Sabine Kowal
Creative Management
Raleigh, NC, USA
919-819-7724
be.net/sabinekowal
Work Experience
Local Government Federal Credit Union
Senior Designer
•Manage and elevate the user experience with inspiring design solutions; lead concept development and design unique, creative solutions for a forward thinking, socially responsible credit union. As Senior Designer I create original designs on a wide range of projects (identity, print, web etc.) and push the boundaries of the creative studio's design and aesthetic
•Promote and champion new brand to stakeholders, creative team, and vendors to ensure brand strategy delivers on corporate brand objectives across a variety of media platforms for multi touch point deliverables
•Provide art direction, graphic design, project management, client consultation, management of vendor relations, inspiration and mentorship of junior team members
•Promote and champion new brand to stakeholders, creative team, and vendors to ensure brand strategy delivers on corporate brand objectives across a variety of media platforms for multi touch point deliverables
•Provide art direction, graphic design, project management, client consultation, management of vendor relations, inspiration and mentorship of junior team members
November 2012
- Present
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Blue Shield Of California
Art Director
•Work with award-winning creative team to design and implement new brand launch for Blue Shield, create and edit new brand guidelines, promote and champion new brand to marketing managers, copywriters, implementation team, and vendors to ensure brand strategy and that design campaigns deliver on corporate brand objectives across a variety of media platforms including web, print, and video.
•Provide art direction, graphic design, project management, client consultation, manage vendor relations, and review work of junior staff members
•Provide art direction, graphic design, project management, client consultation, manage vendor relations, and review work of junior staff members
May 2004
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California, United States
SK Design
Principal
• Provide art direction, graphic design, project management and consulting services
• Clients include Macy's West, Pottery Barn, Gardner, Geary and Coll, Inc., Van Noy Group, Mead Westvaco
• Clients include Macy's West, Pottery Barn, Gardner, Geary and Coll, Inc., Van Noy Group, Mead Westvaco
October 2001
- May 2004
San Francisco, California, United States
CF/NAPA, Dba Lipson, Alport, Glass Associates
Senior Designer/Project Manager
• Design and manage print and packaging projects
• Manage production staff and freelancers, photographers, print and materials vendors, oversee press checks and art direct photo shoots
• Manage budgets and project proposals, liaison between client and creative teams, conduct market research
• Clients include Mondavi, Gallo, Beringer, and Unilever
• Manage production staff and freelancers, photographers, print and materials vendors, oversee press checks and art direct photo shoots
• Manage budgets and project proposals, liaison between client and creative teams, conduct market research
• Clients include Mondavi, Gallo, Beringer, and Unilever
April 2000
- October 2001
Napa, California, United States
Sasaki Associates
Graphic Designer
• Design and manage production of promotional materials and environmental graphics
• Manage project budget and scheduling, vendor relations
• Manage project budget and scheduling, vendor relations
April 1998
- December 1999
Watertown, Massachusetts, United States
Harvard University Press
Graphic Designer/Project Manager
• Design and manage national direct mail campaigns, and direct mail implementation plan
• Manage printing, mail-house and direct mail list services, coordinate postal compliance
• Manage printing, mail-house and direct mail list services, coordinate postal compliance
May 1994
- April 1998
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
PBS, Channel 2, WGBH-TV
Project Manager
• Manage promotional print projects for national television and radio productions (''NOVA'', ''Frontline'', ''This Old House'', "New Yankee Workshop", amongst others)
September 1990
- May 1994
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Education
Massachusetts College Of Art
B.A. Graphic Design
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Boston College
B.S. in Marketing
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Additional Information
AFFILIATIONS
Instructor at the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Pro Bono Consultant at Taproot Foundation, Graphic Design and Project Management
LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/pub/sabine-kowal/6/23/542
Instructor at the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Pro Bono Consultant at Taproot Foundation, Graphic Design and Project Management
LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/pub/sabine-kowal/6/23/542
Skills
Strategic thinker and creative designer with excellent communications skills. Excellent project management, brand management, and organizational skills, with the capacity to deliver high volumes of quality work while maintaining accuracy, brand identity, team momentum and productivity. Detail-oriented and resourceful, with both creative staff and client management experience, as well as proposal writing and editing experience. Proficient in CS6 Adobe Creative Suite for OS10, HTML,CSS, PowerPoint, Excel, FilemakerPro, MS Office.