Leah Cosgriff

Executive Creative Producer

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

About

Longstanding and solid experience in print, motion & digital full-service production in Italy and Worldwide. Art buying on request re: Photographer/Director/Dop, Stylist & HM, Casting/Casting directors and Set Designers, with a strong understanding of creatives vision both in editorial and advertising, with budget considerations pertaining to talent when needed. Executive/Senior Producer on set in studio and location - managing budgets and complex projects, from small digital productions to 6-7 figure campaign projects, with crews up to 100 people or more on set, including ongoing parallel sets if required to optimise budget, from creative concept briefing to final delivery. Direct interaction with clients & account managers, creative & art directors, editor in chief of magazines, publicists, press agents, directors, stylists, set designers, location managers, & casting directors and so forth for both advertising campaigns, video/ film/motion & digital content/social/online, and celebrity covers & fashion editorials. Productions Worldwide through my network, forseeing the overall budget, commissioning local production companies, supervising all preproduction, budget estimates and logistics that are shared for my approval, as well as reviewing SOW and contracts with various Italian and foreign suppliers and collaborators. According to the project my presence will also be abroad to make the necessary inspections / recce and presence on set. Having worked directly within corporate companies in publishing and fashion - as well as creative management agencies, and Italian and foreign production houses - facilitates my direct rapport with brands, allowing me to flow within different internal company departments and administration protocols, and communicate clearly with management as well as internal and external local and international teams and collaborators.

Experience

  • Founder - march. creative production & art buying studio at march.
    Nov 2017 - Present · 8 yrs 9 mos

    Ferragamo, Jacquemus, Moncler, Paul Smith & De Padova / Boffi, Brunello Cucinelli, Salvatore Ferragamo Parfum, Buccellati, Valextra, Pomellato, Dodo, Timberland, Replay, Agnona, Napapijri, Zara, Mango Kids, Levi’s, Heron Preston, Palm Angels, Aspesi, Bisquit Dubouche (Gruppo Campari), V-Zug, Desalto, Cassina. www.marchthestudio.com Direct Clients as Executive Creative Producer and Brands produced as Senior Freelance Producer for Creative & Production Agencies: NM Productions London Capt Dept Madrid Spring Studios Milan Kitten Production Milan Out There Milan Golab Agency Milan Apart Agency Milan AP Studio Paris AKQA Milan Studio Costacurta march. is a Creative Production & Art Buying Studio with over 20 years of experience in print, motion & digital production. the Studio provides full budget management and services both in studio and location for complex print & motion projects from concept brief to delivery, managing multiple styles of creativity from run-and-gun/low editorial budgets to 7-figure budgets, covering crew selection and coordination, lighting and equipment, location scouting, permits and carnets, transfers and accommodation, location vehicles, catering, casting fitting and styling day coordination, and so forth - within tight timelines and delivering on schedule. an Art Buying Service is also available on request with budget considerations pertaining to talent when needed. we can over all production requests through our network with local production companies, verifying all logistics that are shared for our approval, with all necessary inspections / recce and presence on set abroad. march. is supported by very experienced and professional collaborators both in production and creative who we engage according to the project at hand. we also collaborate with Creative & Production Agencies Worldwide on request.

  • Head Producer @ ICON MAGAZINE at Mondadori Group
    Oct 2017 - Feb 2023 · 5 yrs 5 mos

    CREATIVE DIRECTORS: Riccardo Ruini & Luca Stoppini PHOTOGRAPHERS: Mario Sorrenti, Craig McDean, David Bailey, Bruce Weber, Chris Colls, Guy Aroche, Giampaolo Sgura, Gavin Bond, Michel Comte, Tom + Jenny Gaggerton, Carter Smith, John Balsom, Dominique Issermann, Cameron McCool, Anton Corbijn, Max Vadukul, Francesco Carrozzini, Mark Seliger, Van Mossevelde + N, Dusan Reljin, Fabien Kruszelnicki, Christophe Meimoon, Michael Schwartz, Stefano Galuzzi, Daniel Riera, CG Watkins, Catherine Servel, Virginie Khateeb, Charlie Gray, Isaac Anthony, Alexei Rey, Samantha Casolari and others. (Photographers engaged with respective creative agencies and produced for). EDITOR IN CHIEF: Michele Lupi & Andrea Tenerani. Celebrity Covers, Fashion Editorials & Advertorials in studio and location in Milan, Italy, Europe, NY, Los Angeles and Miami. Celebrities via respective Publicists/Press Agents: Willem Dafoe Casey Affleck Edward Norton Miles Teller Hero Fiennes Liam Gallagher Aaron Taylor Johnson Ewan MacGregor Eddie Redmayne Boyd Holbrook Dave Franco Matt Smith Penn Badgeley Jordan Barrett Cody Simpson Henry Cavill Vincent Cassel Michael Keaton Patrick Schwarzenegger Alex Turner Nicholas Galatzine Adriano Giannini Ethan Cutkovsky Evan Mock Harry Kirton Louis Partridge Thomas Brodie Sangster Noah Schnapp Jannik Sinner Matteo Berettini Alejandro Speitzer Blanco Elodie Laura Pausini Donatella Versace Francesco Scianna Irama Erling Haaland Dusan Vlahovic Zlatan Ibrahimović Francesco Bagnaia Stefano Tonale Paul Pogba ICON provides a comprehensive overview for a sophisticated and style lead modern male consumer. ICON has become a creative hub able to gather around the magazine the most important international talents and new generations of creative people from photography, art, fashion and writing. https://www.iconmagazine.it/ CIRCULATION: 250.000 copies

  • Head Producer @ IO DONNA Magazine (Corriere della Sera) at RCS MediaGroup
    Jul 2007 - Oct 2017 · 10 yrs 4 mos

    PHOTOGRAPHER + STYLISTS: Andrea Larsson + Ondine Azoulay, Anouk Schneider + Agata Belcen, Camille Bidault Waddington, Carlotta Maniago + Hannes Hetta, Catherine Servel + Catherine Newell Hansen, David Armstrong + Inge Fonteyne, David Vasilijevic + Joanna Schlenzka, Derek Henderson + Jane Howard, Enrique Badulescu + Christina Lynch, Gilles Bensimon + Shino Itoi, Gregory Harris + Tony Irvine, Gregory Derkenne + Darryl Rodriguez, Laura Sciacovelli + Jodie Barnes, Magnus Unnar + Joanna Schlenzka, Nicola Valois + Darryl Rodriguez, Paul Wetherell + Jane Howard, Pierre Even + Elisa Nalin, Schmidt & Gorges + Jane Howard, Sonia Sieff + Roxane Danset, Sophie Delaporte + Hannes Hetta, Terry Gates + Andrea Azzedine, Thomas Nutzl + Christina Lynch, Will Davidson + Naomi Miller, Yelena Yemchuk + Ondine Azoulay and others. (Photographers & Stylists through respective agencies (and also under Thomas Lenthal (2014-2016). Celebrity Covers and Fashion Editorials & Advertorials in studio and location in Italy, Europe, Usa, Iceland, South Africa, Central & South America, Indonesia, Thailand. Fashion weekly of the Italian national newspaper "Il Corriere della Sera" https://www.iodonna.it/ Circulation: 450.000 copies.

  • Senior Freelance Producer at Studio Woo
    Mar 2014 - Jun 2014 · 4 mos

    Sportscraft, Rhodes & Beckett, Herringbone. Senior Freelance Producer - Work Sabbatical 2014. Independent creative agency, managing iconic Australian fashion and lifestyle brands. Full service agency that creates stills and motion in advertising (print, outdoor and tv), design, strategy, direct communication, web design, visual merchandising, packaging and corporate identities. CLIENTS Sportscraft Paspaley Running Bare Bonds Nikon Oxford Sheridan Herringbone Rhodes & Beckett Bras & Things Lovable Just Jeans Saba Speedo The Strand Arcade and the QVB in Sydney (Ipoh Pty Ltd). http://www.studiowoo.com

  • Showroom Activities Coordinator & Assistant to Worldwide Wholesale Director at Versace
    Sep 2006 - Jun 2007 · 10 mos

    Coordination of the entire Versace building in Via Gesù, and hence the following offices & activities: Showroom, Visual Merchandising, Atelier Celebrities, Sales offices. Mediation and Liaison with in-house Press/Communication & Events office, Visual Merchandising Dept., Store Planning/Architects division and overlooking renovation of the showroom in Milan. Coordination of Sales Campaign of Versace’s first line in Milan, and Cruise Collection in New York. Direct Liaison with Franchise clients re: store openings, restyling, events, contracts, sales minimums. Meetings with Retail and Licensing divisions in reference to sales activity, marketing, external awareness, market positioning and corners.