Gabriel Gomez

About Gabriel Gomez

Creative visionary with a passion for innovation, I thrive in fast-paced, entrepreneurial…

Experience

1. Store Experience Design Director

   Best Buy

   Jul 2021 — Present

   Develop customer-focused, digital-first strategies for Best Buy’s physical stores, aligning with global industry trends, cutting-edge tools, and a deep understanding of materials, building methods, and design solutions. Lead and executed a diverse portfolio of large and complex projects, collaborating with industry experts in architecture, interior design, fixture design, and graphic design. Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define strategic objectives, outcomes, and key results for store design initiatives, ensuring alignment with brand consistency and enterprise goals. Pioneer the development of new store formats and concepts, merging brand and enterprise goals into highly experiential yet practical design solutions, while adhering to project budgets and timelines. Leverage qualitative and quantitative data to shape Learning Plan objectives, driving specific outcomes for store formats and concepts. Introduced a human-centered design approach via a new Service Design framework capability, fostering innovative solutions for complex, fast-changing environments. Lead a diverse team of store designers, fixture designers, fixture engineers, visual merchandisers, environmental graphic designers, and experience designers, inspiring them to drive solutions with a focus on empathy and conscious inclusion. Demonstrate exceptional communication and presentation skills by regularly presenting concepts to C-Suite, senior executives, and large audiences. Instill an agile, customer and employee-centered learning process within the Store Experience Design team and enterprise, ensuring effective cross-functional collaboration. Successfully balance store design solutions within fiduciary expectations to ensure return on investment. Ensure project financial and execution goals are met by implementing design phases, phased costing, and managing critical dependencies, achieving efficient and effective processes through the implementation of new tools.

Education

• University of Colorado Denver

  M.Arch, Architecture

  2007 — 2008

• University of Colorado Boulder

  B.Envd, Environmental Design with an Emphasis in Architecture

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Sustainable Design
• Autocad
• Architectural Drawings
• Rendering
• Interior Architecture
• Leed Ap
• Construction Drawings
• Photoshop
• Urban Design
• Interior Design
• Sketching
• Architectural Design
• Indesign
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Sketchup
• Retail Design
• Adobe Acrobat
• Illustrator
• Revit
• Autocad Architecture
• Mac Os
• Architecture
• Design Research
• Submittals