Hi, I'm Laz Marquez. I'm a Creative Director & Illustrator Creating For Advertising, Film, TV, Books & Pop-Culture.
Laz is a New York City based Creative Director & Illustrator creating design for Agencies & the Entertainment Industry. Agency clients include Verizon, Chase, Disney, L’Oreal, Toyota, Conde Naste, Urban Decay, Spotify and Netflix. Work created for these clients ranged from TV, Print, Social and Digital Advertising. in which Laz strived to bring to life smart, forward-thinking campaigns that have a unique perspective and impact.
In addition, his passion for film and a fine-arts background has inspired Laz to create and tell visual stories through his work. Laz's work has been a staple at galleries in California and the U.K. such as Gallery 1988, Creature Features and Hero Complex Gallery. Throughout the years, Laz's signature style has been utilized by a variety of clients for Key Art, Exclusive Prints, Book Covers and Packaging Design. These fantastic collaborators/clients include: Sony Pictures, Warner Bros, New Line Cinema, Penguin Books, Overlook Press, Simon and Schuester and Arrow Video.
Laz continues to bring his knack for expressive and striking visuals to each project while always channeling his inner child, who just so happens to still be obsessed with all things Horror and Sci-Fi.
Resume
Linked In Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lazmarquez
Madison Square Garden
Total Duration: 1 year
Creative Director UI/UX
Dates Employed: January 2024 - December 2024
Working with Madison Square Garden, I was the lead creative for their internal website and application User Experience and User Interfaces. This included concept to execution on style guides, branding and layout for experiences ranging from Rewards Programs to Ride Booking services.
Netflix
Total Duration: 1+ Years
Senior Art Director
Dates Employed: Aug 2022 - December 2023
In my time working with Netflix, I was able to work with the marketing teams to create artwork based on their original international content as part of their test/learn model. Upwards of 20 pieces of artwork were created in a vast variety of styles to best understand what consumers in different markets were gravitating towards to best support viewing of each title.
Roku
Total Duration: 2+ Years
Senior Art Director
Dates Employed: May 2021 - Aug 2023
As a contractor with Roku, I had the pleasure of working with their in-house teams to help craft a library of artwork to represent their Roku Original titles. From concept to creation, all artwork was based on key strategies and behavioral data to make artwork that was eye-catching, iconic and relevant to the trends of each genre.
Fancy Pants Group
Total Duration: 5 yrs
Creative Director
Dates Employed: Mar 2017 – june 2020
Employment Duration: 3 yrs 7 mos
Associate Creative Director
Dates Employed: Oct 2015 – Present
Position entailed the concept to creation of Digital/Interactive for our clients ( Interactive Ad Tools, Innovative Ad Formats, Pre-Roll and Site Experiences). In addition, we created a new video solution for our clients that provided them a platform to effectively create beautiful video based on existing assets. This produce, Savvy, allowed our clients the speed/flexibility to produce mass videos in a range of formats (social, pre-roll, dynamic video) to quickly utilize the Test/Learn philosophy and increase Ad performance at scale.
mcgarrybowen
5 yrs 5 mos
Associate Creative Director
Dates Employed: Aug 2014 – Jul 2015
Senior Art Director
Dates Employed: Oct 2012 – Jul 2015
Position entailed the concept to creation of Digital/Interactive ( Facebook Apps, Websites, Mini-sites, iPhone Apps, Banners, etc) focused Advertising. Current client is Verizon Wireless.
The Vidal Partnership
2 Years
Art Director
Dates EmployedJun 2008 – Mar 2010
Creation of 360 campaigns (including: Digital/Interactive, Direct Mail, Print & Broadcast) from concept to realization. This position called for a healthy amount of client interaction through concept presentation and direct work with vendors and production work. Clients included: The Home Depot, Sprint, Kraft and Heineken.
Analysts In Media
1 Year 4 Months
Art Director
Dates Employed: Mar 2007 – Jun 2008
Working at "Analysts in Media" gave Laz his chance to delve into the world of Editorial Design, while continuing to grow in his experience as a Print advertiser. His tasks as Art Director included designing and laying out full magazines for the Pharmaceutical and Business Industry on Wall Street, creating commissioned ADs for outside companies, and creating visual hubs for convention work.
Indika Entertainment Advertising
1 Year 2 Months
Art Director
Dates Employed: Mar 2007 – Mar 2008
At "Indika", Laz was in charge of spearheading creative pitches and executions in the world of feature film print campaigns. From concept to execution, the ideas were pitched to clients and subsequently designed in house by Laz. Some of the work completed by Laz during his time with the company included theatrical posters for "Miss Potter", "Goya's Ghosts", "No Restraint", and "Elvis and Anabelle".