Professional/Personal Overview
Louis Postel is an award-winning writer and custom content strategist with over three decades of experience, driving double-digit audience growth and engagement, designing reader experiences, and developing content that is highly attuned to target audiences. Louis was the Senior Founding Editor of New England Home, as well as the Founding Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Design Times. In the latter capacity, he drove publication growth from zero to over $2 million in revenue. He also secured interviews and exclusives with celebrities including Ivana Trump, Adrienne Vittadini, Diane von Furstenberg, Juan Montoya, Mary Douglas Drysdale, William Hodgins, Jane Seymour, and Cheryl Tiegs. Louis has also contributed hundreds of freelance articles on design and luxury to publications including Boston Magazine, Robb Report, Wynn, Worth, Audio Video Interiors, Showboats International and Design Times.
Work Info
Expertise
Publisher
20 Years
Writer
30 Years
Specialty
Home & Garden
30 Years
Sports & Recreation
15 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
30 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
New England Home (11+), Showboats International (11+), Robb Report Home Theatre (3-5), Season In The Sun (3-5), Boston Magazine Home & Garden (3-5), True North Custom Publishing (3-5), Wynn Las Vegas magazine (1-2), Art & Antiques (1-2), Robb Report (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Park West Galleries (1-2), Simon & Schuster (1-2)
Other Work History
Co-Founder/Partner, New England Home 2005; , Design Times 1986, WOMR 1976, Provincetown Poets and Provincetown Magazine 1971
Computer Skills
PC, MAC environments, MS Office Suite,
Technical Skills
Basic photography, web design
Equipment
IBM T-41, audio recorder, Canon EOS Rebel XT with zoom
Foreign Language Skills
Some French
References
Marilyn Mower, Showboats International Kyle Hoepner, New England Home Paula Bodah, New England Home
Awards
The Design Industry Foundation against Aids, Unsung Hero Award, October 1997 The American Society of Interior Designers of New England, Presidential Citation, September 1998
Associations
ASME, American Society of Magazine Editors; SPJ, Society of Professional Journalists; BWI, Boating Writers International; NAREE, National Association of Real Estate Editors
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near Boston, MA. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
(Showboats International , 2/1/2012)
Developed Design Showcase in 2007 a new editorial department for Showboats International, the world's leading mega yacht publication. I continue to write for it.
Interviewed nearly all of the major luxury yacht designers, from Gregory C. Marshall in Canada to Francois Zuretti in France
(New England Home , 3/21/2011)
Co-founded this influential regional Architectural Digest in 2005, successfully acquired in 2007 by Network Communications Inc., the largest publisher of real estate magazines in the country
I continue to write its Trade Secrets column.
(Robb Report , 7/1/2005)
ï€ Contributed hundreds of freelance articles on design and luxury to publications such as Boston Magazine, Robb Report, Wynn, Worth, Audio Video Interiors, Showboats International and Design Times
(Boston Magazine )
Designer Maho Abe's penthouse redo for one of Boston's leading art collectors.