Sarah Stepic Pisani
Summary
As a leader passionate about design, I direct creative projects across
multiple platforms and teams. I create on-brand concepts and strategies, guide generation of sophisticated and engaging visual content, and deliver production-ready print, digital and social assets for large scale marketing campaigns.
Experience
Senior Art Director of Global Brand and Creative Services
Commvault | 2015 - present
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Create, direct and guide high-performing, on-brand visuals across multiple platforms including print, web, email, social, experiential, and promotional products with quick turnarounds and budget constraints
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Lead productive and creative collaboration across various internal and external teams, including brand and digital agencies, comms, marketing, dev, and C-suite
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Manage, prioritize and delegate department’s agile workloads; guide junior designers and provide creative feedback for efficient project flow
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Oversee and approve compliance with corporate brand guidelines and strategy across all graphic deliverables created internally and externally
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Managed creation of new corporate brand portal and established process; developed partner guidelines and steered collaboration with stakeholders
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Key contributor to rebranding campaign; lead efforts across vendors and internal teams to create a variety of digital asset templates ensuring visual consistency
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Coordinated with C-suite to create main stage presentations for international conference
Principal
Stepic Design formerly refineDzine | 1998 -2016
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Created cohesive brand identities that successfully translate business mission statements into visually pleasing and memorable icons
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Carried corporate identity through to printed and digital marketing collateral, including websites, banner ads, Eblasts, newsletters, presentations, programs, printed ads, posters, corporate invitations, and convention signage
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Managed, maintained, and updated a non-profit website, oversaw registration
campaign, managed registrants, and created categorized email distribution lists;
monitored analytics -
Developed concepts for event-driven direct mail campaigns for legal publishing
company with limited resources and budgets -
Successfully managed simultaneous projects and coordinated with multiple suppliers and printing resources with acute attention to details
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Created client-driven, high-end, custom, couture invitations and engineered unique
dimensional solutions for upscale stationery
Senior Art Director
Harrison & Star | 1994 - 1998
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Developed ad campaigns for pharmaceutical clients, including Abbot, Bracco,
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cephalon, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, and Sanofi -
Collaborated with writers on concept development and designed collateral for new business pitches
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Developed brands; designed logos and a multitude of materials, including journal ads, sales sheets, patient kits, visual aids, and packaging
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Managed commissioned artists and directed photoshoots
Skills
Adobe Creative Suite
Sketch
Microsoft Office
Working knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Education
New York University
BA with a Concentration in Graphic Design | Graduated Cum Laude
American Graphics Institute
UX Design Certificate
School of Visual Arts
Graphic Design Classes
Contact
732.610.1496