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Hot Talent
Featured Talent This Week
That Bit at the End - "Lady or Tiger?"
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HOT TALENT
Sometimes having the right person at your company makes the difference between enjoying your Thursday and hiding under your desk.
And while hiding may have its advantages (close proximity to the trashcan, for example), it's only a matter of hours before the cleaning crew rats you out to your boss.
To help out, this we're profiling Aquent Talent who can help smooth the choppy waters of your hectic workweek, whether it be taming an unwieldy routing system or producing tradeshow graphics in a jiffy.
Best of all, none of them will cramp your style. Or wrinkle your suit.
Just follow the links for profiles, samples and resumes.
Enjoy!
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FEATURED TALENT THIS WEEK
Darci O. - Project Manager, Coordinator
Kara S. - Coordinator | PowerPoint Specialist
Doreen D. - Production Artist | Designer
Cyreeta S. - Marketing Assistant
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Darci O.
Project Manager | Coordinator
Over 10 years of coordinating creative services, project management, and administration experience, Darci will help bring your project to its maximum speed.
With a background including music videos, commercials, DVD, and events and she's able to organize a project from first concept to final delivery. She's proficient in managing materials, personnel, vendors, schedules, and budgets without missing a beat, then wrapping them up with tracking, invoicing and budget actualizing. Her client roster includes Playboy Entertainment, Warner Records, Sony Music, American Red Cross, Epic, and a host of others.
Her resourcefulness is only matched by her upbeat attitude!
See her on-line Aquent profile!
Desired Work: Freelance & Permanent
Skills: FileMaker, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft PowerPoint, QuarkXPress, Lotus Freelance Graphics, Management, Microsoft Office, HTML, Public Relations, Advertising/Account Management, Real Video, COM/DCOM, Marketing/Commercial Services, Administration, Office Management, Accounting
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Kara S.
Coordinator | PowerPoint Specialist
Most recently working at Disney Channel Development and creating presentations at a leading research firm, Kara is a savvy Coordinator with sharp PowerPoint skills and an excellent attitude.
A diverse background in a variety of industries, she's reported to the VP & Special Assistant to Michael Eisner, designed a reporting system to track & evaluate customer service at HeathAllies.com, coordinated talent for Gateway's Super Bowl spots, created presentations for Helene Curtis (Unilever), researched, planned large special events, proofread... Whew!
From supporting a few high-level execs to dealing with 593 performers (to be precise), an ad agency, a productions company, and a client, she's an awesome Aquent Talent!
See her on-line Aquent profile!
Desired Work: Freelance & Permanent
Professional Categories: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Lotus Notes, Microsoft PowerPoint, FileMaker
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Doreen D.
Production Artist | Designer
Able to design, coordinate, and develop internal and external visual communications in a single bound, Doreen is an organized self-starter who can effectively juggle multiple projects/deadlines and collaborate with managers, designers, and clients alike.
At both TetraTech (global architectural firm) and N. Incorporated, she designed and produced brochures, proposal graphics, booth materials, Web graphics, calendars, promotional booklets, and pretty much any other corporate collateral you can think of, from concept to completion.
Savvy on Mac and PC, she's a pro on PowerPoint and Visio, creating presentations, charts, and graphs in a snap!
See her on-line Aquent profile!
Desired Work: Freelance & Permanent
Skills: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Word, Macromedia FreeHand, Adobe PageMaker, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXPress, CorelDRAW!, Adobe Acrobat, Lotus Freelance Graphics, Management
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Cyreeta S.
Marketing Assistant
Cyreeta has a proven background in project management, marketing, and promotions, plus and MA in PR and Communications.
This Aquent Talent has experience in entertainment, financial corporations, advertising, marketing, and public relations and has worked on accounts like Nissan, Southern California Edison, California Lottery, Harley-Davidson, and more.
At both Lagrant Communications and Tierney Communications, she created and coordinated production schedules for print media, marketing material, and various other collateral; produced, proofread, and edited ad copy for print materials; assisted in new business pitches; built and maintained client/agency relationships... She's a great all-arounder for any marketing department!
We guarantee Cyreeta will exceed your expectations.
See her on-line Aquent profile!
Desired Work: Freelance & Permanent
Skills: Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Management, HTML, Public Relations, Advertising/Account Management, COM/DCOM
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THAT BIT AT THE END
"Lady or Tiger?"
Yesterday I was standing for a good period of time outside two restroom doors, one labeled "Bronco", the other "Cactus". I had been waiting someone exit, so I could at long last decipher which I was supposed to use.
After five minutes I started to realize that I had spent too much time enjoying the drink and company in the other room and should have sorted this out much earlier. It was getting late for these kinds of decisions, if you understand what I'm speaking about.
There are, if you think of it, several similarities concerning broncos and cactuses. And an abundance of differences. My problem was that none of those differences lent themselves to conjure up an image of a man or woman.
I am not a dullard. I graduated cum laude from a well-respected university. Neither am I unfamiliar with so-called clever bathroom names, having seen my share of "Buoys" & "Gulls", "Laddies" & "Lassies", and "Bucks" & "Does" in my travels over the years.
I was even able to decipher, after being led by a series of "To the Johns" signs, the correct choice between two doors labeled "Elton John" & "Olivia Newton John" (though I did catch my breath as I entered the former).
Yet yesterday afternoon I stood there in front of these particularly enigmatic doors with time running out.
Years ago, when I was confronted with similar doors which read "Gilts" & "Shoats", I was fortunate enough to catch a young lady eventually exiting. In Hawaii, I opted to use the facilities at a gas station across the street after ten minutes of bewilderment concerning "Kane & Wahini". (I, by the way, am both a "Kane" and "Shoat", though the latter is pushing it, even by the low standards set up by these establishments).
I will also tell you that there is nothing worse than finishing up in a restroom (say, when the choice is between "Pointers & Strikers") only to be greeted by the opposite sex upon leaving.
Many times I have avoided confusion at these establishments by simply noting the inevitable line outside a women's room.
But I had no such fortune this time.
I had waited an eternity, and I could delay no more.
I impatiently summoned a passing employee and informed him I needed to use the facilities immediately and demanded that he very quickly tell me in which of these rooms was I to relieve myself.
"I hope neither, sir," he answered. "These are both private dining rooms."
He then pointed to a clearly marked "Men's" down the hall.
This story would not be worth retelling, or particularly amusing, if I failed to add that upon returning to my table I told none of my colleagues what had happened and kept each drinking until they absolutely had to make the same trip down the hallway.
Or that I'm taking my wife back tomorrow.
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Tim Donnelly
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