HOT (ROCKS) TALENT
Can Rocktober be over already?
Sadly, yes.
Which means that Christmas and Hanukkah are only 56 and 54 days away, respectively.
Something you'll be reminded of every time you shop, open your e-mail, or talk to your mother.
But who, exactly, will remind you that soon many of your staff will be taking vacations?
How about us?
This holiday season, don't forget about Aquent and our spectacular Talent when the decorations come out and the cubicles are empty.
A there's still a few days to call us for one last listen of our Classic Rock hold music (we won't be long).
Deck them halls!
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FEATURED TALENT THIS WEEK
George S. - Senior Print Designer
Melody C. - Interactive Designer w/Flash
Chris D. - Web Designer w/ Flash
Phil D. - Sr. Online Product Manager
Jim R. - Marketing Manager
Nicolas Z. - Jr. Flash Developer
Kristin B. - Art Director
Joe D. - Editor, Proofreader, Writer
Jeff Q. - Marketing Director
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George S.
Senior Print Designer
George comes to Aquent with a terrific amount of corporate collateral and publications experience.
Senior Designer at Franklin Templeton Investments for the last 4 years, he worked with clients, senior staff, and Designers on diverse projects for their Creative Services Department. His stellar work included tradeshow booth graphics, annual report explorations, and a marketing system redesign for their "ultra-high-net-worth" division.
As Creative and Art Director Avant Publishing Group, he handled publications for HP, Siebel Systems, and Pennsylvania Medical Society.
In addition to amazing page layout and typography skills and clean design style, George has art directed photoshoots, managed clients, projects, budgets, schedules, design and freelance staff, and maintained computers, servers, networks, and archival systems!
What more could anyone want?
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Melody C.
Interactive Designer w/Flash
Melody is a highly creative Web and Flash Designer with innovative and fun work that sets her apart from her peers, without even mentioning her extensive knowledge of different technical languages and tools, including HTML, CSS, AfterEffects and ActionScript 2.0!
Most recently at Vegas agency RDGLV, Melody created and produced terrific Flash banners, landing pages, e-mail campaigns, and full Websites for top clients including MGM Grand, Circus Circus, Treasure Island, and many more casinos and hotels in the Vegas and San Diego area.
She also has designed and built micro sites, banners, and e-mail campaigns as MGM Mirage's inhouse Interactive Designer and Newegg 's Flash Designer.
Contact us to get a look at her awesome design skills!
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Chris D.
Web Designer w/ Flash
Chris is a Web Designer just wrapping up a project designing and implementing the new social networking site sharenow.com!
With 7 years of Flash animation and 10+ years of HTML and XML experience, he's freelanced for EMI, Universal Records and done full site design and implementation for celebrities and e-commerce sites. He has experience with designing e-mail blasts, landing pages, micro sites, and banners and has hands-on skills in HTML/CSS.
He'd make an awesome addition to any team!
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Kristin B.
Art Director
Kristin is an amazing advertising Art Director who has done full campaigns: print, outdoor, POP, TV and some Web!!
While she was at Doner Advertising in Detroit she created the full identity and look and feel of Blockbuster's new service, "Total Access". She created the logo, all marketing collateral, TV spots, POP, in-store signage, and more!
She's also worked on other large consumer brands like Minute Maid, Nike, and Target Optical, just to name a few. She was most recently at Spot Runner creating advertising campaigns and is now looking for her next home!
She is super conceptual and gets mass appeal in a sophisticated and beautiful way!
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Phil D.
Sr. Online Product Manager
Phil is a FANTASTIC Sr. Product/Project Manager with a proven track record of delivering large-scale online products to the market.
He has an impressive mix of e-commerce/SEO/social networking experience and has a resume full of notable organizations such as MySpace, Shopzilla, Google, and Ebay.
WOW!
Phil has an extensive track record of building sites from scratch as well as defining new features to enhance existing products. At MySpace he was responsible for 30 new global sites in just over two years.
He's open to freelance and/or full-time positions and is going to go fast!
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Jim R.
Marketing Manager
Just finishing his bang-up freelance gig full-service agency Hamon & Associates, Jim's an amazingly knowledgeable Marketing Manager with strong strategic and tactical skills.
As the very first Marketing Communications Supervisor for bio-tech firm Qiagen, he conceived, wrote, and produced marketing collateral and advertising for their marketing and sales efforts. He redefined the company positioning, created branding campaigns, defined their lead generation campaigns, and created targeted e-marketing campaigns. He also designed and wrote sales promotions materials.
Jim has been responsible for product launches for a medical content management company and has also been in charge of all channel marketing for an RV aftermarket, pool and spa, and OEM/Industrial company. He has led teams of direct reports as well as cross-functional teams, and he is great at building consensus.
As a former Print Production Manager, he has a firm understanding of print requirements and has created successful lead generations campaigns.
An awesome Aquent Talent ready for his next opportunity!
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Nicolas Z.
Jr. Flash Developer
Hit me with your best shot!
Nicolas is a remarkable Talent able to take images and assets to create some of the most amazing, interactive Flash sites you've seen.
He also scored incredibly well on our rigorous Flash ActionScript assessment in record time! His recent work includes complete site design, navigation, and interface for a number of entertainment businesses (please contact us to see his private URLs).
We believe Nicolas has an impressive future ahead of him, don't you want your company to be part of it?
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Joe D.
Editor, Proofreader, Writer
With over 10 years of exacting proofreading and editing experience, Joe literally took our proofreading assessment to the cleaners.
Okay, figuratively.
Most recently freelancing for the Member & Marketing Communications Department at Kaiser Permanente, he was responsible for updating and revising company editorial guidelines and reviewing and editing copy on brochures, flyers, and letters before presenting to the clients and account staff. At GTS Companies Joe drafted and edited sets of specifications for all elements of numerous McGraw-Hill and Addison Wesley textbooks, proofread galleys and pages (for both letter-for-letter proofreads as well as edit checks), trained freelancers, and helped clients determine best solutions when mission-critical issues arose.
His ongoing freelance work includes Web copy (with SEO), case studies, and articles for sites such as Sunset, SkyWest, Written By, Brown Alumni Magazine, and Games.
He's the perfect fit for any client in dire need of mind-boggling accuracy!
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Jeff Q.
Marketing Director
Jeff has over 10 years of experience in full project logistics, direction, management, and execution working with domestic and overseas collaborators.
His expertise includes market-driven input into product design, market, product, and business planning, positioning, and competitive analysis in major corporate environments. He's comfortable with full or collaborative responsibility for strategic direction of an organization's public image and/or product and service lines.
Jeff has experience with product image design & branding, marketing communications, market trend identification and analysis, packaging, brand positioning,
Web development, budget planning and management, team direction and leadership, print production collaboration, and staff training and development.
Whew!
If you're looking for a pro in emerging communications and media technologies, then call us about Jeff!
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