Charlie Gower

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.

Specialties
Innovation and ideation
Digital service design
Arts, culture and technology trends
Digital user behaviour trends and niches
User interaction

Expériences

• Fjord : 04/2008 - Aujourd'hui
  Service Designer
  Running service design projects for the likes of Nokia, Orange and the BBC
• Whitel label UK : 02/2008 - Aujourd'hui
  Digital Behaviour Consultant and Social Network Manager
  Working on a private, invite only social network, set up by a large brand
• Fair : 08/2007 - 04/2008
  Planner
  A company that focuses on fair and ethical working practices.
  Worked on various clients including Nike C.S.R division.
• D.U.B. (Digital User Behaviours) : 09/2007 - 04/2008
  Creative
  Clients including Boxer Martin and the Design Council
• Record-Play : 03/2007 - 12/2007
  Music Consultant for Trends and Technology
  Music consulting and digital music trends for Adidas and Heineken
• Fleming Media : 07/2007 - 10/2007
  Digital Behaviour Analyst / Idea Generator
  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.
• Sense Worldwide (Self-employed) : 05/2003 - 07/2007
  Trends Researcher, Idea Generator, Global Social Network Manager
  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
• Fifteen20 : 2002 - 2004
  Freelance Idea Generator
  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.
• Evolve Events : 2000 - 05/2003
  Event Director
  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.
• White Label : 2002 - 2002
  Project Manager
  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.