H O T T A L E N T
The Newsletter of Aquent's Available Talent
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Hot Talent
Featured Talent This Week
That Bit at the End - "Click Here to Win!"
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HOT TALENT
We asked our Marketing Department for a way to send our Hot Talent Newsletter with all the bells and whistles and boy did they come through!
You DID hear "La Cucaracha" when you opened your e-mail, right?
Hope so, because the rights to that little ditty cost us a mint.
It just shows the lengths we'll go to showcasing Aquent's newly available Talent to you. Which is perfect, because you need someone with amazing package design, copywriting, or proofreading skills, right?
In case someone heard "La Cucaracha" and ran over looking for the taco truck, tell them they just missed it.
Follow the links for profiles, samples, and resumes.
Enjoy!
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FEATURED TALENT THIS WEEK
Michael K., Senior Graphic Designer
Lauri M., Senior Copywriter | Editor
Shoam T., Graphic Designer
John L., Copywriter
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Michael K.
Senior Graphic Designer
Over 13 years of experience in the graphic design, print, marketing, and communications fields, Michael specializes in package design, solutions, and concepts and has blazing hot hands-on skills in both Photoshop and Quark.
Leading the art department at Lumineers/Rembrandt Corporation, he worked closely with the Marketing department in concepting and producing brand ID materials including national and international ads, brochures, mailers, logos, sell sheets, Web sites, catalogs, POPs, exhibit graphics, and any kind of packaging imaginable, including cartons and bottle/tube art. Previously working both a direct mail house (US Sales) and a newspaper, Michael is intimate with designing in a heavy deadline-driven environment and is able to take any print project from concept to press-check.
He has excellent management and organizational skills, and like we said, he may just burn up your keyboard on any graphic app he gets his hands on.
See his on-line Aquent profile!
Desired Work: Freelance & Permanent
Skills: QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, Management, Microsoft Office, HTML, Advertising/Account Management,
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Lauri M.
Senior Copywriter | Editor
With a broad range of experience in marketing, advertising, branding, and the Internet, Lauri's created branding and ad campaigns, written ad copy, business plans, annual reports, Web content, marketing letters, media kits, brochures, catalogs, and anything else you can imagine.
Her freelance contracts include working as Managing Editor of collateral content for EarthLink, Editorial Director for the iam.com, Senior Writer for beauty companies ORLY and Sparitual, Copywriter at DirecTV, and Senior Copywriter for Watson Wyatt and Educational Insights, and many, many more.
A freelancer who is loved everywhere we send her, it's not surprising to hear Lauri enjoys teamwork, especially working with other creatives in writing, brainstorming, and developing new concepts for print and Web.
If you're looking to do anything from launching your new Web site to concepting a headline for a new hairbrush (we told you she's done it all), give us a call!
See her on-line Aquent profile!
Desired Work: Freelance and Permanent
Professional Categories: Copywriting, Editing, Content Creation
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Shoam T.
Graphic Designer
A talented Designer with a fine arts background, Shoam's expertise is developing complete line-looks for product packaging including logos, color schemes, package dielines, and template mechanicals.
Most recently at Mattel's Tyco RC Division, he worked closely with Toy Designers and Packaging Engineers art directing and designing packaging for both new and prototype products. At gaming accessories company Mad Catz, he developed packaging concepts as well as brought pieces from concept to completion. His portfolio includes 3D computer animations for Nike commercials, magazine layout for The Bridal Connection, Web site design, identity, print production, and Flash animations.
Be sure to check out his amazing Zelda standing POP in his on-line Aquent profile!
Desired Work: Freelance & Permanent
Skills: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, PHP, Flash, QuarkXPress, Macromedia Director, JavaScript, Macromedia FreeHand, Adobe Premiere, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Streamline, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Lotus Freelance Graphics, SQL, BBEdit, HTML, Adobe After Effects, Macromedia Real Video, Adobe ImageReady, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Fireworks, Adobe GoLive
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John L.
Copywriter
In need of an exceptional Copywriter who is also an excellent (and FAST!) Proofreader?
Then meet John.
The sole Copywriter for Natrol as well as their solo Proofreader and Copy Editor, you could say that John's hat rack at his cube was always full.
With over 15 years of experience in the world of copy, he's worked in a variety of industries including automotive, food, insurance, health and beauty, technical, and packaged goods on just about everything, including catalogs, industrial videos, on-line content, product naming and descriptions, collateral, and more. His creative career includes work at Herbalife International, Transamerica Insurance and Investments, Lightfoot Advertising, and USP Automotive Advertising.
Need a Writer who fully understands your marketing needs as well as "I before E except after C"?
Then call us!
See his on-line Aquent profile!
Desired Work: Freelance & Permanent
Skills: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, WordPerfect, Microsoft Project, Lotus Freelance Graphics, Copy Writing, Management, Microsoft Office, HTML, Advertising/Account Management, Outlook Express, Sales, .Net, Administration
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THAT BIT AT THE END
"Click Here to Win!"
From: The Office of the President
To: All Personnel
RE: The Intranet
By now most of you may have noticed the changes in our company-wide Intranet.
Specifically, that every time you log-in a barrage of Pop-Ups or Pop-Unders are unleashed in your browser and a preponderance of banner ads appear on the top, side, and bottom of your page. You may notice this happening whether you are on a PC or Mac and running Explorer, Firefox, or Safari.
Many of you have been complaining about such activity on our company's private Intranet, so I've drafted this special memo to address your concerns.
The first thing I'd like to impart is that these advertisements are from legitimate enterprises and have my full seal of approval. Whether it be a message prompting you to gamble on-line (at home, please) or tempting you with a low-priced vacations to exciting destinations like Tahiti or the sunny Caribbean (if you have vacation time accrued, that is), you should think before you race to click these windows closed. Consider for a moment what these folks have to offer.
I mean, $250 for 4 days and 3 nights in Paris (Las Vegas), wow!
And though it may seem a little irritating when you get 2 or 3 ads every time you try to download an important form or access the company directory, I think it's a small price to pay considering the revenue these ads are generating.
At a time when it's exceedingly difficult for companies in our industry to turn a profit, I personally believe these ads will help us reach our 2006 fiscal goals.
We'll see how this goes for first quarter, then the Board and I will meet to discuss profits versus losses.
If things are not looking up by Q2 we may also try these options: Pop-Ups on our corporate Web site, company cars branded with other corporation's logos (think NASCAR), short advertisements before someone can leave you a voicemail, and (purely as a last resort, I'd like to add) sponsored staff jumpsuits.
Marketing will be busy coming up with more great ideas in the months to come (they are working closely with Sales to work out how to drop 15 second advertisements into company PowerPoint presentations). You may also want to stop by and thank them for those ads stuffed inside your paycheck envelope.
If you'd like to discuss this further, just come up and see me at the company Christmas party. Please remember that this date has been moved to February 17th.
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Tim Donnelly (email me!)
Propagandist | Blogger | Stuff Coordinator
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