Tom Walter

Tom Walter - Executive Creative Director
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Tom Walter - Executive Creative Director

Tom has been working on web sites in one form or another since 1995.In 1997 he began a relationship with eBay when he consulted on the creation of their new (and present logo) then redesigned the eBay home page.

Recently, Tom was Creative Director for PayPal and directed some major site changes including a redesign of the PayPal logo and the upper pages of the site including the three targeted home pages.He directed a team of designers and writers responsible for giving personality to the PayPal brand.

Before that, Tom spent over five years as Executive Creative Director for eBay.There, Tom managed a team of a dozen creative designers who were responsible for all of the visual elements of the eBay web site.Tom joined eBay from CKS Interactive where he was a Senior Art Director.

Topic: Ebay creative director Tom Walter will speak; sponsor: Ad Club of Silicon Valley; cost: $25 members, $35 nonmembers, $40 walk-ins; for more information, www.adclubsv.org

Personal Best Selling8 a.m.-5 p.m. iPark, 3003 N. First St., San Jose (877) 862-4000Topic: A new approach to selling designed to shorten the sales cycle, boost revenue; sponsor: MJ Sales Solutions; cost: $1695 each day, $1270 for entire

Saturday, Oct. 12

Topic: Ebay creative director Tom Walter will speak; sponsor: Ad Club of Silicon Valley; cost: $25 members, $35 nonmembers, $40 walk-ins; for more information, www.adclubsv.org

Personal Best Selling

8 a.m.-5 p.m. iPark, 3003 N. First St., San Jose (877) 862-4000

Topic: A new approach to selling designed to shorten the sales cycle, boost revenue, with techniques for immediate results; sponsor: MJ Sales Solutions; cost: $895

Learn what it takes to keep one of the most recognizable brands on the planet fresh and exciting when Tom Walter, executive creative director for Palo Alto, California-based eBay, Inc., visits the Oklahoma City Advertising Club, 11:30 a.m., March 10, at the Central Oklahoma Homebuilder's Association, 625 West I-44.

In his presentation, Walter will discuss the evolution of the eBay brand and will offer members and guests a glimpse into eBay's design process.Walter joined the company in 1999 and was instrumental in the implementation of eBay's multicolor, interlocking logo.He is also the co-author of Usability: The Site Speaks for Itself, which looks at the development and design of six highly successful Web sites, including eBay.

Tom Walter, executive creative director of eBay, will walk through the company's early years and share the growing pains his department experienced as it successfully managed the meteoric rise of one of the world's most recognizable "e-brands."Presented by the Ad Club of Silicon Valley.

For more information, visit www.adclubsv.org.

Venture Philanthropy

5:15 p.m.