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GABYHEIT Creative Direction
+ Management
Gaby Heit is an art/photo director, graphic designer and creative consultant with a master’s degree from Pratt Institute. With many years of experience in print publishing, she has led the creative direction, rebranding and design for national magazines covering fashion, travel, women’s services, business, and fine art. Also a three-time gallery director and independent curator, Gaby has represented several artists from Philadelphia and New York, and has produced numerous exhibitions that blend fine art, science and design. Currently, she is the curator for Main Line Health, teaches History of Design at Rutgers University, serves on the Board of AIGA Philadelphia, and regularly consults with artists on presentation, organization and self-promotion.
As GabyHeit Creative Direction + Management, she offers a combination of a bold modern graphic design aesthetic, a sharp eye for detail, and an ability to prioritize while handling several projects at once, tight deadlines and small budgets.
Her work can be summarized as:
• Design: magazine features, fashion wells, advertorials, promotional pieces, redesigns, start-up projects, branding and corporate identity.
• Photo: directing and styling fashion and still life photo shoots, managing contracts and archiving.
• And also: hiring and managing photographers, illustrators, stylists, designers and freelancers from all over the nation.
She has also worked very closely with production and sales teams to traffic ads, manage multiple schedules, and to oversee new media and promotional initiatives.
Gaby has received a TABPI Award for Creative Direction, a Philadelphia Design Award, and three “Big Bingo Winner”
T-shirts from Tortilla Flats restaurant.