Tony Morabito Email & Phone Number

Marina Del Rey, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, United States

In addition to my client-facing responsibilities as Senior Account Manager, I manage a hybrid onsite/remote team of top-flight retouchers to develop and finish high-profile OOH and retail images for the most influential brand on Earth. I have final approval of all retouching, color and quality control, and bring my 20+ years of high-end retouching experience to the delicate task of managing a team of specialized artists. I coordinate schedules, lead all client reviews and direct both artists and clients to final approval of powerful and prodution-perfect images.

Greater Los Angeles Area

I serve as the primary relationship owner for the Media Arts Lab account where my chief responsibilities are logistics, retention and growth with an emphasis on production strategy. I bring 20+ years of hands-on design, illustration, retouching, color and prepress expertise to this task. I ensure that clients derive maximum value through content strategy, planning and implementation, managing multiple projects simultaneously, from inception through execution and delivery, for highly confidential international and domestic campaigns.Working closely with producers and creatives to identify needs, including content approval workflows and consultation on best practices for creative and production solutions, I am an integral part of every process.I orchestrate all stages of production and oversee daily work of creative retouching and prepress teams, including outside vendors, resulting in perfect delivery of thousands of assets.As a veteran of numerous such campaigns as lead retoucher, I will step in to perform hands-on creative and technical problem solving whenever necessary.

Santa Monica, Ca

After years of creating images at Andresen for their A-list clients and brands, I had success winning major new business for the company.I pitched and won both Saatchi & Saatchi and Rubin Postaer as new clients for Andresen.I accomplished the task of adding two global ad agencies to their client list by drawing on my decades of experience as a graphic artist, writer, performer, negotiator and public speaker to achieve the objective, and I employed the following strategy:• Made initial contact with high-level producers at both Saatchi & Saatchi and Rubin Postaer Associates.• Beginning with informal talks and client dinners, created interest in bringing retouching and prepress work to Andresen Digital.• Arranged a formal presentation with senior-level executives and producers.• Designed and produced promotional materials.• Photographed the facility at Andresen and produced images to be included in the presentation.• Created engaging Keynote presentations illustrating our work, workflow, process, and company culture.• Wrote promotional copy including the scripts for customized presentations.• Delivered the presentations as keynote speaker to enthusiastic reception.• Followed up with clients to maintain interest. • Guided the studio through test images and live jobs from the client.• Implemented a soft-proofing and job management server to the client’s specifications, including installation and training.• Won significant new business and managed multiple jobs including retouching, ad campaigns for publications, and brochures. That business continues to grow.

Los Angeles, Ca

Applying over 20 years of digital imaging, design and creative experience to advance this elite retouching and finishing team:Creating, developing and finishing powerful images for this renowned creative production group’s global ad agency clients including Saatchi & Saatchi, Team One, Rubin Postaer & Associates, and Mitsubishi.

Marina Del Rey, Ca

Creating dynamic images for L.A.’s most prestigious studios, including:•Andresen Digital for TBWA\Media Arts Lab • 1815c Centinela Ave. Santa Monica CA 90404Working exclusively on the Apple account with multiple art directors and L.A.’s most prominent photographers, I create final images for the universally recognizable iPod, iPhone and iPad campaigns worldwide.•Rocket Studio • 5950 West Jefferson Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90016High-resolution retouching, compositing, color correction and finishing for this sought-after studio and their high-profile advertising partners such as TBWA\Chiat\Day, Saatchi & Saatchi, Deutsch, and many others.•XYZ Studios • 4077 Redwood Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90066Working primarily on extremely complex Photoshop files for automotive advertising clients, I edit high-resolution images for this award-winning studio’s advertising partners and their clients such as Toyota, Volkswagen, Audi and many others.

El Segundo, Ca

After helping win a major ad agency account for Graphic Venue as a consultant, developed and launched the Creative Services Department for this boutique Design, Marketing, Printing and Pre-Media shop.Consulted to develop and launch Venu Interactive, a 2-way interactive advertising and marketing venture. High-resolution retouching, color correction, finishing on numerous major print ad campaigns. Complex Photoshop compositing & photo illustration, in addition to pre-press, trapping, and proofing. Specialized skills including Flash, AS3, Pageflex web-to-print solutions and Joomla! CMS were integral to expanding the company’s core services beyond traditional design, creative retouching and pre-press.

New York, Ny

The studio at DraftFCB routinely sets the standard for print production throughout the industry in both general and pharmaceutical advertising.•Final high-resolution retouching, color correction, finishing and calibration for output on numerous major print ad campaigns. ComplexPhotoshop compositing & photo illustration. Collaboration with multiple creative directors, account representatives and photographers to develop powerful images for demanding Fortune 500 clients within realistic budgets to achieve award-winning results. •Thorough understanding of color specifications and profiles to insure consistent output on press as well as the ability to manage varied personalities, concepts and schedules simultaneously.•Clients include Kraft (General Foods, Gevalia, Oreo, Jell-O, Nabisco, Planters), Diet Coke, Chevrolet, American Standard, MetLife,ONDCP Merck, Roche, BI Pfizer, many others.

New York, Ny

Quickly and consistently adapted to new environments, workflow protocols and personalities to deliver exceptional results for clients such as:•CPS Lowe • 150 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017Final retouching and color correction for this prestigious IPG agency in their industry-leading ‘Studio PSD’ department on accounts such as General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, Reebok and others.•Cline, Davis & Mann • 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017Pre-press specialist at one of the nation’s leading pharmaceutical advertising agencies for Pfizer, Amgen, Novartis, Ortho-McNeill and others.•Lloyd (+ co.) • 180 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014Intensive retouching, compositing and final color for this cutting-edge boutique fashion agency on accounts such as Gucci, Hilfiger, Cole Haan, Movado, John Varvatos and others.

New York, Ny

A wide variety of skills and responsibilities were required in addition to direct contact with corporate clients at the highest level.Managed an 8-retoucher, two-shift studio. Imaging, pre-press and retouching expert for mid-sized group specializing in packaging, advertising and web design, cosmetic and product retouching. Initially hired as senior retoucher, color, pre-press & on-press expert, this position developed to include web design, creative direction and ultimately consultation with partners on expanding the company's abilities and direction to include new media, illustration, sound engineering, copywriting, editing and animation. Clients include Sony Records, L'Oréal, Borghese, Universal Entertainment Group, AMC, Women's Entertainment, TNN, Spelling Television, many others.

Comprehensive Macintosh Graphics

I had never used a computer. Never sent an email or browsed the web. After a yearlong intensive Mac course and a couple of false starts, I.

Fine Arts

Activities and Societies: Art, Music, Theatre, Literature, SkydivingAh, the last gasp of the liberal arts curriculum. I studied drawing.