Dan Gilbert

Current

• Managing Director at Design Incorporated (UK) Ltd

Past

• Designer at Freelance
• Studio Manager at BIG Group
• Graphic Designer at The R&B Partnership

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Education

• Spelthorne College

Recommended

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Connections

14 connections

Industry

Graphic Design

Websites

• My Company

Dan Gilbert’s Summary

In the Summer of 1996, I finished my first year of freelancing in various London based design & marketing agencies, after leaving a Studio Managers role in Richmond.

Frustrated by all I'd seen, and based on everything I'd learnt, I decided to start my own company. That company was Design Incorporated.

The philosophy was to ‘listen’ to the client, and give support and advice which was actually in the customers interest!

After securing a couple of regular contracts, word of mouth spread, until the time came to expand... and that's what we have been steadily doing ever since!

Ten years on, the company is very different (we became Ltd in 2000), but the philosophy is still unchanged. And as Design Inc has grown, it has become just what I had always dreamed it would... and more.

The aim for Design Inc.'s future is to continue offering the design and marketing support our existing and new customers need when promoting their company services or products.

Dan Gilbert’s Specialties:

Supporting all areas of design, print and web when marketing your company.

Dan Gilbert’s Experience

• Managing Director

  Design Incorporated (UK) Ltd

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)

  October 1996 — Present (11 years 10 months)

  Managing creative design for print and web, including: Logo/brand/corporate identity creation and development, promotional collateral, web site creation and traffic growth, general marketing consulting and advertising.

• Designer

  Freelance

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Graphic Design industry)

  November 1995 — September 1996 (11 months)

  I freelanced in several London Agencies working on projects for the likes of GSK, Gillette, Compaq, MTV, Whitbread & West London Tec.

• Studio Manager

  BIG Group

  (Partnership; 51-200 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  October 1994 — October 1995 (1 year 1 month)

  I managed a very busy studio and a team of designers which supported the sales and production of the biggest and most successful corporate recognition company in Europe.
  
  The company worked with 95 of the Times Top 100 companies, and had a turnover of 5 million.

• Graphic Designer

  The R&B Partnership

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)

  August 1992 — September 1994 (2 years 2 months)

  I worked directly with many customers including Texaco, Wordsworth Books, Datatag, Dewhurst and many small to large South London based companies on many promotional and marketing projects.

Dan Gilbert’s Education

• Spelthorne College

  Graphic Design, Photography, Technical Drawing 1982 — 1990

  I attended school locally in Ashford, and went on to Spelthorne College where I studied further Maths and Photography GCSE's, and A levels in Art & Design and Techinal Drawing.

Additional Information

Dan Gilbert’s Websites:

• My Company

Dan Gilbert’s Interests:

(Not in any particular order) Design, Marketing, Architecture History, Travel, Wine, Parenthood, Motorsport & Golf.

Dan Gilbert’s Groups:

BNI Runnymede

Dan Gilbert’s Contact Settings

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