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New York, NY

Karmen Lizzul, Creative Director, basically grew up washing dishes and waiting tables in her father's Italian restaurant in Long Island, New York. Because of this work, she became obsessed with details from a very young age. Every dish had to go out of the kitchen looking great. As a freshman at the School of Visual Arts, she even designed the menus and sold her first painting to one of the regular customers .

Karmen has worked at some of the more influential magazines in of the last twenty years. Before joining Family Circle as Creative Director six years ago, she started out at Spy magazine under the editor-ship of Graydon Carter and Kurt Anderson, and went on to become the Art Director at Sassy and Mode magazines. Karmen has also designed for Entertainment Weekly, New York Magazine, and The New York Times. As the former Creative Director and principal of Wink Creative she art directed, produced and designed magalogs for Fashion Bug stores, Nordstrom and promotional material for small boutique fashion companies.

Her work has been recognized by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, Graphis, Folio, and The Society of Publication Designers.

Karmen loves to inspire the artist in all of us and speaks on design, creativity and team development.

CONTACT: karmen.lizzul@gmail.com
917-861-0560

Experience

  • Creative Director
    New York, NY
    Jul 2005 - Present
    Family Circle Magazine

    Built up entire new staff. Very involved in daily development of the visual content. Helped develop new vision and direction for the magazine brand and brought it back from the dead. Art directed photography, illustration assignments and design. Cleaned up design and created a fresh look to attract younger readers.

    Adage Hotlist for 2008, 2009 and 2010; 2008 ADWEEK A-List;
    SPD Merit Award 2010 AND 2011

  • Creative Director
    New York, NY
    Oct 2004 - Jul 2005
    Gruner & Jahr Magazine Development

    Developed a new women’s service title. Worked with Editor-in-Chief, CEO and Editorial Director. Project matured to the point of focus groups before G&J sale. (G&J sold all of their US magazines to Meredith Corporation)

  • Creative Director/ Deputy Art Director
    New York, NY
    Oct 2002 - Oct 2004
    YM Magazine

    Oversaw design of entire magazine, supervised photo shoots, worked with editors to develop concepts for fashion, beauty, entertainment and articles. Supervised and collaborate with art department and production staff daily to fine tune the final product.

  • Creative Director / Principal
    New york, NY
    Jun 1998 - Oct 2002
    Wink Creative

    Developed and created magazine and publishing-related projects for such clients as Nordstrom, Gruner & Jahr, delia*s, Fashion Bug, W.W. Norton, Time Inc., and Teen People Magazine.

  • Design Director
    New York, NY
    Aug 1997 - Jun 1998
    Mode Magazine

  • Art Director
    New York, NY
    Feb 1996 - Aug 1997
    Hachette Custom Publishing

  • Designer
    New York, NY
    Feb 1995 - Feb 1996
    Entertainment Weekly Magazine

  • Art Director
    New York, NY
    Dec 1992 - Oct 1994
    Sassy Magazine

  • Assistant Art Director
    New York, NY
    Mar 1989 - Jul 1990
    Spy Magazine

Education

  • BFA in Graphic Design
    New York, NY
    School of Visual Arts

AWARDS


  • Work has been recognized by the Society for Publication Designers, American Institute of Graphic Arts, Graphis Poster, Society of Illustrators, Folio

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