Design Strategist at Fjord
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Group Design Strategist at Fjord
- Past
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- Service Designer at Fjord
- User experience Consultant and Social Networking consultant at Whitel label UK
- Creative at D.U.B. (Digital User Behaviours)
- Planner at Fair
- Music Consultant for Trends and Technology at Record-Play
- Concept designer at Fleming Media
- Trends Researcher, Idea Generator, Global Social Network Manager at Sense Worldwide (Self-employed)
- Freelance Idea Generator at Fifteen20
- Event Director at Evolve Events
- Project Manager at White Label
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Charlie Gower’s Summary
I have been involved in creative production of some description on and offline for most of my working life. Directing and producing television, short films, music, art, live events and online based projects for public and private consumption. Designing experiences that are useful, usable and delightful.
Charlie Gower’s Specialties:
Innovation and ideation,
Digital service design,
Arts, culture and technology trends,
Digital user behaviour trends and niches,
User interaction & Experience.
Charlie Gower’s Experience
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Group Design Strategist
Fjord
(Privately Held; Design industry)
January 2010 — Present (1 month)
Working across the group, sort of in charge of stuff and things (TBD)
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Service Designer
Fjord
(Design industry)
April 2008 — December 2009 (1 year 9 months)
Strategic and creative lead on service design projects for the likes of Nokia, Greenpeace, ESPN and the BBC
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User experience Consultant and Social Networking consultant
Whitel label UK
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 7 months)
Working on a private, invite only social network, set up by a large brand
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Creative
D.U.B. (Digital User Behaviours)
(Design industry)
September 2007 — April 2008 (8 months)
Clients including Boxer Martin and the Design Council
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Planner
Fair
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
August 2007 — April 2008 (9 months)
A company that focuses on fair and ethical working practices.
Worked on various clients including Nike C.S.R division. -
Music Consultant for Trends and Technology
Record-Play
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
March 2007 — December 2007 (10 months)
Music consulting and digital music trends for Adidas and Heineken
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Concept designer
Fleming Media
(Privately Held; Investment Management industry)
July 2007 — October 2007 (4 months)
Contracted (by this VC fund) to create online concepts across many fields. These could then be worked up, built and potentially sold or begin to dominate distinct marketing territories online.
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Trends Researcher, Idea Generator, Global Social Network Manager
Sense Worldwide (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; 11-50 employees; Market Research industry)
May 2003 — July 2007 (4 years 3 months)
In my position with Sense Worldwide I had several roles. I wrote market trend reports for various private and corporate clients highlighting potential strategic marketing possibilities. I was mainly focusing on the softer factors of human engagement and interaction, understanding what would engage people and how. I also managed their global creative social network, designing events and engaging projects for creatives around the world to participate in. I curated art exhibitions in London and Amsterdam and in 2003 co-created noWax, the digital DJing phenomenon. I wrote a weekly noWax digital music newsletter, which went out to over 2500 subscribers.
Clients: MTV, BBC, Playstation, Reuters, Diageo, Nokia, Nickleodeon, Turner Entertainment, ITV, Discovery and Nike -
Freelance Idea Generator
Fifteen20
(Media Production industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years )
Fifteen:20 employed me on a freelance basis to work on a variety of projects generating ideas for the clients of Fifteen:20 and Research International.
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Event Director
Evolve Events
(Events Services industry)
2000 — May 2003 (3 years )
I organised the complete running of offsite events for private and corporate clients, controlling all elements of production such as catering, set design, music, lighting and themes. Clients included Carat, emap, BBJ, Landor, Pentagram, Merrill Lynch, IBM, M&C Saatchi. I was working in the UK and France.
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Project Manager
White Label
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
2002 — 2002 (less than a year)
Working freelance managing projects for White Label, including coordinating the event for the launch of the X-Box in Ireland and guerilla PR activity for CGEY.
Charlie Gower’s Contact Settings
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