Amanda Szabo is an award winning Art & Creative Director. Amanda is a one of a kind creative leader, she exudes creative excellence, a masterful storyteller with superb strategic & design sense, she leads with thought and innovation to architect, design & delivers iconic experiences. With years of industry experience, she is an award winning Lighting Designer, Ambassador of Women In Lighting - driving and reforming with her multidisciplinary creative & innovative skills the architect world.
Amanda has a compelling portfolio of distinctive work that spans product/service design and storytelling with exceptional communication skills - she is fearless, boundlessly creative, and relentlessly attentive to all details. She studied new media technologies, scenic design and architectural lighting design. She had the privilege to work closely with well known stage and film directors, designers such as Kirsten Dhelholm, Nickolas Tolkien, Hakan Can. At The Flaming Beacon Australian architectural lighting design company, she worked for the Aman Luxury Hotel Group’s projects. She has led global project across a variety of clients Bmw & Hyundai, Wagner and Mozart operas, Offbroadway productions, Lighting Embassy and Solinfo Group brand identity and many architectural lighting projects such as Kempinski Budapest, Hard Rock Hotel, Four season, Como Lake Hotel - Nuvole Garden Hotel, Paris Passage Hotel.
Amanda’s role extends well beyond the scope of creative leadership, she talks extensively all over the world on designing compelling experiences. She is a motivational speaker and leader, drawing from over 10+ years of experience in digital mediums, creative design, advertising, and marketing, lighting design, performing art, stage design and event design.
Amanda was awarded - honored to be the recipient of the AL magazine - 2020 Architectural and Lighting Design Award for commendable achivement for exhibition lighting and installation design of Zohar Concept. She was selected from 111 submission from UK and USA as Top 10 creative director and lighting designer by AL Magazine Jury.
www.amandaszabo.com
Creative Director, Co-Founder @zoharconcept - www.zoharconcept.com , Los Angeles, New York
Lighting Consultant @amandaszabolighting - www.amandaszabo.com - Worldwide
Hungarian Ambassador @womeninlighting - www.womeninlighting.com - Budapest, Hungary
Founder, Fashion Designer @lil_bedu - www.etsy.com/shop/LILBEDU - Worldwide
Featured in: AL Magazine, Octogon, Stir World, Marie Claire, Hype and Hyper Magazine
Work history
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Creative Director (Senior Conceptual Lighting Designer): brand identity and architectureSolinfo Group
- Budapest, HungaryFull Time
Creative Director for www.solinfo.hu , www.lightingembassy.com leading the design department and providing guidance and feedback for Solinfo and Lighting Embassy brands experiences as well as to architectural projects. I have been working closely with clients, pitching conceptual ideas to investors, property owners, architects and electrical engineers.
Projects of the past 4 years: Four Season Hotel, Kempinski Hotel, Hard Rock Hotel, Como Lake Garden Hotel, Paris Passage Budapest.
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Art Director (Senior Conceptual Lighting Designer): brand identity and architectureLighting Embassy
- Budapest, HungaryFull Time
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Skills
- Storytelling
- Creative Storytelling
- Art Direction
- Creative Direction
- Creating Moodboards
- Publishing Design
- Brand Identity
- Advertisement Branding
- Advertisement Design
- Lighting Design
Education
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Master's Degree in Architectural Lighting DesignHochschule Wismar
- Wismar, Germany
Distance learning program.
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New Media TechnologiesWillem de Kooning Academie
- Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Awards
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2020 AL DESIGN AWARDSZohar Concept
2020 AL Light & Architecture Design Awards
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Commendable Achievement • Exhibition Lighting and Installations • Lighting and Installation Designer: Zohar Concept
https://www.architectmagazine.com/awards/al-design-awards/zohar-concept_o
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This year's program recognized 10 thoughtfully conceived and well executed projects in the U.S. and U.K. A beautifully lit project was but the prerequisite for the jurors of the 17th annual Architectural Lighting Light & Architecture Design Awards. The winning entries also had to demonstrate a “great backstory, strong lighting concept” and “creative use of light,” said jurors Chrysanthi Stockwell and Raymond Barberousse, respectively. Of the 111 submissions from around the world, the jury recognized 10 projects in four lighting categories: whole building, exterior, interior, and exhibition and installations. “In these projects, the lighting goes beyond just being applied,” said juror Dawn Hollingsworth. “Rather, it gives expression to the space.”