Co-Founder Panogs LLC
PANOGS is a full-service interactive agency with a strong focus on immersive production (VR/AR/MR) , cinematic virtual reality production and interactive guest activations for architectural landmarks. Clients include The Space Needle LLC, Sport Illustrated, and Microsoft. www.panogs.com Panogs was recently awarded the 2018 EMMY for Outstanding Digital Innovation for the Virtual Reality Film Capturing Everest.
Senior Design Manager, Ad Creative Technology, Yahoo! Inc. 4/2014 - 08/2017
Spearheaded the virtual reality advertising strategies for Yahoo! Developed and deployed creative strategies for Tumblr including advertorial sponsored pages cinemagraphs and panoramic mobile interactives. Developed metric based innovation systems.
VISUAL DESIGNER III, Creative SOLUTIONS, Yahoo! Inc. 4/2013 - 08/2015
Designed and delivered rich-media ad campaigns, micro-sites, animated video reels, print collateral, email templates and sales decks. Implemented Mobile Ad products including Yahoo! Image Ads and mobile microsites.
VISUAL DESIGNER II, Creative SOLUTIONS, Yahoo! Inc. 4/2007 - 08/2013
Designed rich-media ad campaigns for every major US brand (tier 1 & 2). Repurposed brand assets and created complex interactive animated ad units becoming video ads, animated wallpapers, expandable ad units, floaters, micro-sites, sweepstakes and Yahoo! Mail ads. Built out and deployed mixed media ads units using an internal Yahoo! Ad Platforms.
Stitching of TIME Magazine's One World Trade Center Gigapixel Panorama
Before the One World Trade Center was opened to the public Time Inc. brought a small crew to shoot a hyper-resolution 360º image of the view 10' out from the very top of the spire. Gavin stitched and combined the massive data from four hemispherical image-arrays. Time Inc. used the final image as the magazine's first ever tri-fold cover. The Interactive online experience was used as the centerpiece of Time's rebranded website launch. Mark Zuckerberg also choose this image to announce the launch of 360 photos on Facebook.
Interactive Flash Designer, IGNITED, 4/2006 - 5/2007
At IGNITED responsibilities included design, action-scripting, and creation of micro-sites with companion online ad campaigns. Main clients were Sony Vaio Latin America, U.S. Army, Electronic Arts, Activision, Cadbury-Schweppes, Fox Networks, NBC/Universal, Buena Vista Games, THQ, LA Weekly, and iRadio-motorola. Online Ad production consisted of art-directing and production using third-party vendors: PointRoll, Eye-wonder, and Code 360.
Manager New Media, Warner Bros. TelevisiON, 9/2005 - 4/2006
Responsibilities included R&D into emerging technologies, technical design of www.thewb.com and other Warner Bros. sites, design of all network pilot micro-sites, and production of internal Warner Brothers Intranet sites.
Webmaster, Gnomon School of Visual Effects, 11/2004 - 12/2005
As Web-Master for the Gnomon School of Visual Effects Gavin implemented a major rebrand and structural overhaul of the preexisting website. He managed/produced all internal video and photography for faculty/staff and public events. He maintained the asset database management of student work and designed the online ad campaigns for the institution.
