Bob Kronbauer

Bob Kronbauer

Publisher

Location
Vancouver, Canada Area
Industry
Publishing

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Bob Kronbauer's Overview

Current
  • Volunteer at Various festivals and commitees
  • President / Editor-In-Chief at VancouverIsAwesome.com
Past
  • Freelance Photographer at Various Magazines
  • Artist Mentor at Nike
  • Producer / Director at Little Giants Documentary Series
  • Founder at ClubMumble.com
  • Creative Director at Crownfarmer
  • Graphic Designer at The Girl Skateboard Company Inc
  • Production Assistant turned Graphic Designer at Lakai Limited Footwear
  • Senior Editor at Crailtap.com
  • Communications Manager at Element Skateboards
  • Online Manager at Giant Skateboard Distribution
  • Skate Editor at HardCloud.com
  • Founder at PacificSkateboarding.com
Connections

500+ connections

Websites

Bob Kronbauer's Summary

With a work history entrenched in creative direction I now work as the president of a media company that's based around a successful hyper-local, community-based web site that I founded. I love it.

Specialties

Creative direction, community building, editorial, graphic design, photography.

Bob Kronbauer's Experience

Volunteer

Various festivals and commitees

2009Present (3 years) Vancouver

Celebration of Light - fireworks judge
Polaris Music Prize - juror
Peak Performance Project - juror
BCITMA Think/Share speaker series - host
BC Parks 100th Anniversary - podium speaker
Vancouver Foundation Generation Green - public engagement committee member
TedXVancouver - live blogger
Music Waste video contest - judge
Pacific Palisades photo contest - judge
Push.ca First Photos - judge
Word On The Street - panelist
FACTOR Canada - juror

President / Editor-In-Chief

VancouverIsAwesome.com

February 2008Present (4 years 4 months)

Concepted, developed, and produced this local blog that focuses on all of the things that make Vancouver BC a great place. In 2011 we began licensing out the "Is Awesome" brand and will be in all of the major Canadian centres by 2014.

Freelance Photographer

Various Magazines

20012010 (9 years)

Portrait photography for the following publications and more:

TransWorld Skateboarding
Lodown
The Skateboard Mag
Monster Children
SBC Skateboard
Color
Nuvo
Nickelodeon
Soma
Empty
Streetwear Today
Giant Robot
Anthem
Montecristo
Arkitip

Artist Mentor

Nike

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; NKE; Sporting Goods industry

April 2008May 2009 (1 year 2 months)

Curated art shows that were presented by Nike 6.0 involving young, up and coming artists as well as working on grassroots arts initiatives. Also sometimes served as a liaison between artists and the in-house design team on collaborative projects.

Producer / Director

Little Giants Documentary Series

20082009 (1 year)

Producing and directing one 30 minute documentary film per year, focusing on contemporary artists involved in action sports. "Volume One: Don Pendleton" is out now on DVD, slowly working on "Volume Two: Michael Leon". Executive produced and distributed by Video Action Sports.

Founder

ClubMumble.com

20082008 (less than a year)

Concepted, developed, and recruited contributors for this group blog that currently has 130+ action sports creatives on the roster and which grants an annual "Honorary Professional Skateboarder" degree as a sort of lifetime achievement award in the skateboard industry.

Creative Director

Crownfarmer

August 2000August 2007 (7 years 1 month)

Founded, designed most of the graphics, marketed and handled pretty much everything else concerning the business of this small t-shirt company that eventually ended up being sold at Colette, Active Ride Shop and Urban Outfitters.

Graphic Designer

The Girl Skateboard Company Inc

20012004 (3 years)

Designed skateboard and t-shirt graphics for Girl Skateboards, Fourstar Clothing and Royal Skateboard trucks.

Production Assistant turned Graphic Designer

Lakai Limited Footwear

20012004 (3 years)

Started out resizing ads for different magazines, ended up designing t-shirts.

Senior Editor

Crailtap.com

20012004 (3 years)

Developed an online store, implemented a blog structure, managed content, steered the ship.

Communications Manager

Element Skateboards

20012001 (less than a year)

Professional team management and marketing/communications with magazines and TV.

Online Manager

Giant Skateboard Distribution

20002001 (1 year)

Facilitated the development of a web presence for companies under the umbrella of Giant including 411 Video Magazine, ON Video, Element Skateboards and Black Label Skateboards.

Skate Editor

HardCloud.com

19992000 (1 year)

Editor of the skateboarding section of this San Clemente and San Francisco based web portal concerning skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding.

Founder

PacificSkateboarding.com

19971999 (2 years)

Created one of the first online skateboarding magazines and after two years Joe Firmage of USWEB/Intend Change (most recently of ManyOne) facilitated the acquisition of it by his internet startup, HardCloud.com.

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