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Award-winning Creative Director. Architecture-trained.  Designing what’s next.
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Juliana Gutowski

Creative Director
Brand-led. Culturally sharp. Built for beauty, fashion, and sport.
Contact
Web julianagutowski.com
Mail jtgutowski@gmail.com
In /julianagutowski
City New York, NY
Education Univ. of Virginia BS, Architecture Pratt Institute MFA, Communication Design
Select Recognition
  • Cannes Lions
  • Clio Awards
  • One Show
  • Vogue
  • Washington Post
  • Forbes
  • Fast Company
  • Ad Age Editor's Pick
  • Adweek
  • Esquire
  • Highsnobiety
  • Hypebeast
  • Pitchfork
  • Muse by Clios
  • LBB Online
  • BuzzFeed
  • Economic Times
Disciplines
  • Brand Platform Development
  • Campaign Architecture
  • Art Direction + Design Systems
  • Film + Production Direction
  • Identity + Rebrand
  • New Business Strategy
  • Experiential + Live
  • Cultural Strategy
  • Team + Creative Leadership
  • AOR Relationship Management

Creative Director with 12+ years building brand-defining work at the industry's best agencies — Johannes Leonardo, R/GA, Droga5, BBDO, Anomaly. Trained as an architect; thinks in systems and stories. Deep fluency in beauty, sport, fashion, and female-forward brands, with a particular instinct for movements before they surface. Equally at home in the pitch room and on set.

Experience
Freelance Creative Director 2022 – Present
Juliana Gutowski LLC · New York, NY
  • Currently at 3MadFish, leading a 360 brand evolution for Burt's Bees — repositioning a cult classic as a modern, efficacious beauty brand. Worked across both the big picture and the day-to-day, from strategic foundation to campaigns and organic and paid social, in close partnership with the in-house team.
Creative Director — Freelance
2023 – 2024
MullenLowe U.S. · New York, NY
  • Pitched and won Yieldstreet. Oversaw integrated work across four accounts and teams simultaneously — Aleve, Iberogast, Banner Health, and Yieldstreet — driving creative strategy and teams from brief through production.
Creative Director — Freelance
2022 – 2023
R/GA · New York, NY
  • Led Sephora and American Express. Won TurboTax AOR — integrated campaign spanning broadcast, digital, audio, social, and streaming partnerships.
Associate Creative Director 2021 – 2022
Anomaly · New York, NY
  • Concepted rebrand for Bose. Produced Vroom's Super Bowl XVL spot. Clients: Bose, Vroom, Ally.
Senior Art Director 2019 – 2021
Johannes Leonardo · New York, NY
  • Global campaigns for adidas Originals and adidas Performance. Pitched and won Amazon Music HD. Clients: adidas, Amazon Music, Kraft.
Senior Art Director 2017 – 2019
247 Laundry Service · New York, NY
  • Created Fossil's highest-performing social campaign — sold out of product before full launch. Pitched and won Luminous Diamonds and Nike AirMax for Footlocker. Clients: Nike, Fossil, Michelob Ultra, LG Mobile.
Creative — Freelance Oct – Nov 2017
Droga5 · New York, NY
  • Launched Google Pixel 2.
Art Director Feb – Sep 2017
Grey New York
  • Clients: Volvo, AARP, Ally Bank.
Art Director 2016 – 2017
Live Nation Entertainment · New York, NY
  • Founding creative of Live Nation's in-house shop. Concepted the brand's first phone-free event. CLIO Bronze ×2. Clients: Citi, Budweiser, Secret.
Designer 2014 – 2016
BBDO Worldwide · New York, NY
  • Won 15+ accounts in new business including Pepsi, Barbie, Grey Goose, and Bacardi. In 2015, contributed to $1B+ in new revenue at a 70% pitch win rate, growing agency revenue 5–7%.
Earlier Career 2006 – 2014
Creative Lead, Freelance Tulsi Gabbard Presidential Campaign
Arch. + Graphic Designer Streetsense
Film + Media Art Director OTJ Architects
Designer + Photographer Washington Life Magazine
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