Lisa Mirabile - President

Lisa Mirabile holds a BFA in Fine Arts from Syracuse University.
Her career began at Wunderman, Cato, Johnson NYC where she spent 2 years working on American Express and Miller Genuine Draft. With a passion for excitement Lisa's career took a turn for the best when relocated by Wunderman to help start the Creative Department for their Latin American office located in Miami. Lisa moved to Ogilvy & Mather and spent the next 5 years traveling through Latin America shooting television commercials.

In 2001 Lisa started Vertigo Media Group, a full-service Marketing Communications firm with a strong concentration on brand advertising. Vertigo specializes in branding young companies along with reinvigorating existing brands. As an expert in the industry she has given many seminars on marketing, most recently to the Long Island Direct Marketing Association. Lisa has spoken at Hofstra University and Farmingdale University to young graduates looking to start their careers in Marketing.

Dedicated to her community, Vertigo Media Group has helped raise funds and donated graphic services to such foundations as the LI2-Day Breast Cancer Foundation, The Sepe Foundation, The Port Washington Library Foundation and the Long Island Elite. Lisa also sits on the Board of the Long Island Inventors Club Suffolk County Chapter and has been a committee member 2 years running with the Long Island Elite, where she has played a vital role in raising tens of thousands of dollars for many local Long Island charities.

As a mother of 2 Leo, 9 and Gianna 7. Lisa is a member of the PTA and an assistant coach for her daughters cheerleading squad.

Fred Pesce- Executive Vice President & Creative Director

Fred is Executive Vice President and Creative Director at Vertigo Media Group. He is an internationally-recognized designer with over fourteen years experience and a cutting edge graphic design style. Prior to Vertigo, Fred worked for Austin & Williams Advertising as Senior Art Director. In his 12 years at the agency he sharpened his design skills and gained flexibility and versatility in developing campaigns for a variety of industries from boutique shops to Fortune 500 companies. Some of the clients he designed and concepted for ranged from big name banks to spas and catering halls to hi tech companies. He is grateful for having had the opportunity to work with and learn from the expertise of his father, CEO & President of Austin & Williams, and 40 year veteran in the advertising field.

From the beginning of his training, when he received his Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design from the School of Visual Arts in NYC, Fred's design stood out form the rest. His portfolio was rated top ten percent of his graduating class and he continues to produce award winning design. His work has appeared in prestigious design publications such as Graphis - New Talent 2000, as well as American Corporate Identity 2002-06, a "best of the best" logo design book. He has received 15 BOLI awards (Best of Long Island) since 1996 for logo, poster, ad campaign, brochure, website, package and CD designs.

Fred's happiest moments are times shared with his 10 year old son John, who in his words, is his "greatest gift and joy". As a loving father, Fred holds dear the importance of being a good role model and is humbled by what he continuously learns from being a father too. Fred says," It's the simple, little moments with John that I am blown away by. I love seeing how he sees the world around him. He is a constant reminder of the natural ability to see good in things and be present and playful." Fred is also just beginning the adventure of becoming a formal mentor through a local mentoring program where he looks forward to becoming a caring friend and guiding voice to another youngster.

Fred's work ethic and life philosophy are inspired by both his relationship with his son and by his experience serving proudly in the US NAVY as a Veteran of Desert Storm. Fred brings discipline, motivation, positivity, teamwork, playfulness, creative vision and a belief that there is something to be learned in everything and that all things are possible to his life and his work.

Client Testimonials

Maximus Spa Salon
VERTIGO MEDIA GROUP, LED BY LISA MIRABLE, IS ONE OF THE MOST CREATIVE, HARD WORKING AGENCIES I EVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH. VERTIGO HELPED US WIN PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS, GAIN GREAT VISIBILITY IN OUR MARKETPLACE AND MOST OF ALL, PROVIDED MEASURABLE ROI.

Richard Calcasola
CEO / Owner Maximus Spa Salon

Lend America
As a Vertigo client for three years now, I can only say "AWESOME!" Not only are they responsive to my "last minute" requests, but they do them with the same level of excellence they apply to everything they do. Their professional style and keen sense of corporate needs, makes them the perfect marketing partner for any industry.

Mary McPhail
Chief Marketing Officer
Lend America


Love My Shoes
We considered a number of advertising agencies,” said Robert Yaganeh, owner and President of Love My Shoes. “Vertigo Media Group had the clearest, easiest approach to branding and marketing. We clearly understood what we would gain from their campaign. Vertigo Media Group delivered in a timely manner and provided not only an outstanding creative solution but business solutions that positioned Love My Shoes in the Market for continuous growth.”

Robert Yeganeh
Love My Shoes

Singh Hospitality Group
Working with Vertigo Media Group on many projects and campaigns for several of our restaurant concepts has helped our company grow and develop noticeably. With your guidance, Vertigo Media Group has provided us with a personal and warm touch plus the benefits of an entire creative team. I can only imagine what goes on behind the scenes! Nevertheless, you have made it seem effortless! Thank you for the countless hours of help, creativity, guidance and dreaming (on our behalf!).

Raquel T. Wolf
Singh Hospitality Group

Standard Motor Products
As long-time manager of a full-service in-plant corporate marketing services department, I found myself in a bind when I was forced to lay off the better part of my staff due to management changes in my company. While my staff decreased, the work did not; it had to continue to be produced -- according to existing deadlines, while maintaining expected quality and service levels.

I was immediately impressed -- not only with the apparent visual design expertise represented by their portfolio, but also with the conceptual thought processes that were apparent had gone into presenting marketing solutions.

I hired them. And I'm glad I did. Not only did Vertigo bail me out of a jam, but they actually improved on our quality and service levels. (Now management has even bigger expectations of me.) And, not only are the Vertigo folks talented, capable and professional - they're also a lot of fun to work with.

Carl Mahlmann
Manager, Graphic Operations
SMP, Inc.

Lend America
Vertigo Media Group has been a great partner in dealing with our multiple marketing platforms. Their expertise in media relations has provided us significant opportunity to enhance our image within the public, business and government level. Prompt Service and High quality presentations have always been achieved by Lisa, Fred and their staff.

Brian Fried
Director of Marketing
Lend America

BIG APPLE PET SUPPLY
Vertigo Media Group produced several excellent full page print ads for us. They were readily available and took care to get revisions back to us quickly. It is a pleasure to work with them and we will continue to utilize them for our advertising needs.

Steven Spitz
CEO
Big Apple Pet Supply