about

Linda Zacks packs a punch.

As an award-winning artist and designer based in Brooklyn, her unique way of seeing translates into everything she does. From astute design to word-centric art, the world is a treasure hunt and a jackhammer is a musical instrument.

Linda is a graduate of Brown University and worked as Design Director for VH1.com before going solo with work for Sony Style, Adobe and INQ Mobile, among others. She has created campaigns, websites, posters, videos, alphabets, illustrations, paintings - not to mention a growing arsenal of her own work, including her colorful skyline postcard book “The Greatest City on Earth” chosen for MoMA Design Store’s Destination: NYC Collection – products all made in the USA by New York City designers.

Check out her latest interview in Communication Arts where she discusses bullet-proof egos, the rush of working in a newsroom, and why too many ideas are just as bad as none.

Contact me!

Email: linda@extra-oomph.com
Phone: 917-805-5775
Social: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Brown MCM, Workshop

Clients

Brands:

Adobe
American Eagle
Aquent
The Black Book
Columbia Records
Converse
Country Music Television
eBay
FILA
Finish Line
Finlandia Vodka
INQ Mobile
Johnson & Johnson
MTV
Newport Beach Film
Nickelodeon’s The N
NYSportsMed
Sims+M3 Snowboards
Sony Style
Spike TV
Target
Title Nine
The Travel Channel
Verizon Wireless
Virgin Mobile USA
Vh1
Western Digital

Agencies:

Anomaly
Apparatus Inc.
CircleCulture (Berlin)
Colab Projects
Curius (Paris)
Dogmatic
Don’t Panic Media (UK)
Goodby, Silverstein & Part
Heavy
Mammoth NYC
McCann Erickson
Peterson Milla Hooks
Pilot NYC
Project 2050
R&R Partners
Rubin Postaer & Associates

Magazines:

11211
Adrenalin
Advanced Photoshop
Beautiful/Decay
Cool’eh
CosmoGirl!
Health & Fitness
JANE
Macuser UK
The Miami Herald
Northeastern Alumni
OnEarth
Orion
PLANET
The Progressive
Retail Traffic
The Santa Fe Reporter
Time’s FTI Journal
Time Out New York
The Utne Reader

Publications:

1000 Journals
Bloodwars
Chronicle Books
Clubspotting (Italy)
Daydream Network
DIF Magazine (Portugal)
Doble Via (Colombia)
Dzone (The Netherlands)
Faesthetic
Focus on Folio (Australia)
Handmade (Italy)
IdN 15th Anniversary Book
Laugh it Off (South Africa)
Native Weapon UK
NoName (Italy)
Type Specific (London)
OFFF Barcelona
Utrikesperspektiv (Sweden)
Without Reason (Sydney)
Word Book (Italy)

Services

Creative Direction+Design:

Big Ideas
Visual Storytelling
Concept Development
Branding
Writing
Presentations
Posters
Interactive
Producing+Management

Visuals+Licensing:

Advertising Campaigns
Illustration
Typography+Lettering
Packaging
Photography
Books
Apparel
Paper Goods

Art+Commissions:

Home Decor
Corporate Offices+Lobbies
Retail Environments
Window Display
Trade Shows and Events
Film+Commercial Sets
Light Boxes
Editions
Installations

Selected Interviews+Features

Communication Arts Insights “Creativity Lives Everywhere”
Communication Arts Exhibit “Downtown New York construction…”
Uppercase Magazine (Calgary) “Luminescent Ideas”
Girl Crush “Artist & Typographer”
Communication Arts Exhibit “The Newport Beach Film Festival”
Williamsburg Greenpoint News+Arts“Extra Oomph! – An interview”
Hypocrite Magazine Interview
Photoshop User Magazine “Art of Scanning”
Layers Magazine “Designer Spotlight”
CMYK Magazine “Self-Love: The Art of Publishing on Your Own”
HOW Magazine “Seen”
Picnic Magazine (Mexico) “Urbanosias”
IdN Magazine (Hong Kong) “Black & White”
VirginMobileUSA.com “Off the Walls: The Art of Linda Zacks”
EMPTY Magazine (Sydney) “Trash Talking”
JANE “Superstar Illustrator of the Month”
Graphic (UK) “Featured artist”
Yellow Rat Bastard “Featured artist”

Selected Shows+Art Projects

“The Greatest City on Earth” Installation – New York, NY
The 1000 Journals Project @SFMoMA – San Francisco, CA
Paris Murals Collab @Gare Montparnasse – Paris, France
Everyday @Semi-Permanent Conference – Sydney, Australia
A Night of Adult Toys @AIGA SF – San Francisco, CA
Finlandia Pure Water Project – Berlin, Germany
52 Aces Art Cards w/ Zeixs – Mannheim, Germany
FILA: Artist’s Play Too T-shirts – New York, NY
Black Day To Freedom w/ The Ronin – Huddersfield, England
Customize Me: VANS @Place dels Angels – Barcelona, Spain
Sneaker Pimps: Artist’s Sneakers – Traveling around the world
A Tribute to Mr. Rogers @Issue Project Room – New York, NY
Curvy: Celebrating Female Artists – Sydney, Australia
MTV’s Candy Series @1515 Broadway – New York, NY
Urban Landscapes @CBGB’s 313 Gallery – New York, NY

Recognition

Chosen:

American Illustration 30
Communication Arts “Fresh” Featured Artist
3X3 Children’s Show Merit Award – “THE MAGIC IN YOU!”
CMT “Country Takes NYC” – Broadcast Design Award
CMT Affiliate Ads – Broadcast Design Award
Step Inside Design “Best of the Web”

Speaking:

OFFF Barcelona 2012

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