Gabrielle M. Kunz
Gemma & Bixley co-founder Gabrielle M. Kunz is a talented leader with an impressive career in project management and client engagement. She has been responsible, at the highest level, for directing and successfully delivering 100′s of highly creative and technical projects across multiple departments, teams and solution areas focusing on: Strategy, Direct Marketing, Digital Marketing, Branding and Analytics.
Gabrielle’s recent move to the Northwest was motivated and inspired by her vision of bringing her teachings and insights to her own list of clients. The idea came to further fruition as a founding member of Gemma & Bixley.
Her enthusiasm for process building and improvement, along with innovative project management, led her to work one-on-one with businesses and individuals, creating custom tools and strategies that save time, promote efficiencies and deliver projects in a timely fashion.
She also has a passion for the team building process and coaches business owners, executives and employees (from the novice to the seasoned professional) on how to manage cross-functional teams to work together to deliver superior products and services. They ultimately learn what it takes to build and lead teams, inspiring each other to attain higher levels of delivery through collaboration, effective communication, trust, respect, delegation, participation and FUN!
What People Are Saying
“I love Gabrielle! She’s smart, enthusiastic, a splendid communicator, and has a keen way of cutting through the confusion to uncover the most important issues and develop efficient ways to address them. Gabrielle has been indispensable as a resource to the staff at IvyCat and I simply can’t recommend her highly enough.” - Eric Amundson, Owner, IvyCat Website Services, Gig Harbor, WA
“Gabrielle was an indispensable part of my training as a new Project Manager. She helped us streamline our processes in the office so that tasks area always clearly explained and defined. Moreover, her emphasis on communication taught me that Project Management is about understanding each employee’s work style and motivation, not just delegating tasks.” – Emily Kraft, Project Manager, IvyCat Website Services, Gig Harbor, WA
“Gabrielle is resourceful, smart, action-oriented without being reactionary. She is an excellent communicator. I cannot say enough about her detail-oriented talents, together without losing the big picture. She is the first I go to when I need senior input. She helps me keep a pulse on the rest of the team. I rely on her for many, many things.” -Michele Drohan, VP, Haggin Marketing, Inc.
“Having a proactive account manager, like Gabrielle, in this business is essential. She has a strong understanding of both our brand and the image we are trying to portray to customers. Gabrielle is easy and fun to work with. She is willing to go beyond the call of duty, often working late and almost always working on extremely tight deadlines to get our projects done.” -Monica Wilkens, Director of Marketing, Helzberg Diamonds
“Gabrielle is an exceptional person, employee and manager. She has tremendous talent, strong intuition and years of valuable real world experience in the business. In an industry where everyone wants to be called a manager, but so few people really understand what being a manager means, Gabrielle is a true manager. She understands people and is very adept at building, controlling and motivating a team. She always handles herself in a professional manner, shows excellent judgment, and can be trusted with sensitive and/or confidential information. She understands that management is about empowering and enabling people to do great things. She is always supportive not only to her team, but to everyone around her.” -Lori Gray, VP of Engineering, IMSI, Inc.
Gabrielle’s talents have benefited a long list of clients, employers and partners including: Apple, Armani Exchange, AT&T, Blue Sky Cleaners, Brightleaf, Broderbund Software, Capital One, Condomania, Dieste Harmel & Partners, Disney, Drycleaning & Laundry Institute, GSD&M, Helzberg Diamonds, IMSI, IvyCat, Javelin Marketing Group, Johnston & Murphy, Journeys, Limited Too, Lixit Animal Care, LucasArts., Lucasfilm, MarketLive, National Geographic, One Cleaners New Orleans Bridal Services, Pancom International, Pixar, RCI, SBC, SolutionSet, Apple, Title Nine, 20th Century Fox and VISA, to name just a few.
Gabrielle’s education includes the study of several types of design, as well as photography, at California College of Arts and Crafts and College of Marin. Her continuing education also includes advanced business classes at Dominican University of California.
Contact Gemma & Bixley now at: 206-552-4658 or email us at info@gemmabixley.com to see how we can help you.
