GPTW Summit

The For All Summits had to make a workplace philosophy feel real in a room. Rob translated each CEO-led theme into stage, motion, environment, wayfinding, and objects attendees could carry with them.

Year2016–2019
RoleCreative Director / Art Director
TypeClient
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The room had to carry the belief

An HR conference can easily feel procedural. Great Place to Work wanted its For All idea to feel collective and alive as people arrived, moved through the event, and heard its leaders speak. The problem was experiential: how could a belief about fair, dignified work become something a room communicated?

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Turn each theme into a world

Across Chicago in 2016 and 2017 and San Francisco in 2019, Rob directed a distinct visual language for each CEO-led theme while maintaining continuity with the parent brand. Motion, stage graphics, keynote decks, and editorial materials all had to express the same thought at different scales.

For All Summit motion-design still.
For All Summit environmental graphic system.
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Design the path through the event

Wayfinding, environmental graphics, program materials, and attendee objects turned the identity into a lived experience. Rob carried the creative line through production with photographers, motion designers, CAD, AV, and event partners so the physical details supported the idea.

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Show the belief at human scale

The finished event world gave the philosophy a physical form: a stage, a path, a shared room, and objects that left with participants. The experience carried that belief through the entire event.

Booklet sequence

The event system carried into the printed program.

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GPTW Chicago For All tote, front.
GPTW Chicago For All tote, back.

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