Mitzi Cruz
As Senior Director of Creative & Brand Management, Mitzi Cruz leads the multidisciplinary teams responsible for shaping how Morgan Lewis’s brand is expressed and experienced across global markets, audiences, channels, and platforms. A strategic business leader, creative director, and brand champion, she connects brand strategy, design, digital marketing, content, social media, technology, analytics, and operations to advance the firm’s business priorities and strengthen its position in the market.
Mitzi builds and leads collaborative teams that bring business priorities to life through clear, compelling, and connected brand experiences. Working across the firm, she guides the development of global campaigns, digital platforms, communications, and engagement programs that deepen audience connection and reinforce a consistent, distinctive expression of the Morgan Lewis brand. Her approach combines creative vision with operational discipline, using audience insight, technology, and performance data to improve how ideas are developed, delivered, and experienced.
Her career has evolved across advertising, graphic design, photography, events, digital strategy, and brand leadership, including the development of experiences designed to inform, connect, and engage audiences. This broad perspective informs her ability to unite people, tools, and disciplines, develop talent, and create environments in which teams can produce meaningful work at a global scale. Throughout her career, Mitzi’s work has received recognition from the Webby Awards, Graphic Design USA, the AVA Digital Awards, the Hermes Creative Awards, the Web Marketing Association, and other industry organizations.
AVA Digital Awards, Gold Winner, Legal Website (2022)
AVA Digital Awards, Gold Winner, Professional Service Website (2022)
American Inhouse Design Award, Graphic Design USA, Marketing Campaign, COVID Communications (2021)
American Inhouse Design Award, Graphic Design USA, Event, Branding + Identity Programs (2018)
American Inhouse Design Award, Graphic Design USA, Marketing Campaign, Branding + Identity Programs (2018)
American Inhouse Design Award, Graphic Design USA, Event, Branding + Identity Programs (2018)
American Inhouse Design Award, Graphic Design USA, Video, Motion - TV, Film + Video (2018)
Platinum, Hermes Creative Awards, Digital Marketing Campaign (2018)
Gold, Hermes Creative Awards, Event Marketing (2018)
Honorable Mention, Hermes Creative Awards, Video (2018)
Honorable Mention, Hermes Creative Awards, Social Media (2018)
Legal Standard of Excellence, Web Marketing Association –WebAward (2016)
People’s Choice, Sitecore Experience Award (2016)
Webby Honoree, Webby Awards (2016)
Platinum Winner, Hermes Creative Awards, Marketing Materials (2016)
Honorable Mention, Hermes Creative Awards, Illustration/Graphic Design (2016)
Gold Winner, Hermes Creative Awards, Legal Website (2016)
Bronze Winner, Horizon Interactive Awards, Website (2016)
Platinum Winner, Hermes Creative Awards, Corporate Image (2016)
Gold Winner, Hermes Creative Awards, Corporation Website (2016)
AVA Digital Awards, Gold Winner (2016)
Recipient, American Inhouse Design Award, Graphic Design USA (2014)
Two time recipient, American Inhouse Design Award, Graphic Design USA (2008)
Two time recipient, American Inhouse Design Award, Graphic Design USA (2007)
Recognized, Burton Awards, The Library of Congress (2006)
Two time recipient, American Inhouse Design Award, Graphic Design USA (2005)
Recipient, Exhibition Achievement Award, Association of Graphic Communications (2004)
Member, AIGA (American Institute of the Graphic Arts)
Member, ADC (Art Directors Club)
Member, Women in Wireless