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HOT TALENT
Are you in luck!
After tirelessly screening, assessing, and interviewing candidates we present to you the top Creative & Marketing Talent available today in Los Angeles.
And probably North America.
If you're in dire need of Marketing Pros, Flash Designers and Animators, Proofreaders, Print & Web Designers, then you need to go no further than the end of this email.
Okay, yes, you do have to call us, but you get the point, right?
Please do hurry, when we say people are Hot, we really mean Blazing Inferno.
So contact us, before these folks are already working!
Enjoy!
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FEATURED TALENT THIS WEEK
Anthony M. - Senior Web Designer | Art Director
Richard M. - Senior Web Content Manager
Katherine N. - Interactive CD
Faith C. - Strategic Web Project Manager
Jeff H. - Print & Web Designer
Diana N. - Web Designer and Programmer
Chris C. - Web & Print Designer with HTML
John S. - High-Level Flash Designer
Ananela C. - Print Designer | Production Artist
Wendy G. - Marketing Director
Amy B. - Proofreader
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Anthony M.
Senior Web Designer | Art Director
Amazing Anthony, as we like to call him, is back in LA and ready to go!
He is an incredibly creative Talent, from illustration, storyboarding, Flash Design, AS2, Digital Video and editing with AfterEffects, and so much more!
He most recently was in London working with ThinkJam Studios, where his clients included Fox, Universal, and Warner Brothers. He created marvelous online games and microsites for films including the upcoming Guy Ritchie film RocknRolla and 28 Weeks Later.
Anthony also worked at Zugara, a design studio here in LA where he worked with Toyota, U.S. Air Force, and Jelly Belly, handling art direction and design.
His skills range from illustration, storyboards, online game creation, 3D rendering with Maya, Video Editing with AfterEffects, and of course, Flash Animation with some AS2 ActionScripting.
Contact us for his full portfolio, and we know you will be blown away!
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Richard M.
Senior Web Content Manager
Put your site on a diet!
Richard can best be described as a Web Site Nutritionist, because he slims down content to make sites more accessible and manageable for users.
All without pills, fad diets, or boring exercises!
Richard comes to us as former Managing Editor/Group Manager for Microsoft's gigantic HR Web site created for its 70,000+ employees/users. Supervising a team of 12, he developed and implemented a new global vendor management system that increased service capacity by 75% and reduced cost per service request by 15% in the first year.
His outstanding experience includes Web Content Manager at H&R Block, Web Manager/Producer for Disney Channel, and Digital Brand Strategist at Compuware.
He has a wide-ranging skill set in strategic communications, e-commerce marketing and Web site management and is ready, willing, and able to exceed your expectations!
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Katherine N.
Interactive CD
Katherine is an award-winning Creative Director and most recently the VP of Creative for Passenger, an online community and social networking software provider.
As one of the first staff members at Passenger, she grew the creative team to 3 Designers and 2 Developers. Katherine would create the user interface and design and work with Programmers and Developers to fine tune the program's usability. Clients like ABC would purchase the software and then customize it with branding, user needs, etc. She created the identity and style guide for Passenger as well as the beautiful and nuanced marketing collateral that helped the company win business.
She also worked with several top design agencies in New York, such as Plumb Design (now ThinkMap, Inc.) and DiMassimo Brand Advertising, where her clients included Motorola, Prada, and others. She helped design the User Interface for a hand-held device that Prada retail employees could use to identify items and customer records.
Katherine's passion is cutting-edge technology and design and she's looking for a company that embraces beautiful and functional design.
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Faith C.
Strategic Web Project Manager
If you're looking for someone who has social networking, user experience, project management, who can work with Developers and give strategic insight, then Faith is the Talent for you!
Most recently, Faith created TOR.com, a division of Macmillan Publishing, which is a social networking site dedicated to science fiction and fantasy literature, authors, and artwork. She helped to create the concepts behind the User Experience of the site through her innovative approach to Web site strategy. She decreased the number of click-thrus to get to the registration pages by having the registration portal "above the fold". She also introduced tag clouds, an art gallery page with thumbnails whose images were easily expandable, and the concept of "tabs" where users can list their own personal keywords that best display their interests and then join other users with the same! All this managed on time and under budget. Other publishers now use her genius work as the industry gold standard.
Faith also created the site for Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York. Hiring and managing the team to create the site using Joomla, an open source for CMS, she made the site extremely easy to update. She created a community page for all of The Duchess' fans to interact with her and each other, and an online social networking component that allows users to rack up "points" the longer they are on the site, which then turn into rewards!
Her experience includes Scholastic Online Book Clubs, Amp'd Mobile, and Sony Pictures.
Faith's amazing technical expertise includes wireframes for Web, mobile UI and emails, RSS Feeds, Joomla, WordPress, Facebook API, Google Analytics and AdSense, QA for front-end coding, Flash, Access, Publisher, Epsilon/Dream, and much more!
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Jeff H.
Print & Web Designer
Jeff is a super hot Designer with hands-on Web and print skills who loves to do his own production!
JWT, Ogilvy, FA2/Fotouhi, Alonso & Associates are just a few of the ad agencies he's done great work for. He's also done toy and consumer product packaging for Mattel, MGA, and Warner Bros.
In addition, Jeff has art directed photo shoots; created full campaigns for Web and print, marketing collateral, tradeshows, and terrific illustrations; and has experience working in automotive, entertainment, technology, CPG and more!
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Diana N.
Web Designer and Programmer
Diana is a HYBRID Aquent Talent who knows the best of worlds: Web design and front-end development.
Most recently, she was at Veoh Networks, Inc. as a HTML/CSS Programmer where she sliced and optimized images for Web publishing, performed cross-browser functionality tests, and wrote Web pages in HTML and CSS.
But her skills don't stop there!
As a Web Designer for companies such as Escentrics IT Solutions and Web Development company PixelWise Inc., she was responsible for the overall layout, visual appearance and usability of Web sites, concepting, and creating mockups for pitches.
She has a clean, corporate look, is a quick learner, and is incredibly versatile.
So, whether you need coding or Web design, Diana is your go-to talent!
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Chris C.
Web & Print Designer with HTML
Chris is an amazing Talent with a multitude of skills who has just come back to work through Aquent!
Nabbing a PERFECT score on our Web Production and Ad Layout assessments, his detail was superb and he completed both in record time!
Chris has a clean design style and has designed for both print and Web. He was most recently working with a high-end photographer designing custom coffee table books, the Web site, and handling all the photo retouching.
He has excellent project management skills and is a master at PowerPoint. Yes, you heard that right, an outstanding Print and Web Designer who can create amazing (and beautiful) presentations.
So, if you are looking for the guy that can do it all, and do it exceptionally, look no further!
Chris is currently looking for part time freelance work.
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John S.
High-Level Flash Designer
John has exceptionally strong hands-on coding and animation skills, not to mention a copious amount of ActionScripting knowledge. He's also well versed in graphic design, brand strategy and analysis, motion graphics, and interactive design.
His extensive client roster includes Adidas, DaKine, Microsoft/Tech TV, Epson, and AO Sola, just to name a smattering.
Armed with an MFA from the Academy of Art in SF and a contagious personality, we know you're going to love him!
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Ananela C.
Print Designer | Production Artist
Ananela is an astounding print Designer with excellent hands-on production skills who just relocated to LA from Florida.
Her book shows really clean design work for a variety of clients. Her designs are smart and modern and her approach is well thought out and organized.
Most recently she worked for Hard Rock International where she designed the style guide, menus, ads, banners, and more. For Centaur Design Group she developed a variety of print projects including corporate identity systems, collateral materials, and advertising design for a wide variety of clients.
Ananela is really flexible, open-minded, and an incredibly fast Designer!
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Wendy G.
Marketing Director
Wendy is a senior Marketing professional with heavy on-line experience and over 14 years of experience in the Tech, Financial Services and Travel industries, including 5 years managing interactive marketing teams.
Wendy was most recently at Glovia Services, a division of Fujitsu, as Marketing Director. She ran the marketing department for their ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software, reporting directly to the VP and CMO. She has been responsible for the marketing launch of successful B2B and consumer products including Fujitsu's GSInnovate extended MRP/ERP system, the Countrywide Bank SavingsLink online account, and UNIFACE, an application development environment.
She was also at Countrywide Bank as a Marketing Communications Manager overseeing their Web site and e-marketing initiatives. Her work on rebranding the bank Web site included content, look-and-feel, and all related online programs. She also oversaw online strategy, Web site analytics, and managed all creative staff, and resources.
Though Wendy has a strong background in corporate marketing, she is no stranger to the agency side with several years of account management for clients such as Princess Cruises, Hansen's Beverage, and other consumer-focused businesses.
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Amy B.
Proofreader
Amy just came into our office, took our rigorous proofreading assessment and nabbed a perfect score!
She's done amazing work proofreading, editing, writing, and coordinating for Kaiser Permanente, Warner Bros. Home Video and Domestic Marketing, Paramount Pictures, and many others. Her experience includes proofreading insurance policy language and editorials.
She absolutely loves proofreading and has a great attitude to boot!
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