Philippe Halaburda

Senior Art Director & Creative Director | Freelance & Contracts | New York, NY

Salary / Daily rate

Newburgh, NY 12550, USA

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Skills

Visual IdentityArtistic DirectionTesting & QAPrint DesignNegotiationGraphic Design

Languages

French (Native)English (Fluent)

About me

Intro

I build brands that hold up, and campaigns that make people stop. 20+ years as a Senior Art Director, Creative Director, and Brand Design Lead across healthcare, biotech, fashion, CPG, luxury, and editorial. I work at the intersection of strategic thinking and high-craft execution: from brand identity and visual systems to integrated 360° campaigns across OOH, print, digital, social, and experiential. I develop big ideas. I execute them. I lead teams through both. I've partnered directly with founders, CMOs, and agency creative directors to build brand platforms from scratch, lead campaign production, and deliver at every scale, from startup pitch decks to national HCP and DTC campaigns. Selected impact: • 50% brand recognition lift from a full 360° rebrand • 3.4× ROAS and 20% reduction in customer acquisition cost • $2.1M seed funding secured through brand identity and investor narrative redesign • 58% CTR increase from rebuilt paid social creative system AI-integrated workflow: • Midjourney · Adobe Firefly · Runway, part of my daily process, not a novelty. • Currently freelancing. • Open to senior ACD, CD, or Brand Design Lead roles, full-time or contract, in the US or Europe. • Based in New York. • Open to relocation. 📩 DM me here or reach me at [email protected] 🔗 Portfolio: https://ph260272.com

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Work experience

Founder & Lead Brand Designer · Senior Creative Director

PH260272 Advertising StudioFreelance

Jan 2016 - Present

10 years 10 months

• Built and led brand identity, visual systems, and campaign creative for 35+ clients across healthcare, biotech, fashion, luxury, CPG, and editorial. Partnered directly with founders, CMOs, and marketing leaders to deliver measurable creative impact. • Built modular brand systems across print, digital, and environmental channels, increasing engagement and CTRs by 50% • Delivered brand identities and end-to-end campaigns achieving 3.4× ROAS and reducing customer acquisition cost by 20% • Implemented QA and Digital Asset Management practices, reducing time-to-approval by 30% • Maintained 4.9/5 client satisfaction rating across all engagements, delivering on time and on budget

Lead Brand Designer & Art Director — Long-Term Client Partnership

Acutis Diagnostics

Jan 2018 - Jan 2026

8 years 1 month

Hicksville, NY, USA

Led full 360° rebrand and ongoing campaign creative for a national clinical diagnostics brand competing for physician adoption. • Elevated brand recognition by 50% through full rebrand across identity, HCP/patient messaging, web, and social • Directed HCP adoption campaigns, modular KVs, algorithm cards, collection guides, driving 29% increase in test orders and 1.6× detail-to-order ratio • Redesigned paid social with motion assets and sharper CTAs, boosting CTR by 58% • Managed $120K production budgets; negotiated 12% vendor savings and compressed install timelines by 20% • Reduced sales cycle by 22% (72 to 56 days) through MLR-approved eDetailers and objection-handling inserts

Lead Brand Designer

Acutis Biosciences

Jun 2021 - Dec 2023

2 years 7 months

Built a full brand identity and investor narrative for a precision medicine startup entering the clinical market. • Secured $2.1M seed financing through redesigned investor narrative, brand identity, and pitch materials, driving 14 investor meetings • Delivered 5 new clinical partnerships in 6 months through credible brand system and scientific visual communications (+27% partner conversion) • Reduced ordering errors by 18% through MOA diagrams, algorithm trees, and specimen cards built for clinical workflows • Directed website redesign; significantly increased sessions and contact submissions within 6 weeks

Lead Brand Designer

NOFAAA Therapeutics

Feb 2022 - Mar 2023

1 year 2 months

Built the full brand identity from scratch for an early-stage precision medicine company preparing for its first funding round. • Designed logo, typographic system, color language, and brand guidelines built to hold up across investor decks, clinical materials, and future commercial contexts • Contributed to the visual narrative that supported the company's $2.1M seed financing round • Delivered a restrained, credible visual system designed to communicate scientific authority before the product was proven • Created brand documentation enabling internal teams and external agencies to execute consistently without ongoing creative direction

Art Director & Brand Designer

Uber Advertising

Jan 2015 - May 2017

2 years 5 months

Paris, France

Led brand identity and editorial design for an Uber-branded print magazine distributed across Paris taxis and limousines — a premium content platform reaching thousands of riders daily. • Built the full editorial visual system from scratch: grid architecture, typographic hierarchy, modular layouts, and production standards enabling consistent, scalable issue development • Established brand guidelines and repeatable workflows that supported advertiser partnerships and accelerated production cycles across multiple issues • Integrated print and digital assets to support citywide rollout, ensuring visual coherence across distribution touchpoints • Delivered a premium, editorially driven brand experience that elevated Uber's perception in the Paris luxury mobility market

Art Director (Associated)

com&co

Nov 2004 - May 2015

10 years 7 months

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Led creative direction for 30+ medical and scientific events annually across international markets. • Developed cohesive brand systems, large-format print, and environmental graphics for high-profile scientific and corporate events • Managed cross-functional creative teams and vendor relationships across France and Europe • Built event visual identities from brief through production for pharmaceutical, biotech, and academic clients


Education

EDTA Sornas, Paris

BTS Arts graphiques, Graphic Design

1993 - 1996

3 years 1 month

Activities and societies: football team

graphic design studies

Portfolio

Fragrence75 — Cosmetics Packaging

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