 Industry Awards IEDC Award 2006
General Purpose Promotion
Town of Superior, Colorado
Integrated Marketing Campaign Healthcare Advertising Award 2006
Silver Award
Sky Ridge Medical Center
A Physicians Guide to Sky Ridge AdMark ADDY Award 2002
Silver Addy
BreakfastSerials.com AdMark ADDY Award 2002
Bronze Addy
Olives.com AdMark ADDY Award 2002
Bronze Addy
Chophouse.com AdMark ADDY Award 2002
Bronze Addy
OldChicago.com AdMark ADDY Award 2002
Interactive Media, Web Site, Consumer
Best of Division
Olives.com Cyber Lion 1998
Finalist
PepsiWorld.com Casie Awards 1998
Runner Up
PepsiWorld.com Shocked Site of the Day 5/7/1998
PepsiWorld.com Shocked Site of the Day 7/24/1998
Saving Private Ryan
Official Motion Picture Web Site New Media Invision Awards 1997
Sales/Marketing Corporate Image, Online Site
Award of Excellence
PepsiWorld.com New Media Invision Awards 1997
Sales/Marketing Corporate Image, Online Site
Gold Medal
PepsiWorld.com New Media Invision Awards 1997
Technical/Creative Excellence
Best Graphics, Online
Gold Medal
PepsiWorld.com New Media Invision Awards 1997
Best Overall Design, Web
Silver Medal
PepsiWorld.com Shocked Site of the Day 9/17/1997
The Peace Maker
Official Motion Picture Web Site High Five Award 1/16/1997
For Design Extension and Site Production
Uniden.com Agency Awards NEWMEDIA 500, 1998
DDB Interactive, Dallas Adweek Magazine
Top Ten Interactive
Agencies of the Year 1997
DDB Interactive, Dallas Ad Club of New York
Top Ten Interactive
Agencies of the Year 1997
DDB Interactive, Dallas Acknowledgements
“I would like to express my gratitude to the following people for there support and assistance…”
◙ Read More | The man behind SixDay Design.
Michael Gonzales has created visual design solutions at award winning agencies for national and international brands. His vision and creative executions have helped take his clients to new levels in marketing communications.
Offering a blend of strengths in branding and Internet usability, Michael has extended many corporate identities to the Internet. His creative and systematicapproach to brand expansion is reflected in his work for RockBottomRestaurants Inc.. As Art Director on this project, his research of the industry and understandingof the brand was the foundation used to design a website for each of the 5 establishedrestaurant brands. A systematic visual language was created for each websiteto keep the content organized and navigation easy to use while maintaining therestaurants unique personality and image. These websites have helped RockBottomRestaurants Inc. deliver to the Internet their individual restaurant brand experiences. Michael’s ability to create and expand an identity to other forms of media is highlighted in his work for Breakfast Serials Inc.. For them he designed everything from logo to letterhead to postcards to website and more while keeping a cohesive visual language. Guidelines and standards were set early in the project to guide the development of every piece. This uniform marketing package has helped Breakfast Serials Inc. communicate to their clients and prospects in a way that is consistent, professional, and creative.
Michael Gonzales has done work for many brands in a variety of industries.Some of these industries include Arts & Education, Financial & Real Estate,Food & Entertainment,Health & Beauty, and Technology & Telecommunications. Some of the brandsinclude Budget, Dreamworks SKG, The City of Lone Tree, GMAC, Kinkos, Level 3Communications, Loans At Wholesale, Metro Denver EDC, Musco Olives, ParamountFinancial Group, Pepsi, RadioShack, Rockbottom Inc., The Towne of Superior andVirgin.
Michael Gonzales resides in North Metro Denver with his wife of 18 years and their 5 children. Professional Resume Experience
Conference of State Bank Supervisors
Illustrator
DALLAS, TX 10/95 - 6/96
First job out of school creating graphics for the Graduate School of Bankingat Colorado computer based training courses. Responsibilities includedsketching storyboards, creating graphical icons, and illustrating cartoons andanimations. Learned the basics of working with “multimedia.” McMann & Tate
Designer / Production Artist
DALLAS, TX 5/96 - 3/97
Began career in Dallas, Texas with long and rigorous lessons in the art of productionfor print and the Internet. Learned to respect and abide by the production process.Designed first website and won first award for Uniden.com. DDB Interactive
Art Director
Dallas Office 3/97 - 11/98
Art Director for Pepsi World in 1997 and 1998, which won many awards in innovationand creativity. Worked with a myriad of national brands including Dreamworks,Nintendo, Sega, Playstation, NASCAR, MLB, MLS, Mountain Dew, MTV and many more… Responsibilitiesincluded design, production, and art direction of a team of 3 designers. Viant
Art Director
Dallas Office 11/98 - 01/99
In the short time there, developed site concepts and creative direction for phaseI of Kinkos.com. Worked on an extranet and an intranet prototype for RadioShack.Created an online holiday greeting card for Carat Freeman Worldwide. Level 3 Communications
Art Director
BROOMFIELD, CO 02/99 - 02/00
Created and managed the design side of Level 3’s in-house web team. Thedesign team consisted of 1 senior design, 4 designers, and 1 intern. Responsibilitiesincluded managing the design and maintenance of Level 3’s 13 global websites. Also designed scaleable templates for the corporate intranet and extranetsites. Finally, created various internal company announcements using Flash. IXL
Associate Creative Director
Denver Office 02/00 - 01/01 Office Closed
In London, designed and developed site concepts and flash prototypes for VirginCars.com,VirginTravel.com, and Virgin.com. In Denver, helped with the development andmanagement of the creative department. Also played the role of design lead inthe completion of production for the Budget Rent A Car web site. Tesser Inc.
Art Director
Boulder Office 01/01 – 09/03, Office Closed
Responsibilities included concept, design, direction, production and style guideproduction for print and online projects. Clients included Einstein Bros Bagels,Quiznos, Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery, TacoTime, Old Chicago, Rubios, ChopHouse, and Musco Family Olives. Hanna Design
Web Specialist / Graphic Designer
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO 06/05 – 05/06
Bionic online and print design. Responsibilities included creative concepting,art production and some client management. Clients included Sky Ridge MedicalCenter, First Data, The First Data Western Union Foundation, and Plan West. SixDay Design
Northglenn, co 09/03 – PRESENT
Contract designer for local design and marketing agencies including ccintellect, Eagle River Associates, BVP Media, Moxie Media, and Hanna Design. Education
Associate of Applied Arts in Visual Communications
The Art Institute of Dallas, 1995  Services List
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