Ryan Gerber

Current
  • Creative Director at R/GA
Past
  • VP, Creative Director at DraftFCB
  • Creative Lead / Sr. Art Director at Freestyle Interactive
  • Creative Lead / Sr. Art Director at Ogilvy
  • Instructor at Academy of Art University
  • Instructor at Miami Ad School
  • Creative Director at Flowlab
  • Principal, Creative Director at Ryan Gerber Studio
  • Hired Creative Gun 2000-2005 at Freelance
  • Instructor at Expression Center
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Ryan Gerber’s Summary

Integrated Creative Director with experience across all channels and mediums. Can also tune a Ukulele.

Partial client list: Motorola, Burton, Fox Racing, Nike, Hitachi, SKYY, Duvel, Bonny Doon, Sessions Snowboards, VW, SBC, Yahoo, BV Wine, Flowlab, Loaded Longboards, Freebord and a few others.


Ryan Gerber’s Experience

  • Creative Director

    R/GA

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    April 2007Present (1 year 7 months)

    Nike

  • VP, Creative Director

    DraftFCB

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ipg; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    June 2006April 2007 (11 months)

    Global creative director for the Motorola mobile devices business.

  • Creative Lead / Sr. Art Director

    Freestyle Interactive

    (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    May 2006September 2006 (5 months)

    Burton '07 site.
    http://www.burton.com

  • Creative Lead / Sr. Art Director

    Ogilvy

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; WPP; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    March 2005June 2006 (1 year 4 months)

    Yahoo! (Regional & International), BP as well as a few crossover clients between the SF, NYC & LA offices.

  • Instructor

    Academy of Art University

    (Educational Institution; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    February 2002May 2006 (4 years 4 months)

    Interactive Advertising for Masters Students.
    Design 1

  • Instructor

    Miami Ad School

    (Design industry)

    October 2003June 2005 (1 year 9 months)

    Type 1 & 2
    Design and Layout
    Design Influences

  • Creative Director

    Flowlab

    (Design industry)

    July 2003January 2005 (1 year 7 months)

    Led the creative vision for this (at the time) privately held skateboard company.

  • Principal, Creative Director

    Ryan Gerber Studio

    (Design industry)

    January 19962005 (9 years)

    Small independent shop specializing in Print, Interactive, Broadcast and Brand Building.

  • Hired Creative Gun 2000-2005

    Freelance

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    January 2000January 2005 (5 years 1 month)

    2005
    Sr. Art Director / Designer
    Three 8 Creative Group // Sony Rio

    2004-2005
    Sr. Art Director / Creative Lead
    Visual Resource // Nike SB, Hitachi, Togos

    2004-2005
    Sr. Art Director / Design Director
    Fox Racing // Client Side

    2004
    Sr. Art Director
    Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners // BV Wines

    2002-2003
    Art Director / Designer
    Moxie Method // SKYY, Duvel Beer, Bonny Doon, Cocoa Petes

    2000-2001
    Art Director
    Emode // Client Side

  • Instructor

    Expression Center

    (Design industry)

    January 2002June 2004 (2 years 6 months)

    Motion Graphics 1 & 2
    Advertising 2


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