Gene Liebel

Gene Liebel

Partner at Work & Co
brooklyn, United States

About me

Guides clients in their efforts to envision, plan and roll out best-in-category products and services. Recognition from Cannes Lions, Ad Tech, Communication Arts, the Emmys, One Club, others. Past life: Co-founder, Chief Strategy Officer at Huge.

Positions

Founding Partner, Product Management
Brooklyn, United States
May 2013 - Present (11 years 8 months)
Work & Co was designed from the ground up to create the types of digital products and services that can single-handedly change the face of brands. Clients include Virgin America, Chase, Twitter and YouTube.

We partner with companies committed to embracing a lean product development approach. We ask our clients to participate directly in an agile, iterative process based heavily on rapid prototyping, continuous testing, and fewer large meetings.
Founding Partner, Chief Strategy Officer
HUGE
January 2002 - April 2013 (11 years 3 months)
Created the User Experience department at Huge and oversaw the development of the agency's capabilities and process, including its unique approach to user experience, product design and analytics.

Established the Product Design group in 2007, the first such specialized group of any large digital agency.

Won and oversaw several of Huge's most successful and newsworthy projects, including HBO GO.

Helped grow the company from 3 to 600+ employees.
VP, Product Management
Silverpop Systems
1999 - 2001 (2 years)
Part of the founding team, helped secure over $30 million in top tier venture funding and grew a 5 person start-up to a profitable company with over 500 employees.

Responsible for the definition, design and development of the company's initial software releases. Managed customer research, design, engineering and QA.

Forrester Research called Silverpop “the vendor to beat in the best-of-breed marketing automation category.” Silverpop was subsequently acquired by IBM.

Education

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

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