Gail Marowitz is a New York based designer and creative director. After overseeing design at various record labels for more than 25 years, she left the major label system in 2012 to start her own design studio, The Visual Strategist. Since the studio’s inception, Gail has designed vinyl for a diverse roster of musicians including Aimee Mann (whose LP package designs have garnered three Grammy nominations and one win for “Best Recording Package”), Garland Jeffreys, Betty Buckley, Panic! at the Disco, Gojira, Ted Leo, and The Bacon Brothers. Her work has been featured in Print’s Regional Design Annual and Graphis Magazine Design Annual. She has served as a juror for both American Illustration and American Photography as well as for the Society of Illustrators.This year, the studio has been awarded a Graphis Silver Medal and was shortlisted for the Communication Arts Design Annual. When Gail is not designing music packaging, she’s most likely working on the 200 year old church she converted to a residence in the New York’s Hudson Valley.