Erik Gibb

Current

• Director of User Experience at Kink.com

Past

• Design manager, Yahoo Application Platform at Yahoo
• Lead Interaction Designer at Digitas
• Lead Interaction Designer at Modem Media

• Interaction Designer at Intermap Systems
• Interaction Designer at PlanetOut
• Interaction Designer at eTranslate
• Interaction Designer at Musicbank
• Interaction Designer at VelocityHSI
• Principal Web Technologist at Netscape
• Web Designer at Manual 3
• Web Designer at M3I Works
• Technical Support at Delphi Internet

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Education

• Berklee College of Music

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Industry

Internet

Erik Gibb’s Summary

Evangelizing common sense and great user experiences

Erik Gibb’s Specialties:

Seeing the forest, as well as the trees

Erik Gibb’s Experience

• Director of User Experience

  Kink.com

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Let your imagination wander for now...

• Design manager, Yahoo Application Platform

  Yahoo

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

  October 2005 — August 2008 (2 years 11 months)

  End user experience for the new Yahoo Application Platform.

• Lead Interaction Designer

  Digitas

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  August 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 1 month)

  (Same position/company as Modem Media, added for linked in networking goodness)

• Lead Interaction Designer

  Modem Media

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  August 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 1 month)

• Interaction Designer

  Intermap Systems

  (Internet industry)

  May 2004 — August 2004 (4 months)

• Interaction Designer

  PlanetOut

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; LGBT; Internet industry)

  August 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 1 month)

• Interaction Designer

  eTranslate

  (Internet industry)

  April 2001 — July 2002 (1 year 4 months)

  aka Convey Software

• Interaction Designer

  Musicbank

  (Internet industry)

  August 2000 — April 2001 (9 months)

• Interaction Designer

  VelocityHSI

  (Internet industry)

  May 2000 — August 2000 (4 months)

• Principal Web Technologist

  Netscape

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; NSCP; Internet industry)

  November 1998 — May 2000 (1 year 7 months)

  aka AOL, aka Time Warner

• Web Designer

  Manual 3

  (Internet industry)

  March 1997 — November 1998 (1 year 9 months)

• Web Designer

  M3I Works

  (Internet industry)

  March 1997 — November 1998 (1 year 9 months)

  (Stub for Manual 3, Company had a name change)

• Technical Support

  Delphi Internet

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  April 1995 — March 1996 (1 year )

  aka MCI Newscorp

Erik Gibb’s Education

• Berklee College of Music

  Commercial Arranging 1990 — 1995

Additional Information

Erik Gibb’s Groups:

•    Interaction Design Association
•    Yahoo Alums

Erik Gibb’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
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