Richard Lefkowitz

Solution Architect, Media

Richard Lefkowitz is an award-winning, leading advertising executive with cross-functional expertise in Media and Marketing. With an industry-wide reputation for skills in negotiating win/win deals, Richard’s proven track record of driving unprecedented results combines big-picture strategic planning, innovation, and creativity with strong business and relationship management expertise, in-depth understanding of consumers and markets, and his outstanding relationship-building and negotiation abilities.

Richard is well-known as an innovator in the media quadrant of the advertising agency industry space, an articulate communicator and relationship-builder who is adept in consistently negotiating value add-ons to media buys.

Previously, Richard was EVP Media and Business Development at FLY Communications. Prior to joining FLY, Richard was Global Media Chief at gyro, the world’s most awarded independent B2B Advertising agency, where he led exponential agency growth, ultimately resulting in a sale to Dentsu.

Richard also co-founded and grew Cossette Post Communications agency to $250M in revenues with a client roster that included Phoenix Wealth Management, TD Waterhouse (now TD Ameritrade), Hunter Douglas, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Carlsberg Beer, NetJets, McCain’s, Mentos Candy, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the US Coast Guard, and other high-profile accounts.

In his earlier leadership role at TBWA/Chiat Day, where he was EVP and Associate Media Director, Richard led the media strategy for Absolut Vodka, AOL and Club Med as clients.