Leandro Krukowski

Creative Director / Videographer / Artist

Freelalance work

Monetate Inc, Conshohocken, PA

06/2011 Creative Director

Drawing on 20+ years in the creative realm, manage a team of designers that develop creative marketing and design concepts that meet the business objectives of the organization and advance its brand strategy.  Through a deep understanding of web/digital design, usability and communications the team produces fully integrated campaigns that encompass video, photography, branding, website, print, events and mobile/tablet.

05/2011 DVI Group, Atlanta, GA

01/2001 CO-Funder / Creative Director

CO-Funder in the startup of a multi-media production company that successfully continues to grow after 10 years in business.  Within one year, DVI landed Fortunate 500 companies as return clients.

Involvement in all creative aspects including concept development, art direction, 3D design, 3D modeling, drawing, sculpting and texturing, copywriting and post-production as they relate to any/all aspects of video production, motion graphics, special effects, website design, interface/collateral designs, prints and branding.

Developed, implemented and managed the direction of the Creative Department and provided hands-on leadership in all aspects of the business, including all client proposals and meetings.  Experienced in itemizing costs and time associated with individual job requirements in order to complete production in conjunction with mutually agreed upon timeframes.

Successfully managed high volume, high profile creative pipeline of revenue with execution and client deliverables.

Additional responsibilities include coordination of schedules clients/shoots, client meetings, team management and motivation, artistic direction, outsourcing vendor components, performance reviews.  Close interaction and team - work with other departments leads, artists, producers, and directors to ensure a highly coordinate, on schedule, successful productions.

Responsibilities include conceptualization of broadcast/film projects, setting direction of said projects (including the organization of outsourced work and overseeing of teams), hands-on creation of animation and artwork.

01/1998 The Hammer Corporation, Atlanta, GA

01/2001 Creative Director

Senior level responsibility for implementing efficient execution of creative projects, leveraging external strategic partnership vendor resources; and promoting innovation while mitigating budgetary, scheduling and deliverability risks across various creative projects.  Worked closely with sales and management teams to develop and produce marketing strategies for maximum effectiveness across all consumer mediums including video, print, packaging, web.

Created successful campaigns for children -oriented product lines with distributor focus.  Lead a team of creative professionals and programmers to launch an online web arcade incorporating the product brands.  Developed a line of cartoon characters to launch a new line of consumer-based products.  Designs were implemented onto retail packaging, web, video and promotional items.

Awards:

… Addy Award (Silver ADDY)

… IABC (Golden Flame Award)

… Pegasus Award (Award of Excellence)

… Summit Award (Multiple Silver Awards)

… The Videographer Award (Award of Excellence)

… The Accolade Corporation (Award of Excellence)

… Summit Awards (Bronze Award Corporate)

… Telley Awards (Bronze Award)

… Aurora Awards (Platinum Best of Show) (Gold Award)

… Pegasus Award (Award of Excellence)

Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Major: Bachelor of Arts in Animation/Multimedia

Degree: Multimedia/ Advertising