Employee Spotlight: Erica Schroeder
Erica Schroeder is connected to the internet all day long in her job as a Senior Associate at Gard. But she dreams of someday living off-grid with her partner on a…
Employee Spotlight: Hannah Smith
To say that Gard’s Associate Director of PR, Hannah Smith, is a travel aficionado may be a bit of an understatement. As of the end of 2024, the proud Swiftie has…
Movies, marketing – and lots more. Meet our new intern, Beto Calderon.
Beto Calderon has watched at least 704 movies since January 1, 2021 – but there’s way more to Gard’s new intern than that. A Portland-area native who’s studying advertising and marketing…
Employee Spotlight: Connor McCarthy
If Connor McCarthy looks familiar, you’ve probably seen him on TV. Before joining Gard in July as an Account Manager, he was an on-air reporter covering news across Oregon. It was…
Some parting wisdom from Gard’s 2024 summer intern
How time flies! In July, University of Oregon grad Keyry Hernandez joined us as our summer intern through The Script. Now, after a few months of learning, working on a wide…
Meet Gard’s rugby-playing, deejaying, journalistic summer intern Keyry Hernandez
Get to know Gard’s summer intern, Keyry Hernandez, on a surface level, and you’ll learn she’s a talented writer who studied journalism and Latinx studies at the University of Oregon. But…
Meet Gard’s newest A-Team members
Here at Gard, we affectionately call our team of public relations and public affairs account managers and associates the A-Team. We like to think it’s a fitting moniker for a host…
Sizing up nearly three decades of creativity at Gard Communications
It’s been close to 30 years since John Plymale first joined Gard Communications, but he still remembers his first day in the office as a burgeoning production artist and graphic designer…
Promotions set Gard up for its next successful chapter
It’s a season of change here at Gard Communications. Based in part on input gleaned from a successful company retreat earlier this year, we recently implemented some changes that have seen…
Employee Spotlight: Arthur Parker
If you’re at all familiar with the Portland music scene, you probably know that every December, the Alberta Rose Theatre comes to life with the sights of a talented troupe of…
