art Director
Concepted, designed and produced ad units and web pages.
Clients: Schick, Merril Lynch, Lipton Brisk
COMPUTER SKILLS
Adobe Photoshop
Website design and prototyping, photo compositing, basic photo retouching,
GIF animation
Adobe Illustrator
Illustration and typographic design
Adobe Dreamweaver
HTML, CSS, JQuery
Adobe Flash
Animation and basic ActionScripting
Adobe InDesign
Presentation design and layout
OTHER APPLICATIONS
OmniGraffle Pro, Maya, After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut Pro
EDUC ATION
AW ARDS
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts,
Major: Film Art/ Computer Graphics, 5/1997
One Show Interactive 2005 Award of Merit
One Show Interactive 2003 Silver Pencil
Cannes Lions 2001 Cyber Gold
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Supplemental courses in Typography, 9/2001
and 3D Computer Animation, 8/2010
One Show Interactive 2001 Silver Pencil
NY Addy Award 2001
ADWEEK Best Online Campaign 2000
General Assembly, Santa Monica, CA
Supplemental course in User Experience
Design, 3/2013
Lawrence Levene INTERACTIVE ART DIRECTOR
Mobile 646.413.3433 | Home 323.426.9178 | Email larry@lglevene.com | Website lglevene.com