Laura Lees
Senior Designer at Bath & Body Works
- Role
- Senior Designer at Bath & Body Works
- Location
- Columbus, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Laura Lees
Love designing prints, patterns, products, packaging & promotional items- Love sketching, composing whimsical illustrations in any medium, digitally or with old school paint, with or without copy. Currently working on a children’s book- Vast experience and exposure of designing home decor, packaging, label design, gifts and beauty accessories for 23 years- Deep technical knowledge source in manufacturing processes and materials for hard goods (ceramic, metal, silicone, print, paper, plastics, deco finishes), and soft goods (cosmetic bags, totes, stuffed animals, fabrics)- Have great attention to detail. but use ellipses too much- Love researching what the consumer is thinking and their needs, love inventing products, love expressing myself creatively on the computer for the sake of the client, love solving problems, having paint on my hand when doing 3D mock ups or illustrating, sewing up Halloween costumes, and learning new things to stretch the mind.
Experience
Senior Designer
Mar 1998 — Present · Columbus, OH, US
Started as wee intern, quickly earned respect thru my hard work and diligence for researching creative ways to innovate any category the leadership places me in by translating trends in market, needs of our customers & merchants, playing a balancing act of being an illustrator, graphic designer, industrial designer and inventor.Various materials/categories I got to learn & play-Packaging & Print design for Gifting - Paper, APET-Soft Good Accessories - Totes, Cosmetic Cases, Stuffed Animals, Blankets-Hard Good Gifting - Rubber Ducks, Water Bottles, Resin boxes, Plastic Containers, Tubs-Fashion - Slippers, Socks-Candle & Soap accessories - Metal Sleeves, Ceramic Luminaries, Plastic Pumps, Dispensers-Graphic Designs for PocketBacs & Soaps - Clear, Paper Sticker Labels-Silicone PocketBac Holders -Plastic Wallflower Plug-in Diffuser Designs -Illustrate Snowmen & Halloween characters for store-Explored new techniques and materials in all above categories with our vendors
Education
Columbus College of Art & Design
BFA, Illustration / Visual Communications
1994 — 1998
Greenville Sr. High
Art, Science, Boys
1990 — 1994
Skills
- Packaging
- Illustration
- Art
- Photoshop Guru
- Graphic Design
- Corporate Identity
- Adobe Illustrator
- Creative Direction
- Packaging Design
- Art Direction
- Logo Design
- Trend
- Fashion
- Illustrator
- Concept Development
- Graphics
- Product Design
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