Charles+Gadson Media Group, LLC is a total identity and branding solution for personal, small business, and fortune 500 entities. We provide the simplest of solutions to the most complex problems regarding a company’s image, and branding needs. We pride ourselves in knowing what our customers look for because we extensively research and monitor the latest trends in marketing, social media, as well as web technologies that directly impact branding. Moreover, we possess better than 25 years collectively of continued experience in the fields of web design, graphics design-implementation, photography and creation of web presence. Additionally, music licensure for television, the web, and film also adds to our portfolio.

Our objectives at Charles+Gadson Media Group are two fold; To build a company that is based on traditional principles while pushing the envelope in order to evolve as an industry leader in identity creation, brand development and management where necessary. Our use of traditional methods fused with cutting edge technology, easily sets us apart from our competitors.

Partners

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Chris Charles
Partner, Principal Designer

A native of Brooklyn, New York and a graduate of The Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham,  Chris Charles is partner and Creative Director for C+G MG. Chris has almost ten years of professional experience as a freelance photographer and graphic designer as owner of Creative Silence Photo+Design. Through those years, he has been able to establish himself as a rounded and creative professional whose uses of style, photography, video production, contemporary design theory, website development and outside of the box thinking have helped develop the distinct look he's continued to hone. To date, Chris has worked with several prominent artists and visionaries to include Grammy Award winning producer 9th Wonder, Grammy Nominated artists The Foreign Exchange, Grammy Nominated Jazz Vocalist Nnenna Freelon, Award Winning Architect Phil Freelon, Country Music group Hellbound Glory, and several other artists in the local and independent music scenes across the country. These projects all encompass photography as well as graphic and web design work. Currently based just outside of Raleigh, NC, Chris looks forward to honing and expanding his skill sets to further help businesses and individual clients refine their brands and establish a strong visual presence in their respective markets.

William Gadson
Partner, Director of Business Relations

William Gadson is one half of the foundation of C+G MG, LLC. A native of Tampa Florida, William Gadson is considered one of the Triangle region’s leading professionals and community leaders. For the past 7 years, William has worked extensively to successfully organize and contribute his expertise to focusing on an industry that is fast paced, and is in high demand for their services. William brings his expertise in thoroughly understanding their client base, which ranges from Small and medium sized businesses, to Fortune 500 companies.  Moreover, he brings more that 15 years of expertise in the field of Computer Information Systems - database development and implementation. William has also served continuously giving back to the local community, from volunteering for the Lupus Foundation’s Steering Committee, as well as helping facilitate and organize the rapidly growing Art of Cool Project - a jazz and performance non-profit organization. William is also the founder and owner of North Carolina based business and lifestyle magazine, EmergeNConline.com. With his sights set on growing the business, he still remains committed to providing the best experience and products for clients of C+G MG.

Open Positions

Associate Designer

The Associate Designer works under the supervision of the senior designer or in a team of designers and assists in designing and delivery of products to our clients.

 

Qualifications

  • An associate graphic designer teams up with other staff in the creative team for brainstorming.
  • She helps in preparing presentations for the clients and delivering the same if asked by the design director.
  • She presents estimated costs to the clients and project manager.
  • She utilizes his creativity and technical expertise and designs graphical content for the projects.

The ideal candidate is well versed and experienced in all facets of web design. Primary duties will be to create engaging content pages and images for our clients. Also, they are responsible for web updates where applicable. 

 

  • An associate web designer helps in developing layouts for different websites.
  • He designs the graphical, textual and audio-visual content for the websites.
  • He helps in updating the content of existing websites as per clients' requirement.
  • He participates in client meetings to present details of the project.

Design Intern

The ideal candidate is well versed and experienced in all facets of web design. Primary duties will be to create engaging content pages and images for our clients. Also, they are responsible for web updates where applicable. 

 

Qualifications

  • Strong understanding of standards-based HTML, CSS
  • Good sense of website layout and optimal usability
  • Possesses a passion for design and strong artistic sense
  • He/She should be able to meet strict deadlines

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