Robert Gourley
rgourley@yahoo.com?
http://www.rgourley.com(approve sites)

Objective

To obtain a creative director position with a dynamic, passionate organization where I can balance hands-on creative development with team management.

Relevant Experience

Young & Rubicam
Interactive Creative Director
- Provided creative direction and team management for 20-person interactive department
- Lead design process and creative review for online advertising, website development, rich media and cd-rom creation.


Yahoo!
Art Director
- Created brand identity for Yahoo! Small Business via online and offline media.
- Designed and developed the Yahoo! Small Business website and all online marketing pages.
- Planned and designed the Yahoo! Small Business Welcome Kit for all new customers.
- Created integrated advertising campaigns that exceeded business objectives.
- Managed outside vendors for large print, online and photography projects.
- Won “Purple Cow” Award for innovative marketing.


kirshenbaum bond and partners west
Interactive Design Director
- Provided creative direction, graphic design and creative team management for a sixty-person integrated brand communication agency.
- Lead design process and creative review for online advertising, website development, rich media and cd-rom creation.
- Supervised freelance designers and maintained vendor relationships.
- Presented strategic thinking and design work for client review.
- Interviewed and hired creative talent.
- Researched and developed new business efforts.
Clients: People Soft?, Cisco Systems, Metricom inc., Volunteer Match?, Netscape, Wine.com


Flaregun
Founder, Creative Director
- Provided strategic direction for a 20-person creative development agency.
- Provided creative vision and art direction for the development of online brand experiences.
- Awarded a Webby Award for the creation of Outside Magazine's online presence.
- Guided new business development efforts.
- Developed all internal collateral and marketing material.
- Interviewed and hired creative talent.
Clients: EA Sports, Outside Magazine, Passporta.com, Hewlett-Packard, Spin Magazine, First Union Bank, Mauk design.


Frog Design Art Director - Lead designer for the creative development of large online projects.
- Developed user interface specifications, site architecture diagrams and conducted user experience audits.
- Developed interactive strategy documents to guide design process and ensure alignment between client and agency.
- Ran presentation meetings to present creative work.
- Design work featured in ID, Design Forum, New Media Magazine and Frog: Form Follows Emotion published by Watson-Guptill
Clients: Micron Computer, LA Times, More.com, Greentree, SF Moma


Apple Computer Art Director - Directed web team for a major redesign and relaunch of Apple's website.
- Created and managed production schedules, timelines and user interface guidelines for the migration to the new design.
- Provided graphic design and management of production artists, copywriters and technical developers for the daily upkeep and growth of the site.

Summary of Qualifications

- 13 years of experience as art director, focusing on interactive design since 1995.
- Experienced creative team manager and coordinator of large-scale, multidisciplinary projects.
- Work featured in ID, Design Forum, Communication Arts, New Media Magazine and Frog: Form Follows Emotion by Watson-Guptill.

Skills

Graphic Design, typography, color theory, interaction design, user interface design, interactive architecture development, HTML, Javascript, Flash, Action scripting, print production, and pre-press production.