About

Art Director at International Polo Club Palm Beach Magazine / Digital Imaging Specialist 2005 – Present (8 years) West Palm Beach, Florida Area Art Direction and Design, International Polo Club Palm Beach Magazine from concept through production. Digital photo manipulation and color retouching. Digital Imaging Specialist / Digital Artist at Palm Beach Media Group. MAGAZINES: Palm Beach Illustrator Magazine, Naples Illustrator Magazine, Weddings Illustrated, Traditions, The Breaker's Magazine, The Jewel of Mar-A-Lago, Reflections, the Magazine of Longboat Key Club, Neapolitan, the Magazine of Naples Grande Beach Club and Resort, Riverwalk Arts and Entertainment. Ft. Lauderdale District. Digital Imaging Specialist at Ocean DriveMedia Group / Niche Media Holdings, LLC MAGAZINES: Ocean Drive Magazine, Ocean Drive en Español, Vegas Magazine, Venetian Style Magazine, Atlanta Peach Magazine, Trump Magazine, Florida INSIDEOUT Magazine, Art Basel Magazine, Bal Harbour Magazine, Glendale Magazine among others. Art Director at Editorial Televisa International, S.A ( Vanidades Magazine) Art Direction and Design, Vanidades Magazine from concept through production,the N°1 bi-weekly Spanish language Magazine (circulation: 662,000) • Three assistant graphic artists under my supervision • Cover Design • High resolution scanning and digital photo manipulation and color retouching • Photo Illustration • Photo restoration • Photo montage and Special Effects • Final Retouching of layouts • Responsible for traffic coordination between departments and the meeting of deadlines • Work in conjunction with writers, oversee and approve color proof • Final approval of art work to be converted to postcript files before it is sent to be printed. Art Director, Sony Style América Latina, Magazine at IDG, PC World Latin America Sony Style América Latina, Magazine (A Sony Electronics Corporation publications ). Vocational Part-Time Teacher (Certified as Educator by Miami-Dade County Public Schools) at Miami Beach Adult & Community Education Center Educational Institution ; 5001-10,000 employees ; Higher Education industry 1999 – 2002 (3 years) Teacher of Multi-Media Design/Desktop Publishing. I also created all graphic art designs (ads, posters, flyers, brochures) for the School. I have 23 years experience as an Art Director / Digital Imaging Specialist of several magazines and have had several assistants under my direction. I have also been responsible for traffic coordination between departments and the meeting of deadlines as well as working in conjunction with writers, and overseeing and approving color proof. I have received Ad Q Award for Outstanding Advertising, for an Ad I designed for Fine Art Lamps. Same was chosen as one of the “Top 10 Ads” achieving outstanding readership response, as measured against all other ads appearing in Hospitality Design Magazine. Been the recipient of an ARTS Award Presentation of Manufacturer’s Portfolio and Designer’s Portfolio for Fine Art Lamps, at the 12th Annual National Arts Award for the Home Furnishing Industry. Both, the manufacturer and the designer, won awards. Member of National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) Biografía Leonor Álvarez-Maza nació en la Habana, Cuba donde cursó estudios de arquitectura en la CUJAE y de artes plásticas. Es una de las más reconocidas artistas de la imagen en la industria de la publicad. Desde su llegada a Miami, a los 23 años, inició una carrera de artista gráfica ascendente, llegando a ser la Directora de Arte de la revista Vanidades entre el 2001 y el 2005, cuando era la publicación hispana continental más importante editada en Estados Unidos. En el 2000, fue también Directora de Arte de Sony Style Magazine para Latinoamérica. A partir del 2006, Leonor comenzó a especializarse en el arte digital, haciendo verdaderas creaciones artísticas para compañías como Ocean Drive Magazine y Palm Beach Media Group, en las que además de hacer creaciones para las portadas de las publicaciones y para las secciones de moda y accesorios, trabajó la imagen de súper modelos como Allessandra Ambrosio y Hana Sukova, y de celebridades como Shakira y Jennifer López. También le ha aportado su toque creativo a productos de Chanel, Clinique, Bobbi Brown, Esteé Lauder y Loreal, por citar algunos. Entre los reconocimientos y premios recibidos está el Ad-Q Award del año 2000 por su anuncio para Fine Art Lamps y, en ese mismo año, el Manufacturer's Portfolio and Designer's Portfolio Art Award, at the 12th Annual National Arts Award for the Home Furnishing Industry. Actualmente continua creando y haciendo consultoría en esta especialidad para diferentes compañías.

Education

• CUJAE (ISPJAE)
• rene o reine

Favorite saying

• ""Leonor es una artista y profesional incansable con una extraordinaria capacidad creativa." -Sara Castany, Directora de las revistas Vanidades y Harper’s Bazaar en Español "I have had the distinct pleasure of working with Leo for over 20 years. Leo has that rare combination of a designer’s mind with a photographer’s eye. If you can imagine it she can visually make it come true!." -Olga Gustine, Design Director of Palm Beach Media Group. "Leo has an incredible talent to convert the mundane into vibrant works of art, images that cannot be ignored or forgotten long after the page is turned." -Fifi Castany, Former Editor-In-Chief of Cosmopolitan En Español and Ocean Drive Español. "Leonor es una prestigiosa artista gráfica, experta en el arte de transmutar, que practica la magia con su pincel digital, elevando el diseño a su máxima categoría." -Georgina Fernández, Escritora y traductora para la revista Cosmopolitan en Español. "Leonor Alvarez-Maza is one of the top digital imaging artists in the industry. Her work reflects a sophisticated style and artistic vision that comes across in every project and image she produces." -Alejandra Rocha, Managing Partner Mochee, LLC "Leonor Alvarez-Maza is arguably the top digital imaging specialist in our field and it was an honor to have been able to collaborate with her during my years as Fashion and Beauty Editor for Ocean Drive Español. Along with adding her creative touch to covers, fashion stories and profiles featuring supermodels and celebrities such as Allessandra Ambrosio, Hana Soukupova, Shakira and Jennifer Lopez, Leonor also brought her keen eye for detail to beauty pages featuring products by Chanel, Clinique, Bobbi Brown and Esteé Lauder. She is truly one-of-a-kind." -Jenny Starr Perez, Editor-in-Chief Miami Indulge Magazine"