Q Gourki
Kiumars “Q” Gourki is a Creative Director, Art Director, and Designer with 25+ years of experience building brands and leading campaigns at top agencies including Fallon Worldwide, Colle McVoy, RPA, and Vitro, for clients like BMW, Best Buy, Starbucks, Honda, United Airlines, Red Wing Shoes, MGM Resorts, and Asics. For the past decade he has run Studio Gourki, an independent creative studio based in Encinitas, California, where he works across brand identity, design, campaign development, and creative direction.
Q’s work spans the full creative spectrum, from typographic craft and visual identity to integrated brand campaigns across TV, digital, social, OOH, and experiential. He believes great design starts with a clear idea, and that the best creative work is equal parts strategic and beautiful. That philosophy has shaped both his client work and his approach to teaching.
He has taught concept development and graphic design at Brainco Minneapolis, Portfolio School San Diego, and Pacific View Arts Center, and has guest-lectured at the University of Minnesota, where he earned his BS in Design Communications with a minor in Swedish.
Outside the studio, Q is an avid surfer, runner, and car enthusiast who lives in Encinitas with his family. He is tri-lingual with triple citizenship and brings a global, multicultural perspective to everything he creates.