ABOUT
• MISSION
LEITZES&CO creates and implements partnerships between the creative and the corporate worlds-including artists and designers-to develop new and enhanced business opportunities. The company ideates, manages and implements collaborative ventures for innovative brand leaders, allowing corporations to enhance their brands and creatives to expand their practices, bringing unexpected ideas to life.
• SERVICES
BRAND CONSULTING
LEITZES&CO offers in-depth analysis and advisement in alignment with our clients’ business objectives. Developing custom programs to launch, expand or re-establish brand presence, we approach each project through a unique cultural lens to engage audiences.
CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS
Bridging the gap between the corporate and the creative, LEITZES&CO executes strategic partnerships to maximize each party’s objectives. With an understanding of the core values of our partners, we operate under the philosophy that inspiring partners can create limitless possibilities.
ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION
For artists who wish to engage consumer brands, LEITZES&CO takes on artist representation for the purpose of long-term commercial management. In close partnerships with these artists we develop and review commercial opportunities to benefit brands and to help our artists continue to grow on their trajectory of success.
Featured artists include assume vivid astro focus www.assumevividastrofocus.com
• CLIENTS
From luxury to mass market, beauty to fashion – our international clientele share a goal of genuine partnership to engage brand loyalists.
Clients include:
Banana Republic
Barneys New York
Belvedere
Clarins
DKNY
Jones New York
Kelly Klein
LeSportsac
MAC Cosmetics
Pepsi
Rockstar Games
Target
• PROFILE
CARY LEITZES, FOUNDER
With years of media experience working on the start-up teams for publishing’s top fashion magazines, Cary Leitzes founded LEITZES&CO in 2005. She started the company with the mission to collaborate with leading brands in unexpected fashions, principally through creating innovative strategic partnerships via the creative convergence of culture and commerce.
Before founding LEITZES&CO, Cary spent her career at W Magazine, Jane Magazine, and Harper’s Bazaar, working for these leading fashion magazines bridging the gap between publishing and creatives. While helping each publication create a distinct visual identity, she fostered strong relationships with an extensive network of photographers, designers and artists in the process. She also realized the potential these talents have in contributing forward thinking for brands, which provided the insight to create a unique creative resource, LEITZES&CO. Cary serves as advisor and confidant to creative talents and marquee brands alike.
KATIE SHARRAR, SENIOR CREATIVE MANAGER
With a background in post-production working on commercials for leading agencies, for Sundance Film Festival movies, and for The Food Network, Katie Sharrar brings an expert understanding of how to navigate both the creative and the corporate arenas. Prior to joining LEITZES&CO in 2008, she was a Coordinator with Shooters Inc., a full service production and post house.
Over the past four years, Katie has been working at LEITZES&CO as a thought leader and project manager to help ideate and execute strategic partnerships and campaigns. Eager to share her passion for all of the creative fields, Katie started LEITZES&CO’s blog, where she serves as Managing Editor.
