Gregory Atwood

My services for Sotheby’s save the organization between $1M and $1.25M per year in
otherwise externally acquired services. I design and produce the print and digital versions
of magazine and online advertisements, brochures, ­and provide property website and microsite ­design for residential estates in the $5MM to $50MM range, internationally marketed.

GAVC is a visual communications design consultancy that offers UI design, branding design and development, publications design and production, advertising, and all visual aspects supporting marketing and promotional campaigns.

Clients include California Healthcare Foundation, GfK Research, Google, Inner Workings,
the Institute of ­Noetic Sciences, Knowledge ­Networks, MCorp. Consulting, NCPHS (Northern California ­Presbyterian Home and Services—The Sequoias-San Francisco, The Sequoias-Portola Valley, and Tamalpais of Marin), the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Theological Seminary, WCI (West Coast Industries), and Zeimer Advertising.

Directed all graphic brand management, including product/software prototypes and kiosks, user interfaces, trade show graphics, and final packaging graphic design for the LEGO MindStorms brand, a line of ready-to-assemble robotic computer toys marketed to 9 to 15 year-olds. MindStorms is one of the best-selling educational products in America. continued

As part of a small team, designed and produced through pre-flighting and PDFs four real estate magazines per month, each 60 to 120 pages. Scanned, edited, color-corrected and proofed all four-color image files used in the publications. Converted all print files for our online version of the publications.

MemeSoup was a consultancy that specialized in the early integration of online and print branding and promotional campaigns for financial institutions, search engines, online entertainment and their agencies. Clients included Triad, Berkeley Systems, Clarinet, Individual, Inc. and FCB/Promotions.

Art directed and led the creative art team for Madden NFL 96 and Madden NFL 97 (EASports). I conceived and designed the interfaces, and then art directed the development team to offer the first fully-immersive 3D user interface for a video game. I also developed the user interface design for Tony La Russa Baseball 4 (Maxis). I also designed the interfaces, transitional animations, and product demos for Byzantine: The Betrayal (Discovery Channel/Multimedia).

Art I design and produce the print and digital versions of magazine and online advertisements, custom digital and print brochures, exclusive property websites and microsite design, e-blast campaigns, digital eBooks and Marketing Reports, and presentations for residential estates in the $5MM to $45MM range, internationally marketed.

GAVC is a visual communications design consultancy that offers UI design, branding design and development, publications design and production, advertising, and all visual aspects supporting marketing and promotional campaigns. Clients include California Healthcare Foundation, GfK Research, Google, Inner Workings, the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Knowledge Networks, MCorp. Consulting, NCPHS (Northern California Presbyterian Home and Services-The Sequoias-San Francisco, The Sequoias-Portola Valley, and Tamalpais of Marin), the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Theological Seminary, WCI (West Coast Industries), and Zeimer Advertising. continued

GAVC was a design consultancy that specialized in the integration of online and print branding and promotional campaigns. Clients included PGP Corporation, California HealthCare Foundation, LeapFrog, Applied Graphics, BrainBang, Dental Club One, Dancetime Publications, and Eureka! Design.

Responsible for design and production of all marketing and promotional materials for this nonprofit institute. Founded by Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell after his historic moonwalk, IONS is dedicated to advanced scientific research into human consciousness. * Redesigned and produced Shift: at the Frontiers of Consciousness, a full-color, high-end quarterly publication that is distributed worldwide, both in print and online, serving as the ambassador for the mission of IONS. * Handled all promotional marketing and branding work for a biennial international conference, attended by thousands. * Launched an in-house design studio serving internal and external clients, thereby consolidating our brand while effecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings over four years in previously subcontracted print, email and web-based work. * Developed a project management system to successfully manage, track, archive, and retrieve hundreds of projects and thousands of assets across several departments inside and outside IONS. * Named and created a new brand identity for Voices of Vision, a quarterly set of CDs featuring scientific and spiritual leaders and offered as a premium to donor/members.

Managed, co-designed and directed the production of the public and corporate web site, as well as all user interfaces for the in-school product-at the time, the nation's largest in-school educational Interactive Media Network. Content was exclusively directed to the educational requirements of its 13 to 19 year-old student audience, their teachers, and school administration.

Recruited and contracted as the Design Director for Arthur Andersen Business Consulting’s Internet New Media Group, a pioneering foray into online solutions for their clientele. Designed, art directed, and co-developed ecommerce prototypes, presentations, and demos, as well as the Internet New Media Group’s own web site.

Design Director Business Consulting's Internet New Media Group, a pioneering foray into online solutions for their clientele. Designed, art directed, and co-developed ecommerce prototypes, presentations, and demos, as well as the Internet New Media Group's own web site.