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HOT TALENT
It's amazing when you think about all the things people do in combination: brushing their teeth while making the bed, driving while eating breakfast, watching TV while pretending to listen to their spouse...
But in a world that welcomes an Olympic sport that unites fencing, pistol shooting, freestyle swimming, horseback riding, and a 3 km cross-country run, combining things certainly seems to be the wave of the future.
Life would certainly be a little duller if that guy with the candy bar hadn't run into that other fellow with the jar of peanut butter. And woe to the Swiss Army sitting down to a meal without corkscrews in their knives!
On that note, please find this week's list of terrific (and available) Aquent Talent, ready, willing and able to put together the best combination yet:
Them and you!
Enjoy!
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FEATURED TALENT THIS WEEK
Lawrence A. - Art Director
Levi K. - Interactive Producer
Mark T. - Associate Creative Director
Michelle P. - Flash Production | Web Production
Austin H. - Senior Web Producer
Ashley C. - Web and Print Designer
Thomas V. - Brand Planner
Anoush K. - PowerPoint Presentation Specialist
Noel F. - Proofreader | Copy Editor
Ron M. - Web Content Manager
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Lawrence A.
Art Director
Lawrence is an amazing Art Director who has worked with a wide array of high-profile clients in a multitude of industries: entertainment, non-profit, hospitality, apparel, and more.
As Art Director at Warner Bros. Records for over 5 years and as principal of his own design firm, he's art directed projects for every major record label and his design has become as iconic as the artists he creates for: Miles Davis, Foo Fighters, Wilco, Paul McCartney, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and many, many more!
On the ad agency side, he was the West Coast CD for Fairly Painless Advertising, where he created campaigns for Herman Miller, Spectrum Healthcare and others. For Heal The Bay, he created the image that is now used on their marketing collateral, merchandise and events . He's currently designing for some of LA's hippest spas, hotels, and soon-to-be-hotspots like El Tres, SpaLuce, and Body Bar.
Lawrence can bring a fresh look and perspective to any service or product and is able to create integrated campaigns that include print, online, merchandise, experiential design, and industrial design.
If you're looking for someone with his Masters in Branding, call us about Lawrence!
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Levi K.
Interactive Producer
Levi is an Interactive Producer who has worked with large clients and projects and has experience with front-end deliverables like banners, HTML emails, microsites, full sites, widgets, and applications.
At Visual Perspectives Internet his clients included AOL, MTV, mtvU, and Paramount, to name a few. For MTV, he project managed the creation of an online game geared towards young adults called "Pos Or Not", which raises awareness to get tested for HIV. The game can also be easily embedded in users' social networking pages like Facebook and MySpace.
Levi also has experience setting up content delivery networks (CDN), which he's done for the likes of MySpace and Pandora. He helped the sites increase bandwidth so they could save money by not using third party ISPs. He interacted daily with his clients, ran cost benefit analyses, managed the work processes and schedules, and helped identify new opportunities with existing clients.
Levi has full lifecycle online product development experience and is extremely knowledgeable in the New Media and Web 2.0 worlds.
An awesome Aquent Talent!
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Mark T.
Associate Creative Director
Mark is an Associate Creative Director who packs a big punch!
At Saatchi & Saatchi for 5 years, he was ACD for their Toyota account with recent campaigns including the launch of the Camry Hybrid and Venza crossover. Creating fully integrated interactive, print, and broadcast campaigns, he ensured brand consistency across all forms of media.
Mark has developed campaigns for industries ranging from automotive, gaming, CPG, and software advertising. His agency experience goes beyond his tenure at Saatchi, he's also worked at JWT, Ogilvy & Mather, and freelanced for TBWA \ Chiat \ Day, and Doner Cardwell Hawkins among others.
Mark is available now and looking for a new home!
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Michelle P.
Flash Production | Web Production
Michelle has just come back to Aquent and is ready to once again be a Superstar Talent!
Her extensive background has only improved since she was last with us and now her "utility belt" includes mad skills in hands-on HTML & CSS Web production, Flash animation (including advanced scripting), video editing in AVID Media Composer and Final Cut Pro, DVD authoring, creation of DVD menus, and all post production for video, film, and TV!
Michelle's client roster includes Disney, Direct Partners, Viv Publishing, Guthy-Renker, Pacific Bell Interactive, Paramount Digital Entertainment, and so many others!
Available now, but not for long!
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Austin H.
Senior Web Producer
A Senior Web Producer with extensive experience in Web strategy and site development including budgeting, design, technical implementation, and marketing.
Austin has managed Websites, Web promotions (banners, rich media ads, email marketing, etc.) and Web animated series from inception through completion. He's also written copy and content for series and sites for NBC Universal, Hasbro, MovieTickets.com, FX, and Kelsey Grammer's production company Grammnet.
He has formed and led teams of Designers, Animators, Developers, and Writers, hired vendors, reported to and pitched to senior management, and written business plans.
Austin has experience with viral marketing, social networking, SEO, and SEM and is an outstanding choice for any company looking for their next huge interactive opportunity!
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Ashley C.
Web and Print Designer
Ashley is a Designer who has 10+ years of great design style: clean and innovative with a great use of color and typography.
Her fine art background really shows in the beautiful work she's done for BMW Motorcycles of California, The Santa Barbara Film Festival, The California Naturopathic Doctors Association, and many more.
Ashley's hands-on skills include HTML, Flash animation, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign After Effects, and Cinema 4D.
She has integrated experience, both print and Web, creates beautiful conceptual work, and is available now!
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Thomas V.
Brand Planner
Thomas is a marketing pro with a broad range of skills.
He most recently served as a Product Manager at MySpace where he oversaw anywhere from 12 to 15 of their online product offerings. There he developed strategic partnerships with advertisers, worked with vendors, and spearheaded projects with cross-functional teams.
Before MySpace, he spent several years at Saatchi & Saatchi where he was in charge of building strategic alliances and brand strategy for their Toyota Motor Sales account. This involved heavy client interaction, developing creative briefs and proposals, and managing vendor relationships.
Thomas excels within the automotive and online (especially social networking) space, but his marketing skills are useful for virtually any product-based industry!
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Anoush K.
PowerPoint Presentation Specialist
When you care enough to bring the very best!
Anoush is a high-end Presentation Designer with a client list that will bowl you over.
I mean, only if you've heard of Bell Atlantic, Cigna, Discovery Channel, Fleet Bank, Fidelity Investments, Hill Holliday, Kmart, Lucent Technologies, Putnam Investments, Pfizer, Walmart, Wells Fargo, and Aquent.
Yup, that's right, Aquent Corporate uses him on our PowerPoint presentations.
Anoush has a unique gift of understanding client needs and delivering truly exceptional work! He also has the ability to use video and Flash files in his presentations, as well as edit video and sound.
He's a pro when it comes to presentations and he's ready to take on your next project!
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Noel F.
Proofreader | Copy Editor
A great Proofreader just came back on the market!!
Noel moved back to Los Angeles from New York where he was a Proofreader in the Advertising, Marketing, Legal, and Publishing World and has recently finished up some freelance work with Princess Cruises.
He was a staff Proofreader/Copy Editor for Grey Global Advertising (G2 Direct & Digital) for several years working on new business pitches and online and print campaigns for some of Grey's top clients including BMW, Bell South, and Adobe. He has experience in direct mail, online, collateral, advertising, publishing, and has done short advertising copy, online copy and long form copy.
His publishing experience includes Scholastic and Hachette Filipacchi Publication and he also has great experience proofreading for legal firms.
We know you'll find Noel as awesome as we do!
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Ron M.
Web Content Manager
Ron is a Web Content Manager with a strong background in the Journalism, and Broadcast industries.
Most recently at VideoJug.com, Ron produced how-to video content as well as other informational video content (think YouTube, but educational). He managed up to 20 Producers and creative staff. Ron also was involved in setting up the community, as well as monitoring and initiating dialogue. One of his successes at VideoJug.com was working with a team to increase unique visitors from 100,000 to nearly 3 million!
Prior to VideoJug.com, Ron was a Producer for a number of shows, including "Access Hollywood" and "Hard Copy".
Ron is an overall amazing guy, with an awesome can-do attitude and the willingness to take on whatever challenge comes his way!
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