Thomas Losinski

Art Lead

New York, NY, USA

Work Experience

Freelance

Art Director, Motion Designer

Key Clients: Spotify --- Amazon Prime --- Warner Music --- Ford (Lincoln) --- DMA United --- AARP --- Good Housekeeping Magazine --- Robert Trachtenberg Photography --- Pacific Standard Magazine --- Men’s Health --- and many more.
November 2012 - Present New York, United States

Byte By Dept

Senior Lead Designer

Key Clients: Spotify
Help lead the design team to bring to life innovative creative that capture audiences’ attention. Representing the team by being client facing, presenting concepts, and overseeing more junior staff to keep work at exceptional levels.
• Leading campaigns from start to finish from short holiday bursts to longer quarterly initiatives.
March 2021 - March 2022 New York, United States

Tidal

Growth Marketing Art Lead

•As Growth Marketing Art Lead, I mainly take care of the direction and creative ideas for campaigns across the growth and CRM teams.
• Manage one digital designer, and we cover all creative needs from social to video to digital ads.
• Concept, ideate, produce, execute to completion.
May 2019 - July 2020 New York, United States

Cosmopolitan Snapchat

Art Director Snapchat

• Create and oversee 14-16 stories each day for the discover channel. Managing a team of 3-5 junior designers. Concepting, animating, video editing, and art directing.
• Animating and designing content for web and social videos as well.
October 2016 - Present New York, New York, United States

Hearst

Senior Designer Animator

• Design lead for the tablet editions of Esquire, Esquire Big Black Book, and Popular Mechanics. Managing a team of designers on the overall look and interactive user experience.
• Animate, produce, and edit videos for Esquire, Popular Mechanics, Dr. Oz, Good Housekeeping, and more brands.
October 2015 - October 2016 New York, United States

Popular Mechanics

Digital Designer and Animator

I design the Popular Mechanics and Esquire tablet editions each month for Hearst, as well as create motion graphics, animations, and video edits for the web and tablet editions.
March 2015 - October 2015 New York, United States

Esquire

Freelance Designer

November 2013 - March 2015 New York, United States

The Mill

Designer

Started as a design intern in March 2010 and became a full time employee September 2010.
March 2010 - October 2012 New York, New York, United States

Education

School Of Visual Arts (SVA)

MFA Graphic Design

Transferred from The College of New Jersey Spring of my Sophomore year to the Graphic Design/Advertising program at SVA. One of the best moments I could have ever done to further my future!
January 2007 - May 2010 New York, New York, United States

Awards

Type Directors Club

Inclusion in TDC 56 competition & Typography 31 book.

201001

Samsung: Creative Class Competition

Winner of the USA portion. Joined students from 6 other countries in South Korea & China. Amazing Experience!

201005

Art Directors Club (ADC) - New Jersey

Silver Award

2013

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite, Book Binding, Cinema 4D, DSLR, Figma, Sketch, Wood Burning,