Andreas Lindstrom is a results-driven creative director with proven success in driving growth through effective strategic planning and execution of digital consumer campaigns for Fortune 500 companies to startups and everything in between. A proactive manager who builds, motivates, and leads cross-functional teams that executes business solutions for clients across a wide spectrum of industries. A native of Sweden and a 20+ years New Yorker, Andreas is currently consulting and doing business as Lindstrom Studio out of Texas.

Key Areas of Expertise

•  Creative Direction

•  Art Direction

•  Design Direction

•  Creative Strategy

•  UX Design

•  Integrated Campaigns

•  Responsive Design

•  iPhone / iPad Apps

•  Android Apps

•  WordPress Development

•  Social Media

•  Directing Photo Shoots

•  Branding

•  Brand Guidelines

•  Interviewing / Hiring

•  Management of Staff

Professional Experience

LINDSTROM STUDIO NYC / TX – Founder / Creative Director 

March 2005 – Present 

  • Creative consultancy implementing and executing strategic brand and digital integrated consumer campaigns.
  • Instrumental in expanding Potocki Vodka onto the global stage expanding the brand across the US, Europe and Asia increasing international sales by over 200%.
  • Branding and SEO for leading PR firm MCA Public Relations in Dallas massively improving their online footprint.
  • Created branding and online content management tool for PAH Management significantly improving their recruiting capabilities online.

Clients: Potocki Vodka, OgilvyOne Worldwide, Pfizer, Time Warner Cable, APC Collective, Mead Johnson & Company, JMPB Enterprises, EMC, T3, Chase, Division Creative Group, Mighty Badge, Montecristo, Verizon, McGarry Bowen, Saatchi & Saatchi.

T3 NYC – Senior Art Director

October 2011 – May 2014

  • Creative idea and UX generator, collaborated with copywriters and developers on all projects.
  • Strong focus on mobile and social media.
  • Instrumental in growing the UPS client account generating more business for the agency.
  • Expanded UPS’s digital footprint leading to increased exposure and ultimately higher revenue for the Fortune 500 company.
  • Created the first UPS iPad, iPhone and Android apps – which were awarded the Top 50 free business app, over 1 million downloads and #1 free app the week of launch.
  • Worked with the UPS brand team to set brand and design guidelines across all platforms which boosted client agency relationship.
  • Created rich media integrated campaigns for Chase Sapphire and ink credit cards.
  • Designed responsive mobile sites for Coca Cola, including Diet-Coke, Dasani and Fanta.
  • Interviewed creative department candidates as well as mentored and managed junior staff.

Clients: UPS, Chase, Coca Cola, Allstate, Cosmopolitan Hotel

OGILVY ONE NYC – Senior Art Director (Consultant)

October 2006 – December 2008

  • New business development for OgilvyOne’s Healthcare division securing the Prestiq (Pizer) digital account, which helped grow the agency client roster.
  • Complete re-design of Mead Johnson’s Enfamil brand website, improving the UX experience for expecting families.
  • Interactive advertising campaigns and promotions for Time Warner Cable increasing customer subscriptions.

Clients: Pfizer, Time Warner Cable, Mead Johnson & Company, Wyeth

HNW NYC – Creative Director

June 2003 – February 2005

  • Implemented and executed strategic integrated consumer campaigns across all client accounts.
  • Helped grow the agency by creating successful campaigns on client accounts and new business pitches that lead to increased agency revenue.
  • Planned, budgeted and directed photo shoots.
  • Grew the creative department from a handful of freelancers to 10+ staff.
  • Conducted yearly performance reviews, training and set career paths.
  • Installed design workflow processes across multiple departments that increased productivity.

Clients: Merrill Lynch, Atlantic Trust, Peter J. Solomon Company, Riggs Bank, Fidelity, Citigroup

QWEST COMMUNICATIONS  NYC – Creative Director

April 1998 – September 2002

  • Instrumental in creating digital integrated consumer campaigns across all client accounts.
  • Grew and staffed the creative department from a few freelancers to a 15+ well-oiled creative team.
  • Conducted yearly performance reviews, trained and set career paths helping junior staff grow into senior positions.
  • Directed the interior design of the office space increasing staff morale.
  • Installed design workflow processes across multiple departments that increased productivity.
  • Actively contributed to several successful internal new business launches increasing overall agency revenue and profits.

Clients: Raffles Hotels and Resorts International, Swissôtel, Barbra Streisand, New York Football Giants, AntEye, IJL Wachovia, Chadwick’s of Boston, Lerner Catalog, Brylane Home Kitchen, Qwest Communications

ICON NICHOLSON NYC – Art Director

March 1997 – October 1998

Clients: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sony, IBM, Pfizer, American Cancer Society

AVALANCE NYC – Art Director

August 1995 – February 1997

Clients: Carnegie Hall, David Lynch, Cosmopolitan, Polygram, NBC, Con Edison, Johnson & Johnson, BMG Entertainment.

Awards & Acknowledgements

UPS My Choice iPad and iPhone apps.
Top 50 free business app, over 1 million downloads and #1 free app the week of launch.

Communication Arts Interactive Annual.
October Films – David Lynch’s Lost Highway.

The Web Marketing Association, Best pharmaceutical Web Site.
Pfizer, Zyrtec.

The Web Marketing Association, Standard of Excellence.
The WebAward. Pfizer, Viagra.

Best of New York American Advertising Award.
Carnegie Hall.

The One Show Interactive.
Bronze Award: Carnegie Hall.

The Society of Publication Designers, 32nd Publication Design Annual. Also displayed at the annual exhibition in New York.
Cosmopolitan Magazine.

The Web Marketing Association, The WebAward.
Sony, Business and Professional Group.

Education

Berghs School of Communication, Stockholm, Sweden
Graphic Design and Illustration
 
 
Parsons School of Design, NYC
Communication Design – BFA program

School of Visual Arts, NYC
Experience Evaluation – Masters of Computer Science

Published Work

Adobe PhotoShop 7 Web Design with GoLive 6, by Michael Baumgardt.
ADOBE PRESS. Features a several page interview with Andreas Lindstrom as well as a quote on the back cover by Andreas Lindstrom reviewing this book.
Featured projects: IBM, Sony, Pfizer – Viagra, Carnegie Hall.

Adobe PhotoShop 6.0 Web Design with ImageReady 3 and GoLive 5, by Michael Baumgardt.
ADOBE PRESS. Features a several page interview with Andreas Lindstrom.
Featured projects: IBM, Sony, Pfizer – Viagra, Carnegie Hall.

Adobe PhotoShop 5.5 Web Design with ImageReady 2 and GoLive 4, by Michael Baumgardt.
ADOBE PRESS. Features a several page interview with Andreas Lindstrom.
Featured projects: IBM, Sony, Pfizer – Viagra, Carnegie Hall.

WWW Design: Web pages from around the World, by David Donnelly.
Rockport Publishers.
Featured projects: NBC’s Homicide Life on the Street,  BMG Entertainment.

Webdesign mit PhotoShop 5, by Michael Baumgardt.
Addison Wesley Longman Verlag GmbH. Features a several page interview with Andreas Lindstrom.
Featured projects: IBM, Sony, Pfizer – Viagra, Carnegie Hall.

Communication Arts.
Published as Bronze winner of the Communication Arts Interactive Annual 4. Featured David Lynch’s Lost Highway online motion picture promotion.

Design Interact, Commarts Network.
Featured project: Carnegie Hall.

Creative WebDesign, tips and tricks step by step, by Michael Baumgardt.
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Featured projects: Carnegie Hall, Polygram Filmed Entertainment.

Upload: Taking Print to the Web, 14 Design firms transform print projects for the web, by David Donnelly. Rockport Publishers.
Featured project: Cosmopolitan Magazine online.

Hypergraphics, by Roy McKelvey RotoVision.
Featured project: Carnegie Hall.

Web Design 100, Axis Publishing.
Featured project: Carnegie Hall. (Japan)

Adweek: Good Acoustics by Laura Rich.
Featured project: Carnegie Hall.

The New York Times. Travel Section: Cyber Scout, Virtual Visit.
Featured project: Carnegie Hall.

Parsons School of Design New York & Paris BFA program Portfolio Catalog.
Featured project: Three-dimensional Design.