Adam Gillitt

Adam Gillitt

Creative Services Professional for Web and Print

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
Past
  • Technical Producer, Wind River Blog Network at Wind River
  • Lead UI Designer at LookSmart Ltd.
  • Creative Director at The Futon Shop
  • Lead Designer at TechTV.com
  • Interactive Designer / Reporter at ZDNet
Education
  • Univ. of California at Berkeley Extension
  • Brown University
  • St. Paul's School
  • Fessenden/Park/etc
Connections
131 connections
Industry
Graphic Design
Websites

Adam Gillitt’s Summary

High-caliber leader and provider of visual design and creative services for web and print with wide array of skills and a track record of ensuring consistency, strengthening brand identity and maintaining highest quality standards. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while providing exemplary results for the most demanding tasks.

Adam Gillitt’s Specialties:

Art and creative direction, blog setup and management, print design, logo design, branding & identity, user interface design, information architecture, social networking, advertising and collateral design, copy writing, photography, marketing and project management.


Adam Gillitt’s Experience

  • Contract Design

    FunnyorDie.com

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    October 2007Present (2 years 2 months)

    Site design, Advertising campaign design and production, logo design and on-call design and production services. Ad clients include major movie and TV studios, food and beverage products and other promotions.

  • Principal

    Gillico

    (Graphic Design industry)

    February 2006Present (3 years 10 months)

    Principal of contract visual design and creative services company. Recent clients include: Funny or Die.com, LaunchSquad.com, LiveTouch.net, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Guidewire Software, PC Magazine, Ziff-Davis Media, NearbyNow.com, The Law Office of Christine Troy, Stanford University.

  • Technical Producer, Wind River Blog Network

    Wind River

    (Public Company; WIND; Computer Software industry)

    September 2006September 2009 (3 years 1 month)

    Established, maintained and technically produced Wind River's network of blogs. Duties include posting and editing on a daily basis, creation of new sites, troubleshooting, management of RSS feeds, template design, blogger training and social networking tips, and graphic production.

  • Lead UI Designer

    LookSmart Ltd.

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; look; Internet industry)

    May 2005February 2006 (10 months)

    Design lead for internal and customer-facing user interfaces. Collateral and marketing materials designer.

  • Creative Director

    The Futon Shop

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

    April 2002September 2004 (2 years 6 months)

    Creative lead for all marketing, advertising, promotions and branding for 18-location furniture chain.

  • Lead Designer

    TechTV.com

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

    April 2001July 2001 (4 months)

    Developed design standards for launch of "TechLive," premium all-day news show on cable and Web. Daily site illustrations and revisions.

  • Interactive Designer / Reporter

    ZDNet

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

    January 2000April 2001 (1 year 4 months)

    Illustrated daily news stories, designed and conceived site revisions, reporting on Apple Computer market.


Adam Gillitt’s Education

  • Univ. of California at Berkeley Extension

    Graphic Design 19982000

  • Brown University

    B.A. , English and American Lit., Education , September 1988May 1993

    Activities and Societies:
    WBRU student radio station, various rock bands, Resident Counselor, Student Teacher at Classical High School
  • St. Paul's School

    Diploma cum laude , general , September 1984June 1988

    Activities and Societies:
    WSPS student radio station, The Pelican student newspaper, nordic skiing, National Merit Scholar finalist,
  • Fessenden/Park/etc


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Adam Gillitt’s Websites:

Adam Gillitt’s Groups:

  •    CNET Networks Alumni
  •    ZDNet Alums
  •    Online Advertising Professionals
  •    St. Paul's School
  •    Brown Alumni Association (BAA)
  •    Wind-X

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