Allen Holzbauer
Director, Creative & eCommerce at ILLING Packaging. Based in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
About
As Director of Creative & eCommerce, Allen owns what the outside world sees when it meets ILLING: the website, the brand, and the digital infrastructure underneath it. He came to ILLING with a clear brief. Bring professional creative and digital infrastructure to a company that had outgrown its old web presence, and build the lead generation foundation the sales team needs to grow.
In under two years he has led the planning and launch of a new eCommerce website and contributed to ILLING’s CMS and PIM build-outs, then worked alongside the team to connect those platforms to the company ERP so data moves cleanly instead of getting lost between systems. He has also designed and built custom internal tools that replaced slow, manual sales workflows with fast, reliable answers, and helped move operational paperwork off paper and into modern practice.
I know when things are operable, just getting by, or the best I can output. I can’t leave it at ‘getting by.’
Experience
Dec 2024 – Present
Director, Creative & eCommerce
ILLING Packaging
Leads ILLING’s digital overhaul: new eCommerce website, CMS, PIM, and integrations with the company ERP. Owns all outward-facing brand creative and the digital infrastructure behind lead generation and sales.
2015 – 2024
Creative Director
Motis Brands
Led a cross-functional creative team across eight eCommerce properties and numerous consumer brands. Directed national magazine ads, trade show materials, direct mail, and digital campaigns, ran A/B testing strategy with internal and external dev teams, and drove email campaigns reaching up to 700,000 customers.
2011 – 2015
Senior Web / Graphic Designer
ImageMakers Advertising
Designed and maintained WordPress websites, led client meetings on advertising strategy and creative direction, and deployed campaigns reaching up to 200,000 customers.
2007 – 2011
Web / Graphic Designer
Perfect Timing Brands Inc.
Designed and maintained consumer brand websites including lang.com. Produced print and digital advertising across brochures, catalogs, web banners, and signage, and managed weekly email campaigns reaching up to 150,000 customers.
Point of View
Your website is the most honest thing your company publishes.
Most brands treat their website like a brochure. Allen treats it like a credibility test. It either works or it doesn’t. It is either consistent or it isn’t. Customers feel the difference even when they can’t name it.
The details you assume no one notices are exactly what builds or erodes trust. A font that is slightly off. A form that is slightly slow. A page that almost loads. Those are not design problems, they are credibility problems, and the brands that get them right tend to close more.
Expertise
Recognition
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Internet Retailer Top 100 Fastest-Growing eCommerce Companies
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America’s Best Online Shops 2025
Certifications
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Generative AI Foundations
Active thru 2030 -
Creativity with AI
Active thru 2028 -
Adobe Certified Professional, Visual Design (Photoshop)
Active thru 2028 -
Content Marketing
Active thru 2028 -
Inbound
Active thru 2028
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