Robin Tooms named in GDUSA 2011 People to Watch list

Jan 21, 2011 by Savage

We were honored to see the email this week with GDUSA's preview of their "2011 People to Watch," a list of twenty designers that embody the current spirit of the creative community. We {blush} seeing our name along cool design thinkers and creatives like David Butler, Karin Fong and Jessica Hische*.

As a Brand and Interactive Strategist at Savage in Houston, Robin Tooms works closely with clients to develop brand positioning, strategies and design solutions. As Vice President, Tooms is responsible for keeping internal operations running smoothly, especially those related to human resources. A member of the Savage team for more than 13 years, Tooms strategically approaches each project from both a business and a design perspective.

Quote (on where she grew up): "I am a native Houstonian, which means my southern kindness has to live side-by-side with my western sense of wonder and entrepreneurship."

Publishers' from Gordon Kaye: A 'People' Preview
In the first magazine of each year, GDUSA selects our People To Watch, group which is intended to embody the spirit of the creative community. The criteria: individuals we have come to know and respect for their talent, leadership, success, insight, business savvy, community service and newsworthiness. In a field so deep in talent and intelligence and achievement, this is clearly a subjective process. Still, over more than four decades, it has seemed to work out: the roster reads like a Hall of Fame and the 2011 group only adds to the luster. The class of 2011 is particularly varied, representing new media companies such as Facebook, Yahoo and Myspace, traditional marketing powerhouses like Coca-Cola, Walmart and Kimberly-Clark, and standout independent design firms including Pentagram, Savage, and Pressley Johnson. In this online preview, Today, we present our list of twenty designers, and some brief excerpts from the magazine article. The complete feature will appears in GDUSA magazine in early February and, soon thereafter, on gdusa.com; the magazine and website will also feature a complementary look at Students To Watch at that time.