Gia Felis Watkins

Gia Watkins has had a long and diverse career in graphic arts and marketing. Her company, Giagraphics, Inc., was founded in 1980, and flourishes to this day, providing the highest level of services in advertising, direct mail, promotions, event graphics, corporate identity, and communications.

In the mid 1980s Gia founded Art-velopes, Inc., a niche market company in the art products industry which manufacturers and markets a patented shipping and storage system for flat artwork. All rights for production and marketing of this product line have since been licensed to Eberhard-Faber.

From 1989 to 1995, Ms. Watkins designed and marketed what was originally ”The Martha Stewart Wedding Invitation Collection” and which is now a private label program. All rights for production and marketing of this program were licensed to William-house Regency.

Until 2000, Gia was also a Partner in ClicknVisit, an innovative turnkey postcard mailing program designed to generate website traffic. The program was powered by the Naviant High Tech Household File.

Ms. Watkins holds a Bachelor of Design degree in Architecture from the University of Florida.