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 - "A Night on the Tiles"
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HOT TALENT
Why is our Hot Talent Newsletter better than a stay at the hospital?
For one, a typical hospital stay could cost you $29,000 (based on a 2-day stay and 2 follow ups). When you consider that our Newsletter could potentially SAVE you money every time you read it, it might be just enough to make you come to us the next time you need emergency care.
Fortunately every Aquent staff member is qualified to get you the outstanding Marketing and Creative Talent to help reduce headaches, lower blood pressure, and nurse wounded creative and marketing projects back to health.
Like any of the following great Aquent professionals for instance!
Just follow the links for profiles, samples, and resumes.
Enjoy!
(We'd like to remind you that no one on the Aquent staff is a qualified doctor, even if many insist on wearing stethoscopes over their lab coats. If any Aquent employee asks you to disrobe, please contact our Human Resources Department immediately.)
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FEATURED TALENT THIS WEEK
Mallory M. - Graphic Designer
Andrew H. - Web Producer | Content Editor
Sean H. - Design | Production
Kimberly C. - Marketing Communications Pro
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Mallory M.
Graphic Designer
Need a Graphic Designer/Senior Production Superstar who can handle anything you (figuratively) throw at her?
Then Mallory is your gal!
Whether it's designing packaging, marketing collateral, environmental displays, newsletters, corporate brochures or dealing with vendors and meeting tight deadlines, it's all in a day's work for Mallory. Able to handle heavy project loads (as many as 15 to 20 design projects simultaneously), she has strong conceptual and hands-on production skills in Quark, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
Ever raising the bar for clients like Martha Stewart, Comedy Central, Discovery Channel, McGraw Hill, and Advanced Bionics, she's requested back time and again when they need a stunning project done right. Right on time and right on budget.
You will, too!
See her on-line Aquent profile by clicking here.
Desired Work: Freelance & Permanent
Skills: QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe GoLive, Macromedia Fireworks, Copy Writing, HTML
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Andrew H.
Web Producer | Content Editor
Andrew is an Assistant Producer and Content Editor with over eight years of experience on the Entertainment team at Yahoo!
During his tenure, Andrew was part of the initial production team of Yahoo! Movies editing, processing, and posting a wide range of site content for feature films; creating and editing email-based newsletters and Web pages; researching, managing, and fact checking content; and providing speedy on-the-fly updates for live coverage for mega events like the Academy Awards and Sundance Film Festival. Most recently, he's been writing in New York for entertainment and gaming site UGO.com.
Back in LA and ready for freelance or permanent opportunities, don't let this talented Producer/Editor pass you by!
See his on-line Aquent profile by clicking here.
Skills: HTML, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia HomeSite, Lotus Freelance Graphics, Management, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Outlook Express, Real Video
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Sean H.
Design | Production
Sean is a multi-talented creative pro who recently became available after running the creative department for AYSO, the American Youth Soccer Organization, for over eight years.
He also happened to nab a perfect score on our Quark assessment and a near perfect one on Photoshop.
Sean has over 15 years experience in print, Web, and multimedia design, as well as video and audio production. With his technical knowledge and hands-on creative talent, he's an outstanding go-between for artists, developers, and management. He's overseen teams of 4+ and his portfolio is chock full of newsletters, illustrations, brochures, logo designs, catalogs, ads, Web sites, and more.
Need a creative with great hands-on skills, nice design sense, and no ego?
You know where to call!
See his on-line Aquent profile by clicking here.
Desired Work: Freelance & Permanent
Skills: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, ColdFusion, HTML, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, Management, Microsoft Word, QuarkXPress, SQL, Sales
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Kimberly C.
Marketing Communications Pro
At Nestle USA for over 8 years, Kimberly worked as Marketing Coordinator under the SVP of Corporate and Brand Affairs, helping manage both external and internal communications of the world's largest food company.
Kimberly's background includes creating press releases, company fact sheets, presentations, and executive bios; developing and managing corporate communications on both the intranet and Internet via a content management system; training and supporting other staff on media management tools; event planning and scheduling; and managing the company's $400K image budget.
Nabbing 4 awards for initiative and spirit during her tenure at Nestle, she's an incredibly motivated Aquent Talent who always makes it a priority to improve workflow and communications!
See her on-line Aquent profile by clicking here.
Desired Work: Freelance & Permanent
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THAT BIT AT THE END
"A Night on the Tiles"
As the company Vice President you may have seen nearly passed out in a stall in the men's room at last night's company party, I hope you'll recognize that today we are both working toward a common goal (the good of the corporation) and will let bygones be bygones.
This means comments such as, "Nothing like a night on the tiles!" and "Vodka's better going in than coming out, isn't it?" will be unnecessary.
And that whatever went on in the hydrangea bushes is really my business and no one else's.
I had quite a bit of time to think while lying against that cold tile floor, and I was hoping to straighten out a few things this morning.
Though during our wonderful company celebration I may have told some of you (repeatedly) to call me "King Wassup!", I hope in the sobering light of day you will refer to me only by my given name so we can keep matters at a professional level.
You may not have known previously that I have a weakness to "shake my groove thing" every time I hear the song "Funky Town." Now that you do, I hope you will see fit to delete any photos or movies you have of me and a certain group of Administrative Assistants off your digital cameras.
I do not want to be seeing myself on YouTube.
I assure you, though I do feel it's important to get together with one's "compadres," loosen neckties, and down a few single malt scotches, I do not, as a rule, drink from a coworker's loafer while others yell, "All hail the King! All hail the King!"
I'd also like to note that while I am fond of ice cream, I do not usually smear it on my face and pretend to be an aboriginal Tasmanian, nor pull my trousers down just below my waistline to mock a current women's fashion statement for others' amusement.
If you heard me describe my morning commute as "The Daily Funeral Procession," I assure you that I enjoy my tenure here at Krupsberg, LLC. and I look forward to driving to this company for years to come.
Perhaps with the exception of this morning.
Even though I felt compelled to announce from the top of table 18 that left-handed persons are "godless commies," I actually believe no such thing. Nor do I deem anyone who plays our state lottery "a tree-swinging cretin," as I understand a good portion of that money goes to our children's education.
I'd like to clarify a few points made in the heat of the moment during last night's celebration: Burnt Sienna is not a crayon for pansies, Pat Sajak should not be strung up by his thumbs and beaten with 9-irons, and I do not believe hemp products are "wearable crack."
As curious a phenomenon as it may seem, I do not have any idea why I can recite all the words to "It's Raining Men," nor do I have confidence that I can do it again. So please don't ask for a repeat performance.
I trust you will recognize this morning I am not quite at the top of my game. Should I fall asleep during your meeting or presentation, I hope you would be so kind as to e-mail me the notes and wake me if I begin to snore.
I'm sure you will also be in agreement that it is neither effective nor productive to tell someone, "You look like hell," when they don't feel their best. If I could lie down on a couch all day with an ice pack on my head ala Nick and Nora Charles, it would give me great pleasure, but we've got a lot of work to do this week.
If you liberated me from the men's room middle stall, fished out my driver's license, and told the cab driver to deliver me safely home, I am truly in your debt.
I wish, however, you would have had the wherewithal to wipe off the newly inked "Long Live the King!" from my forehead before I arrived home to my recently awakened wife.
By the way, would the person responsible for putting permanent markers on each table during last night's event please see me in my office ASAP?
Thank you.
James W. Barrett
Vice President of Operations
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