Lisa Kelsey Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York, New York

Working with a small ad hoc team to design single-subject magazines on health, diet, travel, pets and celebrity.

Elmsford, Ny

A typical day at Two's Company might mean working with freelance stylists and photographers to produce photo shoots, running out to buy props, meeting with product developers, designing a catalog cover, writing copy, supplying salespeople with image requests, or uploading videos, all while keeping track of the hundreds of products—from accessories and clothing to home goods and toys—that need to be styled, photographed, color-corrected and then added to online catalogs.

San Francisco, Ca.

Developing merchandise line for children's book character, managing social accounts, writing, research. Design consultant

Yonkers, New York

Photo research, design, and production of special interest publication, Eat Healthy.

White Plains, Ny

Art direction and design of layouts for Reader's Digest

New York, New York

Designed and art directed women's service/lifestyle magazine. Art directed food, craft and home photo shoots, hired illustration, designed covers and features. Managed Junior and Senior Designers, intern, and freelance help.• Transitioned to lead art department, hired and developed junior designer, adding new skill set to the team, enabling editors to draw on department for help with digital platform projects, such as videography and motion graphics• Completed heavy focus group work and research for brand repositioning• Created timeline and budget for major rebrand, identified and collaborated with highly respected designer, redesigning magazine interior, logo, winner Min Award best redesign, finalist Folio’s Ozzie Award best magazine redesign category (both 2017)

Designed and art directed women's service/lifestyle magazine. Art directed food, craft and home photo shoots, hired illustration, designed features and front-of-book. Assisted Creative Director in managing art department, supervised work of Associate Art Director and Senior Designer. • Spearheaded redesign and several subsequent refreshes, creating more sophisticated look, leading to more reader interest, and heightening magazine’s industry prestige• Increased efficiency after reduction in staff size by encouraging more collaboration, using new technologies to share resources, and training and empowering junior art department members • Improved inter-departmental communications by working closely with edit teams, developing stories, and presenting visual solutions to creative director• Achieved company’s Circle of Excellence award for layout design• Society of Publication merit awards for layout and illustration collaborations• Family Circle Momster blog contributor with multiple highly-rated posts• Produced material for Instagram account, boosting follower count

Designed feature and department layouts including hiring illustration. Assisted art director with department management duties. Marked up color correction on all images. • Branded recurring features garnering recognition for new franchises • Recognized as Society of Publication Designers gold medal nominee for use of infographics• Suggested cover visuals that raised brand awareness and were repurposed broadening scope across multiple media• Saved time and money with creative use of stock photography and up-and-coming illustrators while increasing cutting edge brand image

Designed feature and front-of-the-book pages and occasionally covers. Art directed photo shoots and hired illustration. Assisted Art Director in managing six person art department.• Designed and art directed special publication Easy Computing.

Designed and art directed feature stories and front of the book section. Managed art and production departments.• Contributing writer and illustrator

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Graphic Design

Graphic Design

Visual Design