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 - "How Dry I'm Not"
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HOT TALENT: The Carl Sagan Issue
When you look up at the night sky and notice that we're but one of a billion galaxies in the cosmos, you start to realize just how small the Earth is in the scheme of things.
You might then also consider why we Earthlings manage to get a disproportionate amount of the e-mails.
Though we can't provide that answer right now (we have a team compiling data), we can tell you that this e-mail contains only the brightest Talent available in this or any other galaxy.
Which may help you cut down on the other e-mails you actually need to read.
I mean, really, 1.5% financing?
Not on this planet.
Follow the links for profiles, samples, and resumes.
Enjoy!
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FEATURED TALENT THIS WEEK
Bonnie C. - Manager, Event Planning
Lusik M. - Project Manager
Joshua N. - Graphic Design | Production
Kelcey P. - Graphic Designer
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Bonnie C.
Manager, Event Planning
Bonnie is an Event and Trade Show Manager with remarkable project management skills.
Recently at Momentum Advertising as Executive Program Manager, Bonnie produced all Intel executive keynote speeches as well as events centered around product launches such as the Xbox "Gears of War" video game. As Manager of Event Planning at DIC Entertainment, she supervised all projects related to events and trade shows and was responsible for scouting locations, producing displays and event materials, vendor sourcing, and negotiating and contracts. At Universal Studios she managed all events and special projects for joint promotions with AT&T.
Her more than 16 years of experience help bring any event in on budget and make sure it goes off with a bang!
See her on-line Aquent profile!
Desired Work: Permanent
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Lusik M.
Project Manager
Most recently at Health Net as Project Coordinator, Lusik (who goes by Lucy) was responsible for the translation process for their Medicare marketing materials into Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese. Working directly with translation vendors as well as the internal language team, design team, and sales team, she was able to see the big picture without missing the minutiae, to ensure nary an error reached the printing press.
Highly organized and extremely detail oriented, she has an extensive background in marketing, human resources, accounting, customer service, team building, organization, communication, and computer software.
If your company needs help navigating the sometimes choppy waters of print project management, call us about Lucy!
See her on-line Aquent profile!
Desired Work: Freelance & Permanent
Skills: Accounting, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Advertising/Account Management, CASE, Customer Service, HTML, Lotus Notes, Management, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Outlook Express, Public Relations, Sales
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Joshua N.
Graphic Design | Production
Both PC and Mac savvy, Joshua simply ripped it up on both of our incredibly complex Quark and Photoshop assessments.
Most recently at Genex working on images for the Lexus site, Joshua was a top Talent for our NY office working with clients such as Silver Editions, Time Magazine, and The Princeton Review. Whether flowing text and graphics and creating templates or manipulating images in Photoshop and crafting page layouts, he did it all with blazing speed. A staff member at the Newseum in NY, he was fully responsible for all stages of design and printing for window presentations, posters, and flyers for all the museum's exhibitions.
Recently earning his MFA in Fine Art from Art Center, his excellent demeanor and hands-on skills make him the perfect fit for any company needing incredible (and fast) production and graphics work!
See his on-line Aquent profile!
Desired Work: Freelance
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Kelcey P.
Graphic Designer
An experienced Designer with many years as a freelancer under his belt, Kelcey's colorful and fun work has livened up ads, collateral, outdoor, environmental, identity/logos all the way from Nova Scotia to LA.
Working on creations for Soda Pop Curtis, Trident Holdings, Emerging Energy Technologies, YKN Sunglasses, and more, he manages multiple projects, clients, and vendors simultaneously, to make sure everything gets done on time and under budget. A skilled hand illustrator, Kelcey has a unique flair for logo design and creating company identities.
But enough of our yapping, check out his on-line profile for his exceptional samples and resume!
Desired Work: Freelance & Permanent
Skills: QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Advertising/Account Management, Copy Writing, HTML, Lotus Freelance Graphics, Macromedia Director, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Outlook Express, Real Video
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THAT BIT AT THE END
How Dry I'm Not
If you enjoy the "For Dummies" book line, perhaps you might like to see something from our own flourishing line, "For Drunkards".
If traditional reference books bog you down with technical details and sentences that keep wildly moving around the page, these guides are for you!
Our easy-to-use guides will help you learn the easy, intoxicated way.
Unlike that other line of books, "For Drunkards" guides aren't designed for people who consider themselves dim-witted. Exactly the opposite. Our guides are created for people who, after a few cocktails, consider themselves much smarter than anyone else at the bar, party, or (if they are alone) appearing on the television.
If you've ever come home stinko on a Saturday night and thought it was the perfect time to start your master's thesis or take your vacuum apart, we've got the perfect book for you.
Written in a down-to-earth style and illustrated with amusing cartoons, these guides are written by some of the leading people in their field, most whom were drinking heavily during the writing process itself.
In fact, you may already be familiar with our first two wildly successful paperback offerings: Karaoke for Drunkards and Blues Guitar for Drunkards.
After reading Karaoke for Drunkards, thousands of well-lubricated bar patrons no longer felt intimidated when picking up (and repeatedly dropping) the microphone in front of dozens of strangers. Ditto for anyone who normally panicked when the guitar started getting passed around a party. Before reading Blues Guitar for Drunkards, a lot of these folks could barely remember their spouse's name, much less start caterwauling about how miserable their life was.
The success of these paperbacks allowed us to publish both Video Poker for Drunkards and Yelling and Screaming Obscenities from the Fifty Yard Line for Drunkards the same year. Hooray for the average three-sheets-to-the-wind Joe!
Our books are THE place to go to if you are:
1) New to a topic
2) Frustrated by traditional learning
3) Really plastered
If you can add up the crumpled dollar bills in your various pockets, then you can learn Arc Welding!
Heck, even if you CAN'T find your pockets, you can still probably make it through the preface of Beekeeping for Drunkards before passing out and getting stung to the point of hospitalization.
We are THE resource for the soused.
Don't wander around your home after a healthy night of drinking without a copy of TiVo for Drunkards, CD Handling for Drunkards, or Remedial Remote for Drunkards close at hand.
Into the Lite 'n Healthy Lifestyle? Both our Atkins Diet For Drunkards and South Beach Diet For Drunkards will help you whittle away those pounds without sacrificing a good buzz. And don't even dream of going into your kitchen without the essential Knife Handling for Drunkards.
Yoga for Drunkards can help even the wobbliest of people up on their heads without (much) neck injury.
Single? You won't be for long after just one reading (or possibly two if you were really hammered the first time) Dating for Drunkards with author J. Bowers Undercamp. A long time boozehound himself, Dr. Bowers hasn't just had one wife, he's had five. Two at exactly the same time! Here's a professional that knows how to find that special someone. Repeatedly.
Wedding Planning for Drunkards, Rabbit Breeding for Drunkards, Horseback Riding for Drunkards... Like we said, these are the ideal books for a Friday or Saturday night when you just can't sleep or have no idea where you are.
Even if drinking is the only thing you really care about (and thanks for being honest), we've still got you covered! Our "For Drunkards Only!" line will help you as you weave up onto your soapbox and deliver your stunning, slurring lecture on:
Jazz
The Potato Famine
NBA Teams
The Original Star Trek Series
U.S. Foreign Policy
The Current State of Major League Baseball
The Civil War
Where to Find the Best Avocados
And, Mr. Suit & Tie, don't forget to check out the latest offering from our parent company, Bacchus Press, "Who Moved My Martini?" out in bookstores this month!
No matter which Drunkards book you purchase, you can always be sure it contains:
* Large easy-to-follow typewritten words
* Big pictures guaranteed not to make you spew
* A soft place to put your head just in case you fall asleep
* Friendly, funny advice from authors painfully aware that you may be simultaneously trying to read, light a cigarette off your stove, and wondering where the heck you left your wallet
Our books are great way to stay out of trouble (and jail). Trust us, we're the experts on this subject. Just like our Mission Statement says, "If it involves a skateboard and a fifth of Jack Daniel's, it's NEVER a good idea."
Order online today! The chance of you actually finding an open bookstore after closing time is something like 2,000,000 to 1.
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