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RECOMMENDATIONS
“In working with Chris Gard, you're invited into a level of fluency that is truly over the top -- a vocabulary that is visually global; these days, in the world of accelerated motion graphics and broadcast design, you tend to come in contact with ego maniacs and personal stylists that tend to do pretty much the same stuff over and over. Not Gard. Working with Gard is like setting your imagination on fire -- you might have some ideas, but Chris' expertise, project management, creative directorial skills will create an expression of enormous potency, audience resonance, and likely tell a story unlike anything. Experience, deep knowledge, vast skills at his digital and directorial fingertips will assure amazing outcomes. Been there, done that, with Chris Gard. A remarkable talent. Go forth and conquer (with Chris Gard!)”
Tim Girvin
Founder | Principal, GIRVIN Strategic Branding
“Chris is an excellent creative leader. His unique combination of creative vision, organisation and product instincts make him a highly valuable asset to the business on several levels.
As the architect of the company’s brand and passionate evangelist of it, he was the go to person for all things related to this across the entire ecosystem.
With a large global team distributed around the world, he was able to create a culture that was inclusive and supportive so that everyone felt like they were a part of the same group. Despite the size of the teams and the distances between them, Chris always made time for individual mentorship and coaching. His direction of the teams made a major impact on the quality of the work and individual growth of the team members.
Always kind and compassionate, he is an excellent collaborator without the ego of many others in his position. His ability to work cross-functionally across different teams and cultures is amazing. He took great care in addressing the unique cultural nuances of each country to make sure all the creative was relevant and had the biggest impact for that region.”
Jennifer Liu
General Manager, PicsArt China
“Working with Chris Gard over the past years has been a professional high point.
His combination of incredible talent and creativity is unparalleled. Chris has a very keen eye for detail, color, and shape that shines through every job he executes.
He has that rare combination of extreme talent as an Head of Creative Team and an ego that is completely in check. I worked with Chris directly at PicsArt, he brought great ideas while being open to anything that made those ideas better.
Chris is also always willing to jump in and offer help or suggestions to anyone who needs it and always does so in a constructive way, which I find to be the sign of a good creative director.
In short, I learned how to love my job.
And that, aside from all the creative brainstorming and detailed feedback, was what I appreciated the most from Chris. He is the rarest of all mentors. The kind who doesn't just want you to succeed, but who actively puts you on the path to success and then kicks any roadblocks out of the way. If given the opportunity, I would not hesitate to work with Chris again.”
Astghik Margaryan
Manager/Creative Team Lead, PicsArt
“Chris and I worked together at PIcsArt and I have to say he has amazing creative vision and can lead small to large creative teams in taking brand creativity to the next level. He led the rebranding of the company, which was part of the rapid growth of PicsArt. Chris exhibits strong leadership teams and is able to manage both local and remote teams. He is one of the few creatives that understands both brand creative as well as product UX/UI, making him superior at what he does.”
Argam DerHartunian
Entrepreneurial Product + Tech Leader
“Chris is one of the most talented (and irreverent:) collaborators in creative space that I have worked with. We worked together at PicsArt for several years where he played a leadership role shaping the brand and creative vision. Some of the bigger projects we worked on were (1) rebranding of the company, (2) global team building, and (3) connecting the brand, marketing and product experiences. Chris had a particularly difficult challenge managing creatives in distributed locations. His leadership abilities, product instinct and positive attitude enabled him to build a design culture and set a quality bar that helped turn PicsArt into the world-class creative platform it is today.”
Alex Cuthbert
VP Design, Tubi
“It was pleasure working with Chris. He has a great sense of design and style and provides valuable feedback to teams of designers across the company as well as feedback for product improvements. He created brand guidelines with his team one of the first things when he joined the company. Always positive attitude and brings positive energy to the team!“
Lusine Harutyunyan
Sr Director of Product Management, PicsArt
“I was fortunate to work directly with Chris. I interacted daily with him on a wide variety of projects. Chris has strong artistic, compositional skills. He is very creative, and a pleasure to work with. He has a very knee eye on details. He always demonstrated respect for alternate ideas and was an excellent listener who could take direction and execute creative concepts. He was an extremely influential mentor in my career.
He is sharp, direct and honest. He has a special ability of spotting and nurturing talent and he brings out the best in people. He will challenge the way you think and inspire you to be better. Greatest strengths is a guiding strategy to help you deliver more focused, interesting work. All this was done with a unique sense of humor, which made the working process funnier even better.”
Tatev Ghulyan
Graphic Designer, PicsArt
“Chris Gard has a great vision and and tremendous visual sense. He made the PICSART brand. It was future forward and completely set the new trend in design. It was a pleasure to work with such a creative team that Chris headed up. He allowed designers to bring something to the designs and yet directed them to create the best for the product.“
Francis Shifrin Newcombe
Freelance Designer
“Chris is a great manager. I still remember he said, “it’s a big loss for us, but I am so happy for you” when I told him I got an opportunity to work with Google. Chris is always supportive of professional and personal life. I have got excellent opportunities to learn and grow my skills with his support. I have learned a lot of creative knowledge from him. Chris manages a reliable international creative team at PicsArt. He is a good man to bring a different culture and diversity together. I can’t be where I am today without the opportunity from Chris.“
Dylan Yi Liang
St Multimedia Designer, LinkedIn
“Chris is a gifted creative director with a rare combination of design, communication, and leadership skills. In addition to inspire the team as a manager, he gave effective and sufficient suggestions to make progress. I’m amazed by his teamwork and creative ability which led our team to make many brilliant works. It was an exciting and lucky experience to work with Chris for me.”
Jessie Li
Graphic Designer, PicsArt
“Chris is a person with his own unique views on design, and also a very wise leader. With his good taste on beauty, he can inspire the power of people and things in the team, which makes our team produce many beautiful works. He is also my career coach, and I am very lucky to work with him.“
徐海峰 (Domino)
Video Designer, PicsArt