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Featured Talent This Week

That Bit at the End - "Franks for the Memories"
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HOT TALENT

As a staffing agency, we know that there are many prospective employees and freelancers "on the market" these days.

But realistically, how many of these folks are guaranteed to be your top performers?

We just wanted to remind you that we're still representing ONLY the top Creative and Marketing people here in Los Angeles and that we back each with our unprecedented 110% guarantee.

We wouldn't dream of sending you anything less than the best.

We think you're worth it.

Take a look at this week's stellar Talent, then feel free to call or email (tdonnelly@aquent.com) us for resumes, samples, interviews, and more!

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FEATURED TALENT THIS WEEK

Linda W. - Flash Developer
Jeffrey B. - Web Producer
Annette B. - Marketing Manager
Arseda K. - Data Analyst
Ian K. - Copywriter
Matt R. - Creative Director
Kevin E. - Sr. Print Designer | Entertainment
Amy R. - Print Designer
Shoichi S. - Interactive | Web Project Manager
Don B. - Art Director
Andy C. - Retoucher | Top Production Artist

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Linda W.
Flash Developer

Linda is a Flash Developer who works in AS2 and AS3 and has a great eye for design!

Linda has been working with Crew Creative on Flash Banners, online games, XML slideshows, and so much more for all the major entertainment studios. She created buttons for an interactive map for the film site "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" and created a "virtual dive" page for Discovery Channel's "Shark Week"... in German, no less!

She's also an expert in interface design for the really cool Wi-Fi device Chumby, which works off live RSS feeds. In fact, she designed LA Times' interface for the device, which is featured on the Chumby home site!

Linda's worked on projects for the NFL, Ty Toys, Budweiser, and so many more! In addition to Crew Creative, she's worked through WHITTMANHART, Animax, Brandissimo!, The Illusion Factory, and other advertising, and design shops.

If you need a Flash Developer to develop and animate banners, use Flex Builder 2, AS2, or AS3, who can also tear it up on basic coding in XML, HTML and CSS, here's the right person for the job! Linda's fast, can handle a crazy environment, can work on both MAC and PC, and always gets the job done right!
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Jeffrey B.
Web Producer

Jeffery is a talented, hands-on Web Producer with design and development skills to boot!

Most recently he was Senior Web Producer for interactive agency Bold New World, where he led cross-functional design and Web development for large Websites, micro sites, and email marketing campaigns.

While on board, he used his SEO and SEM experience (which he gained from his top work at ROI Internet Business Solutions) to lead SEO efforts for large sites. His hands-on skills include HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, and many Content Management Systems.

This multi-talented Jack-of-all-Web-trades is a bright, hands-on, and lightning speed Web Producer!
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Annette B.
Marketing Manager

Annette is a marketing professional with 20 years of experience with Fortune 100 companies including DIRECTV, Verizon Wireless, Petco Animal Supplies, and McKesson Corporation.

She is a strong Manager who effectively leads teams and agencies to ensure flawless and timely campaign and project execution, and is always on budget. Annette has client side expertise across multiple marketing disciplines including direct marketing, creative development, print production, call center integration, and media planning. She understands the detail of direct response, and strategically drives her agencies to perform at their best.

Annette has managed 5 Marketing Managers, managed budgets up to $200 million, and grown acquisition programs by a whopping 46%. In addition she has reduced data, media, and creative costs by 12% and improved productivity.

She's a top marketing pro with demonstrated success in the market!
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Arseda K.
Data Analyst

Arseda is a solid Financial Analyst with a terrific demeanor and 3+ years of analyst/reporting experience working for standout clients such as Warner Brothers, Countrywide, and Amp'd Mobile.

At Warner Brothers, she was responsible for developing and maintaining Access databases and for providing financial analysis and reporting for all operating segments, including interfacing/presenting to VPs and Sr. Management. She has been responsible for a wide range of reporting/analyst duties including monthly accruals for outstanding liabilities, financial planning, forecasting, Cost/Benefit, ROI, and market analysis.

On our exceedingly intricate Excel assessment, she nabbed an unheard of perfect score! She's comfortable in both 2007 and 2003 versions and has strong experience creating financial models in Excel using Pivot Tables and VBA/Macros. She also designs and implements relational databases utilizing MS Access.

Arseda has a BS in Finance from CS Northridge, a Certificate in accounting from UCLA, and is open to contract or full-time roles!
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Ian K.
Copywriter

Ian is a mid-level Copywriter new to LA from Boston. He was most recently at marketing communications agency Seidler Bernstein, where his clients were largely B2B healthcare-related companies like Siemens, Quest Diagnostics, PerkinElmer, and Cynosure. Prior to that, he was at Dibona, Bornstein & Random, where his clients were Sodexho, Century Bank, and Northwestern University. Ian is also used to being his own Account Manager, so he is well versed in all aspects of managing an account and the client-facing side of the house.

While very successful in the realm of B2B and long form copy, he is also highly conceptual and can really push the creative envelope. Comfortable in a team environment or on a solo assignment, he consistently delivers work that exceeds expectations.

If you're looking for a team player that can handle tight deadlines, offers creative B2B solutions, and maintains a sense of humor throughout the entire process, look no further than Ian!
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Matt R.
Creative Director

Matt is a Creative Director who has collaborated with companies of all sizes to enrich the voice of their brand, from complete branding systems to targeted areas of communications.

Matt has an extensive background in the fine arts and enjoyed his role as Head of the Art Department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) for 3 years. He's a conceptual and hands-on Designer, as well as Producer in print and other media. He is able to concept, produce, and direct photoshoots, as well as mentor and manage teams.

His client list includes Torrid, Inc., an edgy teen plus-sized fashion company, Puma, Dell Computer, and American Film Institute (AFI), to name a few.

Whether managing a creative team or flying solo, he is a wealth of knowledge, creativity, and strategy!
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Kevin E.
Sr. Print Designer | Entertainment

Kevin is a Senior Print Designer who comes equipped with a strong production background, focusing mostly in the entertainment industry. His more than 17 years as a consultant includes clients such as New Line Home Entertainment, DIRECTV, Paramount Home Video, MGM Home Video, and more!

His raving references confirm that he's always asked back to clients time and again, because he is just so amazing at what he does. Kevin can start from scratch, creating concepts and designs, or use key art for photo compositing.

And fast? He goes at lightning speed, does the meat and potatoes, and even shoestring French fries as well.

He's an all around outstanding Designer who can bring top-quality value to each project he's on!
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Amy R.
Print Designer

Amy is a fabulous mid-level Print Designer whose design style stands head and shoulders above the rest!

A quick look at her portfolio lets you know that she, like any great Designer, places equal importance on the typography, not just on the images.

She was most recently at MC Brand Studios where she designed annual reports, paper promos, and brand identities. At Wong Doody, she saved the day by creating 5 style guides for their largest client, 2D and 3D design software giant Autodesk.

In addition to identity and style guides, Amy is highly skilled at creating unique packaging, posters, and collateral as well as front-end Web design, to create the full branding symphony for her clients.

Amy is creative, inventive, and well equipped to solve the trickiest of design challenges with her peers.
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Shoichi S.
Interactive | Web Project Manager

Shoichi is a talented Interactive | Web Project Manager with over 8 years experience leading teams of up to 8 on large and small projects.

He has a strong understanding of design, development, online marketing, SEO, QA, Web 2.0, and content management and is a hands-on, multi-functional Project Manager with a background in print.

In his last position at Bold New World interactive agency, he was the go-to guy to make sure projects were finished on time and flawlessly. He also helped to create the QA processes for many of the sites the company designed.

Not only does he have hands on HTML coding skills, he is a remarkable leader and is ready to hit the ground running!
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Don B.
Art Director

Don is a talented Art Director with many years of advertising agency experience.

Coming from small agencies, he quickly learned that he needed to wear many hats, including handling his own production in order to keep up with the fast-paced environment.

Most recently he's been freelancing at the ad*itive, working on a number of well-known clients, including Reebok/RBK, Yum Brands (KFC & Pizza Hut), Converse, UNDFTD, Volkswagen, and Colgate. Before that, he was staff member for 6 years at Benenson Janson, an agency specializing in the non-profit sector.

His style ranges from urban/edgy to more corporate/clean, and he can work on anything from print collateral to Web banners to grassroots advertising campaigns.

Don is the ideal Designer if you're looking for something new, fresh, and hip!
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Andy C.
Retoucher | Top Production Artist

Andy's quick, accurate, and quite frankly, has production skills that are out of this world.

He's a superstar Production Artist who has worked for clients such as Infiniti, Nissan, Apple, Playstation, Gateway, Mattress Gallery, Neutrogena, KB Home, DIRECTV, and so many more. His agency work includes years at TBWA/CHIAT/DAY, Woo Agency, and The Ballpark.

As Studio Manager at Woo Agency, his responsibilities included overseeing Production Artists and designing mechanicals as well as acting as Project Manager, Art Buyer, and Orchestrator of Printing (okay, that's our title).

Here's an amazing Print pro available only for this and next week!

IN THIS ISSUE:

Hot Talent

Featured Talent This Week

That Bit at the End - "From Nigeria With Love"
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HOT TALENT

If June 21st is the longest day of the year, then what do you call the April 14th, the day before taxes are due?

That can be a fairly long day, wouldn't you say?

December 21st is allegedly the longest night, but if you ask most kids they'll tell you it's night before Christmas.

Before you get back to your baffling date book, we invite you to look at this straightforward e-mail, chock full of amazing Aquent Talent, funny bits, and a friendly phone number at the end.

It may be the least confusing thing on your calendar today.

Enjoy!
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FEATURED TALENT THIS WEEK

Patrick T. - Sr. Online Business Development Manager
Jason A. - Art Director
Yan J. - Flash Developer
Justin L. - Interactive AD | Creative Director
Jess W. - Marketing/Project Manager
Marc P. - Front and Back End Development
Phuong N. - Sr. Print Designer
Evan S. - Interactive Designer and Developer
Robin C. - Production & Graphic Design
Duho Y. - Interactive Art Director
John J. - Administrative Assistant
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Patrick T.
Sr. Online Business Development Manager

Patrick is a Sr. Business Development Manager with 10 years of experience in the online space with standout companies such as Citysearch, Experian Interactive Media, and Business.com.

He was recently Business Development Manager at Experian, overseeing many of their large-scale partnership and affiliate programs for personal finance, auto insurance, education, and lending verticals. Throughout his career he has developed and managed a number of advertising models including CPA, CPM, CPC, and Pay-for-Placement.  

Patrick has a solid track record of consistently exceeding quotas, growing business exponentially, and winning numerous sales awards for his outstanding work!
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Jason A.
Art Director

Jason has over 10 years experience in print design, art direction, and layout and originally hails from The City of the Big Shoulders (that's Chicago, if you're wondering). His style is edgy, contemporary, and chock full of life!

In his role as Art Director at CFQ Media, he redesigned and rebranded an unknown, poorly designed sci-fi magazine and turned it into the phenomenally successful Geek Magazine. Because of his amazing work, and marketing and advertising savvy, they made him Creative Director.

Jason is also a terrific hands-on Designer and Illustrator whose true value comes in bringing his branding and advertising know-how to each and every project.
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Yan J.
Flash Developer
 
Yan is a rockstar Actionscript Developer with extensive AS2 and AS3 experience as well as back-end development knowledge. His more than 6 years of programming includes extensive experience with the design, prototyping, and development of n-tier object-oriented rich media Web applications using Flash, ActionScript, PHP, D/HTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS, and ColdFusion; database design and development for MySQL and SQL Server; designing, prototyping, and developing user interfaces using contextual design methodologies; and much more!

Most recently he was working on an AS3 application for The Walt Disney Internet Group, updating the Disney global registration functionality, adding new features to global registration, and adding mobilization features to registration flow. Before that he was at Crew Creative working on The Dark Knight, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Watchmen, TLC: The Singing Office, and Bourne Conspiracy, The Game.

He's also an AS2 and AS3 Game Developer to the max, creating a number of games for MTV. And when we say a number, we mean one every day!

If you need action, then call us about Yan!
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Justin L.
Interactive AD | Creative Director

With over 8 years of experience in Art Direction and Design, Justin possesses not only the talent to lead projects from concept to design to production, but the hands-on skills to make sure every piece of the project comes off beautifully.

Having worked for the likes of Time Inc, Yahoo!, & three startups (including 2 award-winning Green ones featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Ellen, and Good Morning America), he's a self-starter, an outside-the-box thinker, and a real mover and shaker.

During his time in LA over the last 6 years, he's worked with such well-known brands as American Idol, Billboard, CBS Interactive, Discovery Channel, Dr. Pepper, FOX, GreenDimes, HBO, Hasbro, HULU, MARVEL, (RED), and T-Mobile, just to name a few.

Justin really brings a sense of humor and motivation (as well as stunning creative direction) to his work every single day and he's looking for the right company to take to their creative team to the next level!
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Jess W.
Marketing/Project Manager

Here's a great marketing professional with a solid blend of both content generation and project management skills.

Jess has both in-house and agency experience and has led marketing initiatives within industries such as non-profit, education, financial services, and insurance. She has overseen full-cycle projects for print including brochures, student catalogs, newsletters, supporting documents, postcards, email campaigns, and special events promotions. 

Jess just finished a contract at L.A. Care Health Plan where she received amazing reviews! While onboard Jess project managed large communication projects for print collateral and newsletters, provided communication to internal and external vendors, and worked with the creative team to ensure seamless completion of marketing projects. 

An awesome Aquent Talent!
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Marc P.
Front and Back End Development

Marc is a fabulous Front-End Developer who has great HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, AJAX, C+, C++, MySQL, Drupal CMS experience (not to mention a background creating MySpace Applications and working in LAMP environments!)

He was most recently at interactive design firm The Groop, where he overhauled the content management system for Botanist Series.com. He also created applications for MySpace for My Wish List, which connected to an outside database and has AJAX interfaces. If that wasn't enough, he built XHTML validated front-end templates with Web 2.0 JavaScript frameworks like YUI, MooTools and Jquery.

Marc's a hot Front-End Developer who won't be available for long!
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Phuong N.
Sr. Print Designer

Phuong is a forward-thinking contemporary Print Designer who just moved to LA from NYC, where she was most recently Senior Designer at Arnold Worldwide. Some of her accounts included Hershey's, GlaxoSmithKline, US Tennis Association, and Nine West where she brought overall brand awareness through print ads, in-store graphics, environmental signage, and B2B collateral. Prior to Arnold, she was Senior Designer at Traveler magazine for Conde Nast.

In addition to being an expert in InDesign layout, she also creates original illustrations for all of her designs. And all Phuong's glowing references made sure to mention her fabulous work ethic and attention to detail.

She has a wonderful design sense in typography, design layout, and illustration and is sure to bring a unique look to any agency or in-house company that wants to be on the forefront of design!
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Evan S.
Interactive Designer and Developer

Evan is a talented Interactive Designer and Developer with a portfolio guaranteed to wow you! 

He excels in Web Design and Flash animation, plus develops in AS3. His most recent work has been on interactive games and animated banners. At Nemo Design, Evan worked with a team of Designers and Developers on Nike 6.0, Smith Optics, and HP Blackbird. He was their go-to man when it came to designing and developing interactive Flash features.  

Evan's skills are a rare mix of developing and delivering outstanding design. 

Let us know if you're interested in seeing some of his sites!
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Robin C.
Production & Graphic Design

Over 11 years of experience in the graphic design world, Robin has terrific hands-on skills in both Quark and Photoshop coupled with a thorough knowledge of digital press.

Most recently managing a team of nine, Robin managed everything involved in the design and production of four-color monthly and bi-monthly magazines as well as tons of direct mail, signage, promotional materials, and CD/DVD packages. She can effectively lead a department under extremely tight deadlines and expertly handle both vendor negotiations and press checks.

Available for both freelance production and design work, she's got great credentials!
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Duho Y.
Interactive Art Director

Duho is an Interactive Art Director with over 10 years of industry experience. His experience ranges from product development to design to branding. 

Most recently at Wasserman Media Group, he branded and concepted user experience products. He successfully implemented a custom creative process to brand a network of 40 sports Web sites including motocross.com and the martial arts site mmarated.com.

Prior to Wasserman, Duho served as Sr. Designer at Answer Financial and Creative Director at both MACH18 and Apollo Interactive. His experience ranges from visual design to user experience design, and some development.

We know you'll find his creative work, whether they be financial or community sites, are top scorers in the Web world!
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John J.
Administrative Assistant

Here's a stellar, senior-level, excellent Administrative Assistant who has worked for major players such as Disney, Kaiser Permanente, Nestle, and Warner Brothers!

John was most recently at Disney in their SOAPnet department, where his major duties included trafficking commercials and TV shows, sorting the timing of show segments and separation of commercials. Inside Disney he's worked for a variety of other departments including Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Feature Publicity Department, Disney Internet Group, Corporate, Imagineering, and Consumer Products.

At Disney he used their SAP database extensively and he's incredibly experienced in handling heavy calendaring/phones, complicated expense reports, invoices, travel arrangements, and data entry.

This guy is just the tops, and we know you'll love him once you meet him!

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Hot Talent

Featured Pets This Week

That Pet at the End
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We're writing to you with good news this week!

Aquent has just partnered with an esteemed non-profit, The Society for Mostly Broken and Ill-Tempered Domestic Animals (a "pet" cause of our CEO) and will now be featuring these wonderful and yes, incredibly distinctive animals to you each week on the pages to come.

If you've got room in your heart for a Mexican Hairless Chihuahua who requires his own inhaler, then you'll have to read on!

Please email us if you're interested in any of these amazing creatures and we'll get right back to you.

Well, if we're not busy cleaning cages.

Woof!
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FEATURED PETS THIS WEEK

Fescue - Amazon Blue Front Female
Buster - Golden Retriever
Frodo - Green Iguana
Bobby - Wolf Hybrid
Beaky - International Bird of Mystery
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Fescue
Amazon Blue Front Female

This 5-year old, incredibly colorful Amazon Blue Front loves to laugh.

Sometimes with you, sometimes at you. She's so unpredictable!

Raised in an "End of the World" cult by a single mother, this bird is usually quite tame, but not particularly good around men or small children (the latter of which she will try to carry off by the hair if not closely supervised). Equipped with an exceptionally high vocabulary, Fescue will convey hour upon hour of information pertaining to the ending of world on February 24th, 2006.

(Please note that if you purchase this bird, you may not inform her that February 2006 has come and gone.)

A great pet for those who like to live in the past!
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Buster
Golden Retriever

Raised alongside other pets in a loving, but very busy household, Buster is an affectionate dog who loves nothing more than to play!

Buster's slight stuttering problem when he barks excitedly (sounds like "B-b-b-b-bow wow") is never an issue except around other dogs or heckling children. We must also mention that although comfortable around most people, Buster is terrified of Statue of Liberty replicas, blue liquids, newspapers, high-pitched laughter, textbooks, doorbells, and Michael Flatley. He is also allergic to natural fibers including wool, linen, hemp, linen, cotton, and linen (he's REALLY allergic to linen) and has been previously diagnosed as an "heroic snorer."

A fantastic pet for shut-ins who don't hear so well!
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Frodo
Green Iguana

Frodo is a truly magnificent male Green Iguana, with bright green and red highlights that we know you're going to love!

Born with only one small defect, the inability to stay right-side up, Frodo loves to bob his head, extend his dewlap, and play the day away, all while swaying precariously on the bottom of his perch. You'll be endlessly surprised at the number of things he can do upside down! (Draw blood for one.)

If you love unusual pets with even more unusual affectations, he's the one for you!
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Lil' Howler
Wolf Hybrid

Love the Earth? Own a hybrid!

A great dog for both hunting and high tea, Bobby is part Wolf, part Teacup Poodle, and all dog!

Standing a mere 9 inches tall and bursting with the rugged good looks of a Wolf, this is a terrific choice for anyone who loves the great outdoors, but is relegated to living in a small city-sized apartment. We can assure that you'll never pine away for the open plains after just one night of Bobby's melodic howling.

Once you place this little fellow by your teacup, you'll be darn sure no one will come near it!
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Beaky
International Bird of Mystery

Raised by the CIA during the cold war to repeat Russian spy secrets back to American Agents, Beaky is a true American Patriot!

An affectionate Harlequin Macaw, Beaky is energetic, captivating, and loves to eavesdrop on important conversations that you've been dying to overhear. A great pet for inside traders, grandparents who incessantly ask what the person on the TV just said, or anyone who is just plain old nosey.

Beaky also tells quite a few Howie Mandel jokes, which is why the CIA offices had to finally part with him.

Only likes men with beards and/or mustaches.

IN THIS ISSUE:

Hot Talent

Featured Talent This Week

That Bit at the End - "Lady or Tiger?"

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HOT TALENT

Why is reading our Hot Talent Newsletter so much better than downing a trendy martini at a hipster watering hole?

After reading Hot Talent, you:

* Are a full 50% less likely to tell off your boss
* Can still pronounce "slipshod" without slurring
* Will not feel the urge for out-of-control dancing
* Won't light the filter end of your cigarette
* Probably won't create a fake David Letterman Top 10 list

Now that we've figured that out, take a look at our top available Talent this week.

None of which will make you regret what you said the next day...

Enjoy in moderation!
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FEATURED TALENT THIS WEEK

Ron L. - Director of Product/Software Development
Jin A. - User Experience Designer
Alex T. - Marketing Analyst
Yu M. - Creative Director - Publishing
Richard K. - Senior User Interface Designer/User Experience Expert
Herb B. - Front-End Developer
Aaron B. - Flash AS3 Developer
Wesley P. - Web Designer w/ Production
Kathryn C. - Marketing Coordinator
Sandra R. - Marketing Project Manager
Mike E. - Sr. Web / UI Designer with Mobile
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Ron L.
Director of Product/Software Development

Ron is a standout Aquent Talent with over 10 years of impressive online product/program and software development experience for clients such as Disney Mobile, Buzznet, ManiaTV, Toyota Financial Services, Honda, and many more.

Recently as Director of Software at ManiaTV, Ron was responsible for full site and video distribution development initiatives created in an Agile environment using Flex, Flash, Java, and HTML. Updates under his leadership included dramatically improving the video product and the release of a full site redesign, both of which resulted in triple the traffic to the site.  

Prior to ManiaTV, he was a Program Director at the music social networking site Buzznet, managing development activities, SEO initiatives, and new product launches for the main site as well as their new CelebrityBuzz division.  

Ron has managed in-house and offshore development teams ranging from 6 to 25 staff members and budgets in excess of $1.5 million.  

A stellar Aquent Talent!!
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Jin A.
User Experience Designer
 
Jin is a User Experience Designer who's helped streamline and develop the User Interface Strategy for entertainment, corporate and gaming clients known 'round the world!

As a freelancer at Almer/Blank he designed Web, desktop, and social applications that extend the DIRECTV viewing experience via PC to existing subscribers with a growing demand for online content. He was involved in every phase of the project from discovery, workflow (both Waterfall and Agile Models), testing, documentation, QA, and analysis. He also helped to design the UI for widgets and applications used for Facebook! 

In the gaming world, he worked with gaming giant Konami to take their most popular game, Dance Dance Revolution to the PC, transitioning the game without losing the key concepts. For MTV/Viacom, Jin helped launch the wildly popular Neopets, one of the world's most popular multi-player online game. He produced sketches, wireframes, user personas, use case scenarios, rapid Flash prototypes, test plans, and QA.

Jin has many other talents and a large range of User Experience deliverables and samples, all you have to do is ask!

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Alex T.
Marketing Analyst

Alex has 4+ years of solid marketing analytics experience managing direct marketing strategy, campaign analysis, and reporting.    

He was recently at HSBC Credit Card Services as a Sr. Marketing Analyst for their direct marketing initiatives targeting new customer acquisition and new market trends. His duties included developing campaign analytics systems for direct mail, online marketing, branch initiatives, and telemarketing channels. He worked with cross-functional analytics teams in which much of the data was fed from SAS into an Excel format for presentation.

Before HSBC, Alex implemented national marketing campaigns (including vendor management, market research, and event coordination) for clients that included Harley Davidson and ING Direct. He's also held paid marketing internships at both Universal Music, LA Clippers, and the UCLA Medical Center.

Armed with a terrific attitude and his BA in Economics from UCLA, he's a great fit for any company culture.
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Yu M.
Creative Director - Publishing

Most recently Deputy Art Director at Conde Nast's Bon Appetit Magazine, Yu's beautiful art direction of photoshoots, features, and covers has shifted the magazine to more of an upscale, luxurious look. While onboard she managed a large team of Designers and Production Artists and worked closely with outside vendors.
 
Her impeccable eye for creative detail and sumptuous design were well used by both Martha Stewart Living Magazine and Martha's Flowers, where she spent 5 years as Senior Art Director. While there she managed all aspects of creation from concept, art direction, research, location scouting, budgeting, and (inhale...) producing!

Her amazing background also includes agency work at both Frankfurt Balkind Partners and Weiss, Whitten, Stagliano, working on clients such as Time Warner, Avon, Giorgio Armani, Bulova, Rolodex, Rossignol, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Guggenheim Museum.

Best of all, she's available right now!
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Richard K.
Senior User Interface Designer/User Experience Expert

Richard is an IA/User Experience Designer who has been working with Razorfish for the last several years on huge accounts such as Walt Disney World, NFL, and Comcast.

For the NFL, he created a CMS that allowed all 32 teams to customize each of their own sites. For the Walt Disney World site, he created user scenarios, identified user goals, created wireframes, storyboards, and detailed visual design comps.

Prior to Razorfish, Richard worked at Helio as a hybrid Business Systems Analyst and Interface Designer. He created interface architecture and the design for the "MY ACCOUNT" element of Helio.com where customers would come and update their account, pay online, monitor their minutes, etc. He also wrote all the technical specs and documentation and provided mockups for the user interface design in Photoshop and Visio.

His other experience includes four years at Countrywide Financial working on their HR intranet portals and Conexant Systems and also working on robust intranet CMS systems.

Richard is that rare talent who is a hybrid of user interface, architecture, and online product design and truly gets the technical aspects of creating user-friendly sites!
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Herb B.
Front-End Developer

Herb is a Junior Front-End Developer and Integrator with an awesome set of skills!

He last worked at Bold New World as part of a team of Web Developers on a number of projects for non-profit clients such as National Veterans Foundation, SPCA, Save Africa's Children, and more. Herb's work was heavy on the transactional side of the house, dealing with the shopping cart elements on sites.

He's terrific at hand-coding in HTML and CSS, can edit JavaScript and PHP, and has worked with several open source templates and CMS systems.

Herb works well on his own or as a part of a large team and is available for his next assignment right now!

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Aaron B.
Flash AS3 Developer

Aaron is an awesome Flash AS2 and AS3 Developer who also can code HTML, CSS, PHP, and more!

For the last several years Aaron has been working with Maritz creating online training modules and e-learning portals for big brand clients like Toyota and Lexus. Each of the learning portals were exceptionally advanced, interacting with each of the participants. He handled all the QA for the modules and was able to streamline the development by working closely with the Writers, Producers and Creatives.

In addition to his e-learning development skills, Aaron has been creating and developing sites, Flash banners, online games, media players for his own clients in the film, music, and non-profit industries.

Contact us to see samples of his stellar work!
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Wesley P.
Web Designer w/ Production

Wesley is a highly versatile Designer with a really hip and edgy look and feel to his work.

His impressive list of clients includes companies like Nike (Niketown.com) and Yamaha. For Nike, Wesley worked on both print and Web campaigns for the Nike store and his work for Yamaha included microsites, tradeshow graphics, and product packaging.

Most recently he was designing and launching an online promotional campaign (microsites, banner ads, email campaigns, widgets, etc.) for Grammy award-winning producer Adam Freeland.

Wesley has awesome illustration skills and vector art and comes from a print design background. He's also one Web Designer that doesn't shy away from doing hands-on production work (he's great with both Dreamweaver and Flash).

He's the whole package and available starting this week!
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Kathryn C.
Marketing Coordinator

Kathryn is a superstar Marketing Coordinator who always goes above and beyond!

Her experience includes branding, events, promotions, online, retail, print collateral, outdoor ,and broadcast! Most recently working as part of Warner Bros. Consumer Products division, part of her goal was to take legendary characters like Penelope Pitstop, Speedy Gonzales, and The Banana Splits and rebrand them for today's audience.

For Banana Splits, Kathryn headed up the coordination of the remake of the 70's TV show, a process that included research, working with the production team in Australia, project managing the creation of the new Website, and executing all print and online promotional campaigns. For the rebranding of Speedy she created merchandise like T-shirts and stickers to give out at the X Games, which was a huge success.

For MGM's consumer products group, she managed budgets of up to $1.3 million and worked with licensees, print, online and DVD releases for Pink Panther and Stargate.

Kathryn is available starting April 1st and is someone you WANT on your team!
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Sandra R.
Marketing Project Manager

Sandra is a Marketing Project and Account Manager who most recently worked at International Code Council (ICC), a non-profit membership organization providing products and services to building professionals. She was responsible for management of various marketing and membership projects while supporting internal clients. Her responsibilities included strategic /creative planning and copywriting for ads, direct mail, brochures, fliers, newsletters, the Website and product releases. She also handled research and analysis and recommended target audiences to market membership, products, and services. She worked on membership campaigns from inception to completion including: email blasts, postcards, web ads, banner ads, landing pages and tradeshow signage. She also explored, strategized and managed the execution of online marketing efforts and initiatives.

As Marketing Manager for Mrs. Beasley's Gourmet Bakery, she wore every hat imaginable, and her days were filled with business development; advertising placement; design and production of catalogs, brochures, and direct mail; product development; and development of their Website. She oversaw all the timelines, budgets, and project management.

Don't miss out on this awesome Aquent Talent!
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Mike E.
Sr. Web / UI Designer with Mobile

Mike is a fantastic Sr. Web Designer who has worked with top tier companies like Fox Interactive and Bloomberg LP.

In his last project, Mike was the sole Designer for the complete overhaul of the MyFox local portal site for all of Fox's news affiliates - all 50 of them! He designed landing pages, story pages, interchangeable content modules, the interactive weather package, and the redesign of the community blogs and message boards. He was also involved in handling the redesign of the user interface for their CMS system.

Mike has worked on full sites, microsites, mobile UI, banners and is no stranger to Web 2.0 design. He can crank out a sitemap and workflow in a flash and has a great sense of aesthetic to make a heavy content site look like a work of art!

Just ask to see some samples of his great sites!
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We got some Addys, we got some Addys!

Okay, when I say "we" we're not actually talking about the folks here in the office (we do a good job with streamers for birthday desks, but POPs? Not so much.)

Our staff had set up a remote group of Aquent Designers and Art Directors to be an off-site solution for a top client's creative needs, instead of using a traditional agency to do the work. The group was so masterfully led by our Talents Joe and William, that they picked up 8 Addys last Sunday night!

Check out the whole story on our blog. http://blogs.aquent.com/butlessaboutme/2009/03/an_inside_job.php

But don't forget to check out many more awesome and available Talent right here in our weekly newsletter ... perfect for any team, onsite or off.

It's Addy-licious!

Enjoy!
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FEATURED TALENT THIS WEEK

Rosivaldo N. - Web and Print Designer
Thomas M. - Sr. Art Director | Flash Designer
Dan C. - Creative Director
Dina W. - Marketing & Project Manager
Charlene M. - Administrative Assistant
Lauren W. - Marketing Project Manager
Jason M. - Senior Copywriter/ACD
Jay L. - Front-End Web Developer w/SEO
Eric M. - Sr. Web Producer
Leanne M. - Print Project Manager
Erik K. - Sr. Print Designer
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Rosivaldo N.
Web and Print Designer

Rosivaldo is a Print and Web Designer with awesome production skills, in fact he is a one-man design shop!

For over 5 years he was one of two Designers for John Paul Mitchell Systems, creating all print collateral, packaging concepts, labels, logos, in-store materials, and consumer and trade-related Websites (www.PaulMitchell.com) and (www.PaulMitchellpro.com). He also created a bi-monthly magazine specifically tailored to the beauty industry which highlighted Paul Mitchell products. During those non-busy minutes he also managed to art directed their photoshoots.

For the last several years he's been freelancing with advertising agencies here in LA such as Deutsch and a bevy of his own clients that include e-commerce sites, real estate, non-profits, and more.

Rosivaldo got a PERFECT score on our demanding Web Production assessment and has hands-on skills that include Advanced Photoshop (with retouching), Illustrator, HTML, Flash Animation, InDesign, and Quark.

He is fast, reliable and can fit in any environment!!
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Thomas M.
Sr. Art Director | Flash Designer

Thomas is a hands-on Sr. Art Director with a wealth of agency experience!

In his last position at WhittmanHart Interactive, he worked on highly visible sites for clients such as Sony and Anheuser-Busch. In '08 he delivered the creative that won Budweiser's business, then art directed and designed Budweiser.com from the ground up!

As Sr. AD at Zentropy Partners, he directed a design team to deliver 19 online room reservation sites for Park Place Entertainment's eight casino brands, with an ROI equaling more than one half a million online room reservations in less than 6 months! While onboard he also developed and delivered creative pitches to win new business from the likes of Reebok and PRIMEDIA and designed General Motor's award-winning GM BuyPower.com site.

He also has experience doing full site designs, microsites, rich media ads, and online marketing campaigns, and is ready to do everything from concept to completion for a site when the project calls for it.

An award-winning Designer with great samples to show for it, you'd be crazy not to meet him!
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Dan C.
Creative Director

Dan is the ultimate in brand elevation and group creative direction. He made a huge splash when brought on to rebrand/modernize Lands' End as their Creative Group Director of Brand & Photography. He was the Executive VP's go-to man, so much so that when there was a creative or leadership problem anywhere within the company, he looked to Dan to fix it. Dan was promoted to revamp the Women's division of the company in addition to running Brand & Photography where he managed 30 creatives.

Other brands Dan has elevated with his fashion-forward design sensibility are magazines like Marie Claire, Child, Jane, and most note-worthy, Elegant Bride. He was responsible for catapulting the Elegant Bride brand from a low-end bridal magazine to a very luxurious "5th Avenue Bride" look and feel. After the redesign, not only the magazine, but the entire bridal industry was forever changed. Other magazines strived to become more high-end and ultra modern, following in Elegant Bride's footsteps.

His stunning work also includes packaging for Victoria's Secret Beauty and Revlon.

With heavy editorial experience, industry versatility, beautiful design sense and strong leadership, Dan will make a wonderful Creative Director anywhere!

(Dan is currently in the process of relocating and is available for interviews immediately.)
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Dina W.
Marketing & Project Manager

Dina is a versatile, strategic, and tactical Marketing Manager and Project Manager with entertainment, non-profit, and healthcare experience.

Working with the Mayor's office on LA's BEST, a nationally recognized after-school enrichment program, she worked to publicize and increase fundraising for the program. She created and managed Web and print communication strategies, was Web Producer and content manager for the www.lasbest.org site, produced and wrote newsletters, managed Designers to create invitations, worked directly with printers, and yes, even more!

As Project Manager for Kaiser Permanente, she supported the implementation of a massive-scale member letter publication project, writing product requirement documents, project management presentations, creating and maintaining project plans, and evaluating complex information related to healthcare utilization, regulations, and plans.

No project too large or small, ask about Dina when you give us a call!

(Don't blame her for the rhyme, that was pure us.)
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Charlene M.
Administrative Assistant

Charlene comes to us with an abundance of experience in the financial industry.  

Her extensive work experience includes staff positions at KB Home, Dailey & Associates, and City National Bank. At City National Bank she worked for the Chief Compliance Officer assisting with budgets, meetings/minutes, organizational/flow charts, travel, and created PowerPoint Presentations. For KB Home she was quickly promoted to Corporate Cash Manager within the Treasury department and put in charge of a $1 billion dollar credit line for reconciling debt, land acquisitions, and funds to cover purchasing.  

For Dailey & Associates she assisted the director of Human Resources and tracked payroll, arranged candidate interviews, and handled any number of vital HR tasks.

She is incredibly professional, has outstanding skills, and refuses to be ruffled, whatever the situation!
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Lauren W.
Marketing Project Manager

At KB Home for the past year and a half, Lauren started as an e-marketing consultant, developing and implementing email strategies and campaigns and managing CRM programs for new customer acquisition. She also monitored and refined the programs through analysis and market research.  

She then moved into a role as a Marketing/Account Manager, developing and managing marketing plans and supporting regional Marketing Managers. She managed all media including advertising, direct mail, signage, radio, TV, and email campaigns, interfacing with both in-house creative teams and external vendors. She was responsible for brand standards, legal regulations, scheduling, and budget management.

Her string of successes for KB Home include developing email strategies to increase open rates by over 25% that led to sales leads, providing creative direction for all in-house advertising and marketing strategies across five states and eight markets, and initiating and directing the corporate launch of a new email processing system and text-blast program.

You'll love her!
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Jason M.
Senior Copywriter/ACD

Jason has amazing advertising experience from the likes of J. Walter Thompson, DDB, Arnold Worldwide, Direct Partners, and more!

His strength is creating new concepts and product branding. For Epson, he and the Creative Director created advertising campaigns for each of the five product lines that became national campaigns.

Jason's writing experience is very diverse and he can create a style that is unique to every client with whom he works: Boeing, Stamps.com, UCLA, Jack In The Box, Wells Fargo, lowermybills.com, and many more.

Online, print, outdoor, direct mail, broadcast (radio and TV), event signage, collateral... he's done it all and is ready to do it for you!
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Jay L.
Front-End Web Developer w/SEO

Jay is fantastic interactive Talent with 9+ years of strong Web development experience for leading clients!

Just finishing up as the Sr. Front-End Web Developer at Walt Disney Pictures, he's been managing development for major motion picture sites such as: Wall-E, Hannah Montana: The Movie, Jonas Brothers 3D Concert Experience, as well as the Walt Disney Pictures Home Page. He typically leads at least 5 simultaneous Web projects with full cycle launches in as little as an hour turnaround, no sweat. He also spearheads many of Walt Disney Pictures' SEO initiatives and has a strong understanding of technical requirements for optimizing search exposure.  

Jay was also Sr. Web Designer for the VoIP company OpenPop, Inc. There he designed and programmed the main consumer site and backend systems which included shopping cart, store administration, CRM features, and credit card processing systems.

His programming skills run the acronym-laden gamut, including advanced versions of ASP, XML, XHTML, CSS, CSS Scripting, ASP.NET, JavaScript, Ajax, VB Script, and ActionScript.  
 
Just finishing up his contract for Walt Disney Pictures, he'll be available soon, but not for long!
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Eric M.
Sr. Web Producer

Eric is a senior Web producer with terrific agency and publishing experience able to adapt incredibly well to different environments.

For Conde Net's OregonLive.com, he was a sports and local news Producer for their main site. In addition to grabbing headlines and doing full lifecycle project management of the site, he also developed content and managed their online community.

As Sr. Producer at Zambezi Ink, he produced the official Kobe Bryant site. There he managed the online club memberships, produced events and online campaigns, and developed viral video campaigns and online copy (including blog content!)

He is a highly skilled Producer with great content background, perfect for any environment!
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Leanne M.
Print Project Manager

Leanne is technically a "Print Project Manager," but is way more than that! At Capitol Records she was the Associate Director in Creative Services & Operations and worked directly with clients like Williams-Sonoma, Starbucks/Hear Music, Nordstrom, Lexus, and music legends such as The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney.

Her entire career is focused on a blend of print production, project management, and creative services management. She is expert at mentoring Designers on production in order to achieve the best outcome possible and saving the company money.

While consulting at Genius Products, she implemented a scheduling system, a tracking system, and introduced weekly team meetings, thus opening lines of communication between print, marketing and operations teams. The end result saved the company lots of dough in rush charges and shipping costs and created three very cohesive, happy teams.

Leanne is a fantastic blend of print project management, traffic, and creative services management all rolled into one. She is ready for her next challenge in a fast-paced environment. Be prepared. She might shock you with her ability to save you time, money, and help your business run like a well-oiled machine.
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Erik K.
Sr. Print Designer

Erik is a fantastic Sr. Designer with an amazing amount of experience who has just finished working for Disney Consumer Products designing a variety of Disney-licensed products for companies that included American Beverage Corp., Bartons, Heritage, and Citrus World.

His extensive roster includes stellar work for Crate and Barrel, McDonald's, VO5, Keebler, Motorola, Shell, Blockbuster Music, S.C. Johnson, Apple, and many more. His freelance and staff agency experience includes Art Direction with Foote Cone & Belding, Ogilvy & Mather, J. Walter Thompson, and IQ Communications Group.

Erik is flexible, open-minded, enthusiastic, and has a passion for everything he does.

We know you'll love working with him as much as we do!
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Dushawn W.
Project Manager Print & Web

Dushawn is a Project & Traffic Manager well versed in both print and Web worlds. Working in agencies and in-house environments such as Hamon & Associates, Herbalife, and Sketchers, Dushawn has proven her extensive business knowledge by drastically improving efficiency and workflow of each company of which she's been a part.
 
Most recently she held a Project Manager position at Hamon & Associates where she managed accounts for Logitech, Kreiss, Bosch, Hyundai, and Thermador. While onboard she initiated the creative process with the creative team and managed everything down to product schedules, mechanicals, and deadlines. Prior to that she handled Web traffic at Herbalife, managing initial marketing campaigns for the Web. From inception to completion, she single-handedly communicated technical requirements and objectives to internal and external teams for three Websites.
 
As International Coordinator at Sketchers, she developed the electronic order process which completely revamped and improved customer service relations by 80%. She managed 19 accounts on her own and when she left it took three people to fill her role!

A wonderful personality accompanies her wealth of knowledge in print and Web project management. Dushawn would make a great addition to any agency or in-house team.
 

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Today we're throwing beads off our balcony to prove Mardi Gras isn't just for the folks down in the French Quarter.

Hey, we hit someone! He's shouting something... is he speaking in Cajun? French?

Wow, with all that wild gesturing and shouting, it looks like he's really getting into the Mardi Gras spirit. People really go gonzo for these necklaces.

Crazy, because they're so cheap two days after the event.

While we liberate ourselves of this box of 2,000, you can catch up on these great Aquent Talent who really know how to Laissez Les Bon Temps Roule!

In the Marketing and Creative sense, that is.

As always, enjoy in moderation.
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And we're still blogging!

Today: A Guide to Unemployment Insurance, just click here!
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FEATURED TALENT THIS WEEK

Eric B. - Online Community Manager / Web Producer
David W. - Flash Animator
Karen P. - Senior Print Designer
Syuzi P. - UEX Designer
Austin C. - UI and Interaction Designer / Developer
Nicole Z. - Online Project Manager
Olika J. - Traffic & Project Manager
Evan S. - Interactive Designer and Developer
Morley S. - Creative Services Manager
Robin W. - Print Designer
Blanca A. - Proposal & Marketing Manager
Ronit M. - Retail Brand Manager
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Eric B.
Online Community Manager / Web Producer

Eric is an Online Community Manager who has been "in the game" for over a decade!

His career highlights in social networking include work at Blogcritics.org where he built an online community of over 2,000 bloggers from the ground up! His successes with Blogcritics included launching online promotional campaigns and the sourcing/management of over 12,000 contacts!

Eric entered the interactive agency environment working as a Senior Producer for 3jane IndieClick, an interactive media agency whose clients included several high profile entertainment companies. There he produced the quarterlife.com social networking site for NBC, an online application for Snickers, and microsites, online advertisements, and full sites for clients.

Eric has experience managing anywhere from 15 to 20 projects at any given time; works well in fast-paced cross-functional team environments; manages budgets, develops content; is technically savvy with several social networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter; and if you can believe it, much, much more!

He's a great person to meet who can show you how to grow your online community! He's available NOW!
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David W.
Flash Animator

David is a Flash Animator/AS3 Developer with some serious chops!

He most recently worked at the Cartoon Network as Flash Animator for such popular animated series as Powerpuff Girls and Out of Jimmy's Head. Before his tenure at Cartoon Network, he was an Animator and Flash Developer for Animax, where he worked on full Web sites, banner campaigns, and developed plug-in tools for Flash Developers. There, he worked on projects for clients like Sesame Street and Disney.

We might as well add that he ACED our rigorous hands-on AS3 assessment.

He has a perfectly balanced mix of animation and development that would be a serious asset to almost any company!
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Karen P.
Senior Print Designer

Karen is a tried and true Aquent Talent who is available after a successful 1 1/2 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers.  She really knows how to shine with a style guide, fonts, color pallets, and branding. She has a very clean, corporate look that fits well across many industries.

Prior to PricewaterhouseCoopers, Karen was Lead Designer at a 1,600-person professional engineering firm in DC designing corporate and marketing communications, multimedia presentations, trade show booths, logos, signage, and everything else you can imagine from concept to completion. Working with both internal and external clients, she translated her customers' communication and advertising needs into clean and very effective designs.

Her hands on InDesign and Photoshop skills are AMAZING!!

Karen has a great attitude, is a team player, brings a lot of great conceptual ideas to the table and has an unrivaled work ethic!
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Syuzi P.
UEX Designer

Syuzi (pronounced like 'Suzy") is an amazing User Experience Designer with cutting edge social networking and social media experience in her book of work.

Her most recent clients include Buzznet, ThisNext, Spike.com, and Loud3r.com (a large aggregate site). She has done simply everything: site analysis; architecture, mapping, schematics, and wireframing; and aesthetic design work like logos and art direction.

Before beginning freelance work on her own, Syuzi was a Senior User Experience Designer at MTV's iFilm where she was responsible for concepting and designing streaming media application players for the site and its affiliates.

Did I mention she was also an Art Center AND Cal grad? Oh, and she also recently got her book on wearable technology published by O'Reilly Media!

Why keep reading about how amazing she is when you can meet her about your next project?!
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Austin C.
UI and Interaction Designer / Developer

Austin is an award winning, Interactive Designer/UI and Flash Developer fresh from NYC!

He was most recently at BusinessWeek.com as Senior Interactive Designer and responsible for the design, development, and implementation of special Flash projects that included data-driven micro sites, interactive graphics, and RIAs that run along with stories. He is also very experienced in creating XML-driven applications and pulling data from databases using PHP!

Prior to Businessweek.com, he was at TBWA/Chiat Day where he created Flash designs for both Nivea and Sprint that included banner and online advertising. His awesome technical skills include HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash AS2 and AS3, XML, PHP, application design, and more. 

Austin is superb at designing and organizing heavy content sites as well creating interactive applications for the front end!

He's relocating as we write this and will be available, in LA, on March 15th!
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Nicole Z.
Online Project Manager

Also new to LA, Nicole is a SUPER SHARP Aquent Talent with 3 years of professional experience with Nike at their headquarters in Oregon.

While onboard, Nicole developed online content for email blasts, blogs, Website content, and managed the schedule/launch of Nike's 6.0 action sports Web site. She also managed vendors and in-house production schedules for online ads, banners, seasonal print schedules, advertising budgets, photo shoots, and additional design projects. 

We know you'll find her as amazing and super sharp as we do, so just give us a call and we'll arrange a meeting!
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Olika J.
Traffic & Project Manager

Olika is a results-oriented Creative Services/Marketing Services management pro with more than 16 years of experience at in-house ad agencies!

She has extensive experience with all types of print materials including collateral, packaging, merchandising displays, POP, and ads. She has excellent project management and client relationship skills, ensuring that projects are produced to client expectations, on time, and well within budget.

Olika is a creative thinker with the strength to independently manage projects from preliminary concept through final production in fast-paced environments, able to meet the tightest of deadlines with exceptional attention to detail.

We know you'll find she's a resourceful problem solver that possesses excellent communication, organization, leadership, negotiation and time management skills.
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Evan S.
Interactive Designer and Developer

Evan is a talented Interactive Designer and Developer with a portfolio guaranteed to wow you! 

He excels in Web Design and Flash animation, plus develops in AS3. His most recent work has been on interactive games and animated banners. At Nemo Design, Evan worked with a team of Designers and Developers on Nike 6.0, Smith Optics, and HP Blackbird. He was their go-to man when it came to designing and developing interactive Flash features.  

Evan's skills are a rare mix of developing and delivering outstanding design. 

Let us know if you're interested in seeing some of his sites!
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Morley S.
Creative Services Manager

Morley is an amazing Creative Services Manager with years of experience in Entertainment!

Most recently contracting at Disney in their Home Entertainment Division, she was responsible for the entire ABC TV series releases to the International Market. She handled all of the creative and print production for DVD packaging and POP displays. As a Client Services Manager at AGI she worked with large clients like 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Disney, and others on all their DVD and POP needs.

Needless to say, she is very familiar with a large volume of simultaneous releases, quick turnarounds and a fast pace! She can easily interface with the Branding, Marketing, Legal and Sales Teams to ensure projects are on time, on budget, and meet all the necessary requirements, specs, and approvals.

Morley is very detail-oriented and is able to multi-task with various stages of the creative and production process. She is an expert at meeting a client's needs (whether internal or external) and is able to manage outside vendors.

She is a great addition to any Creative Services team!
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Robin W.
Print Designer

Robin is a Print Designer with a clean, elegant, modern style and really beautiful work.

She has worked on books, brochures, marketing materials, promotional materials and identities. From concept development of major advertising campaigns to designing signage for award-winning museums to writing nationally broadcasted radio spots, her communication, management and design skills have served her clients superbly!

Currently a freelance Art Director for design firms around LA, as well as for several studios around the city, her most recent work includes designs for Smart Papers, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, The Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, and the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.

Just ask to see her incredible book!
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Blanca A.
Proposal & Marketing Manager

If you are currently looking for a passionate, on the ball, highly talented marketing solutions professional, than you'll want to know Blanca!

In her most recent position as Proposal Development Manager at Maritz in their Interactions division, she was tasked with overseeing cross-functional teams comprised of senior management, Producers, Creatives, Writers and Designers. The RFP stops here! While project managing anywhere from 10 to 20 proposals at a time throughout different stages of development, she also had to cull and manage the different resources needed to stay on track to strict deadlines and demands.

You'll find Blanca's background filled with strong project management, account management, and event marketing background with agencies such as Team One Advertising, George P. Johnson, and TMP Worldwide.

Relationship building and team organizing is no small feat to master, and with Blanca by your side, your life will become that much easier!
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Ronit M.
Retail Brand Manager

Ronit is a HOT SHOT Retail Brand Manager making her mark in the world of Marketing.

As Retail Brand Manager for Nike, she was responsible for leading the development and implementation of retail marketing programs for Women's Training and Nike Sportswear. Her most successful project was a result of her strong analytical skills and eye for detail. A new Nike product had everything aligned perfectly. Everything, that is, except for the retail portion! Ronit took immediate action by monitoring stores and identifying best practices, then rolled an Extreme Retail Makeover, promoted ideas at all stores, and implemented quantitative data into Nike's strategies. The end result was a lift of 133%! Talk about a HOT SHOT!!

Ronit has an MBA from USC, is a strategic thinker, and possesses remarkable analytical skills. She can hit the ground running and either be a part of a cohesive team or lead the troops!

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We'd like to present you with our newly certified "100% Animal Labor Free" newsletter!

From this issue onward we will no longer allow the Aquent Spider Monkey to make us delicious lattes and microwave-fresh popcorn while we're writing this. Nor will he be allowed to proofread and copyedit our work.

In fact, we've bid him farewell and sent him back to his native home of Valley Village with a beautiful set of ersatz Louis Vuitton luggage.

We do expect a few bumps in the road (for one, what to do with 800 pounds of Purina Monkey Chow), but we think you'll find our new venture absolutely Monkeylesscious! (Which is undoubtedly an expression that he would have crossed out with his little red pen.)

So, go ahead and enjoy these top Aquent Talent, available now and guaranteed to make your Marketing and Creative world swing!

Oooo oooo eeeee ahhh!

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FEATURED TALENT THIS WEEK

Kevin M. - AS3 Developer
Peter W. - Creative Director | Art Director
Eva C. - Print Designer
Jui D. - User Experience, User Interface Designer, Information Architect
Jon N. - Director, Online Marketing
Paula M. - Print & Web Designer
John K. - Creative Director
Nora H. - Interactive Project Manager
Duho Y. - Interactive Art Director
Crystal L. - Marketing Manager
Neil R. - Sr. Marketing Analyst
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Kevin M.
AS3 Developer

After hearing about this AS3 Developer you will know you can't spell the word ÒawesomeÓ without the letters "K","E","V","I" and "N"!

Kevin is a Flash Developer extraordinaire who knows his way around one really robust application! He was last working at Creative Asylum on a team that built high-traffic Web applications for entertainment clients like Warner Bros, Fox, and ABC Family. There he handled full lifecycle development of database-driven applications that included online rating systems, quizzes, and games.

In addition to entertainment he's also worked with clients in the beauty, finance, medical and consulting industries.

Not only is Kevin a hardcore AS3 Developer, he also has an RHCE certification, Perl/PHP and a BSCS in Computer Science!

Now you know how to spell "awesome!"
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Peter W.
Creative Director | Art Director

A terrific hands-on Creative Director specializing in entertainment and consumer products, Peter was most recently the Director of Packaging at the Disney Stores and at Disney Consumer Products.

While at Disney, he created a new process, integrating the packaging team into the earliest stages of the product design process! Peter was responsible for the design and production of all packaging materials for Disney Store products (toys, apparel, home decor, soft and hard lines). He directed a 10+ person in-house creative team comprising Designers, Structural Engineers, Copywriter, Photographer, and a 6-person off-site production team in Hong Kong. He worked closely with overseas vendors to facilitate production, reduce costs, and improve quality of packaging all while managing over 300 SKUs per quarter.

Prior to that he was Senior Art Director at AGI/TM Ltd., creating packaging for home and theatrical entertainment projects for companies such as Buena Vista Home Video, Sony, Paramount, and Disney. He also had his own agency for a number of years, creating key art and trailers for home entertainment and TV.

He's an amazing hands-on Designer and a terrific and fair Manager we'd love to have you meet!
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Eva C.
Print Designer

Eva is a multi-talented Designer with a versatile portfolio: from hand-drawn illustrations and funky posters to corporate branding across all marketing channels, her diverse talents can solve any creative challenge!

Eva's experience includes packaging, product photography (technical & lifestyle), graphic design, and brand development. Her well-satisfied client list includes Weston Mason, Midnight Oil, Illusion Factory, SolidWorks, Real Soda Orange County, and she was previously Interactive Media Developer at the world renowned Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

As down-to-earth and smart as she is creative, she works well within a team and is also able to mentor those around her.

With a fantastic portfolio and a can-do attitude, Eva will shine in any creative environment!
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Jui D.
User Experience, User Interface Designer, Information Architect

An expert and a "triple threat," Jui's specialties include wireframes, interface design and flow, site maps, user research, testing, user personas, icon creation, and so much more!

For the last 2 years he has been working with top companies such as Avenue A /Razorfish, Listspinner, and Fox. For Razorfish he designed a CMS system for NFL.com, creating over 90 modules that each team could use to customize their own site! At Listspinner he helped redesign the user interface for this Facebook Application that allows users to create lists. He handled user testing, feedback, analysis, and mock ups. For Mobients he redesigned a mobile banking interface for AT&T customers.

Jui started off in UI Design at Scient and then Siemens, where he helped design applications for the Web as well as software. He also was a Senior IA at Revolution Health, a portal created by Steve Case, where he conducted user testing and updated designs based on user feedback.

He's a User Experience expert! From research to architecture to interface design, Jui's experience across many different industries and clients make his experience invaluable!
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Jon N.
Director, Online Marketing

Jon is a Sr. Marketing Executive with over 18 years of experience managing robust online marketing initiatives for companies such as Disney, J2 Global Communications, Atari, Princess Cruise Lines, Direct Partners, and others.

He was recently the Director of Online Marketing for Disney Interactive Studios, overseeing all internal and external online production for their gaming division's online presence. Jon managed 5 direct reports (3 Web Producers and 2 community Managers), all SEO/SEM programs, and full P/L duties for Disney's first successful launch into the online community space for video gamers.

Prior to Disney he was Director of Global Online Marketing at Atari, managing over 150 Websites for the Atari.com network.

If you need a top Aquent Talent committed to the delivery of profitable and timely results, call us about Jon!
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Paula M.
Print & Web Designer

Paula is an enthusiastic Designer always looking for her next challenge!

She's worked for numerous Aquent clients in both Los Angeles and Michigan including DIRECTV, Borders, Kmart Corp., Campbell-Ewald, Cushman & Wakefield, Compuware, Jason Naturals, and a host of others. Most recently at Paul Hastings as a Graphic Designer for 2+ years, Paula won many awards for her excellent, detailed, and incredibly beautiful work.

She's created proposals, brochures, editorial pieces, Website graphics, Web banners, Web ads, Web invites, CD-ROMs, PowerPoint presentations, exhibits for shows, and much more for The Walt Disney Co., Starbright Foundation, and just about every car manufacturer you can think of: Saab, Subaru, Porsche, GMC, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, and Saturn.

Master of tight deadlines, she was the sole Designer working round-the-clock to create the winning proposal for the $5 million contract for the Porsche race at the Indy 500 (she completed 2 major proposals, in a week's time).

Put this Designer in your tank and you'll get your money's worth!
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John K.
Creative Director

John is one multi-functional, ingenious Creative Director. 

If you are looking for a Creative Director that has done it all, and I mean all: packaging, publications, POP, POS, 3D, fashion, product design, direct mail, photography...  this is your guy!

He was recently the Creative Director at Irwin Naturals where he oversaw all copy writing and design for their Direct Response Division. He was the creative mind behind their bi-monthly magalog, magazine, Websites, and campaign identity for the infomercial promotions and managed a staff of 2 Designers and 3 Copywriters.

John was also Art Director for JOL Management, where he oversaw print and Web promotions for this $200M a year direct mail company. Aside from art directing their monthly health magalog, he art directed photoshoots, managed a staff of 8 Designers, interfaced with print and Web vendors, and managed the budget for all advertising and promotion.

If you're looking for that well-rounded, incredibly talented Creative Director, John is your man!
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Nora H.
Interactive Project Manager

Most recently Nora was freelancing as Sr. Account Executive/Project Manager at RPA on the Honda and Interactive Sales Communications division, managing up to 5 enormous projects at once. While onboard she was responsible for training other Project Managers, Producers, and Account Executives as well as for the overall interactive production including schedules, budgets, project scope, content, budgets, assets, timeline, vendor and client management, and much more.

Prior to RPA she was at Jack Morton as Associate Producer managing projects with Developers and team members worldwide. Though primarily focused on the Intel account she was consistently asked to help on other accounts.

Nora has excellent knowledge of Flash, basic HTML, Illustrator, InDesign, and Dreamweaver and is available PRONTO!

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Duho Y.
Interactive Art Director

Duho is an Interactive Art Director with over 10 years of industry experience.  His experience ranges from product development to design to branding. 

Most recently at Wasserman Media Group, he branded and conceptualized user experience products. He successfully implemented a custom creative process to brand a network of 40 sports Web sites including motocross.com and the martial arts site mmarated.com.

Prior to Wasserman, Duho served as Sr. Designer at Answer Financial and Creative Director at both MACH18 and Apollo Interactive. His experience ranges from visual design to user experience design, and some development. 

We know you'll find his creative work, whether they be financial or community sites, are top scorers in the Web world!
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Crystal L.
Marketing Manager

Crystal is a stellar Marketing Manager with 7 years of experience both in house and in the field. In addition, she has 6 years of Account Executive experience in an ad agency. That's 13 years of exceptional service to two extremely fortunate companies(!): Cameron Newell Advertising/TMP Worldwide and KB Home. 

At Cameron Newell Advertising/TMP Worldwide, she crafted the direction of her career rising up the ranks from Account Coordinator to Account Executive. Who better than Crystal to coordinate 100+ ads per week for her clients resulting in over $1 million in billings per year and achieving 100% retention?  Her keen eye with regards to strategic recruitment advertising plans and working within tight budgets provided her clients with excellent customer service and cost savings.

At KB Home she entrenched herself within the Production and Marketing departments as a Marketing Representative and Division Marketing Manager (respectively) before becoming a Consultant to the company. She had the difficult task of overseeing and driving the strategy and execution of 15 new development communities. She increased division traffic by 30%, managed a team of 3 Marketing Coordinators, and worked within a budget of $2M. As a Consultant, she provided nationwide marketing support for 7 operating divisions and more than 30 markets nationwide. 

Crystal is extremely organized, can manage large projects, and is an all around exceptional employee that will add trust and value to her next role!
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Neil R.
Sr. Marketing Analyst

Neil is a strong candidate who comes with expertise in both customer acquisition and retention.  

He has 5+ years of direct marketing and analytics experience and has worked for companies such as DIRECTV, American Express, America Online, and many others. He was recently a Marketing Manager - New Customer Acquisition at DIRECTV, overseeing data and campaign management for direct mail campaigns of over 450 million pieces per year. He also analyzed ongoing marketing programs to predict response trends and performance. 

Prior to that he was Sr. Marketing Analyst at American Express where he managed consumer card acquisition campaigns through direct mail, email, and statement channels.  He was also responsible for managing a $15M annual marketing budget, creating monthly forecasts, and expanding strategy.

If you value getting (and keeping) valued customers, call us about Neil!

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Remember that time we promised to send you a discount to the Web & Interactive Design Summit, then just put the word "LINK" in the email instead of the actual link?

Yeah, that was last week.

Instead of sending you ANOTHER email apologizing, we figured we'd send you THIS email with the proper link (http://www.techdesignology.com/), the 25% discount phrase that pays: "AquentClient", and more fantastic, ready-to-work Aquent Talent.

Look at us, finding the Missing Link.

Nobel Prize, here we come!

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FEATURED TALENT THIS WEEK

Omar A. - Senior Art Director
Ludger K. - Senior UI  | Interaction Designer
Kristine C. - Print Project Manager | Creative Services Manager
Johanna "JoJo" B. - Art Director
Anthony W. - Flash Developer
Adriana Y. - Graphic Design & Production
Laurel R. - Sr. Brand Manager
Chris C. - Brand Strategist
Jennifer M. - Marketing Manager
Sarah S. - Junior IA
Michael N. -Online Product | Business Development Manager
Julie P. - Marketing Project Manager
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Omar A.
Senior Art Director

A powerhouse of creativity, Omar has helped some of the largest and well-known companies create award-winning broadcast, print, and product design.

Most recently he was Senior Art Director at Microsoft for the Surface project, their amazing interactive table PC. He helped concept, create, and design visual strategy for this exceptionally high-profile device.  

Omar's held top creative roles at innovative companies like MTV Networks and Yahoo! At Yahoo Entertainment, he was the Senior Art Director for their Online Television and other "future thinking" products and for MTV he art directed and produced scores upon scores of on-air promos.

He comes highly regarded by colleagues and clients and is the go-to guy that will not only knock your socks off, but everyone around you as well!
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Ludger K.
Senior UI  | Interaction Designer

Ludger is a UI Designer who specializes in applications, content management systems, online products, interactive TV, workflow systems, rich media players and full Websites!

He's been the Design Director/Lead Designer at Tandberg Television for the last 9 years, working with clients like AOL, MTV, Intel, Microsoft, ABC, Discovery Channel and TV Land. His stellar work won a Creative Emmy for an interactive site for the TVLand Awards site.

For AOL he designed the UI for their Interactive TV and Music sites. Similar to Video On Demand, these sites were accessed by AOL subscribers so they could choose content and programming. He and his team designed the entire UI for this project, which included graphic elements, Flash elements, and widgets. For the Discovery Channel, he came up with the idea to "skin" their site to promote the popular series "Planet Earth," creating a consistent branding look and feel with different images for each episode. Brilliant!

Ludger's strength is creating concepts that are consistent with clients' branding and are functional and user friendly. He is a master with heavy content sites, or sites that require constant updates of content and/or graphic elements!
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Kristine C.
Print Project Manager | Creative Services Manager

Kristine worked with Activision Blizzard (Vivendi Games) for 12 years where she headed-up the creative development and production of all packaging, POP, advertising, signage, promotional items and broadcast from conception to completion. There she developed creative solutions for video games titles like Bourne Conspiracy, Spiderwick, Barbie, Spyro, and Crash Bandicoot. She also managed the JumpStart brand from inception, which went on to become the #1 educational software game and the most recognized brand for educational computer games.

She can implement processes between marketing and creative that increase efficiency and reduce costs. She also can manage teams of creatives to produce absolutely fantastic looking work.

Kristine is open to all sorts of industries, she loves project managing, and will hit the ground running in any creative group!
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Johanna "JoJo" B.
Art Director

With a ton of experience in both agency and in-house environments, Jojo has produced outstanding work for the likes of Sony Pictures, Princess Cruises, Universal Pictures, Mitsubishi Motors, Disney, Cal Fed Bank, and many more.

Her conceptual and organizational talents have helped her please many clients both on- and off-site, and she's able to handle everything from client pitch to stunning printed pieces.

Her clean, elevated designs help set packaging, trade and consumer print ads, and whole identity systems far above the maddening crowd.

Give us a call (or email) to see her stunning portfolio!
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Anthony W.
Flash Developer

Need a hardcore Flash ActionScriptor with brand-name streaming multimedia experience?

Then you need Anthony!

Just wrapping up a freelance assignment for AmericanIdol.com, Anthony ROCKED our ActionScript assessment. Not a big surprise since he's worked on heavy multimedia applications for BLT as Sr. Interactive Developer, freelanced on sites for ABC and United Artists, and is currently working on high traffic, large applications running on open source 24/7 servers.

Not only does he know his way around developing full lifecycle Flash applications, he is familiar with PHP, Flex, AS3, and video-editing software. Heck, he even has a BSCS in Engineering.

Did we say he won't be available for long?

We should add that.
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Adriana Y.
Graphic Design & Production

Whether you need to produce direct mail, catalogs, video documentaries, or Web pages, Adriana is the answer to your creative prayers!

A wonderful personality with the skills to match, Adriana has been working with us since 1999 helping companies meet their demanding design and production timelines with her awesome creative talent and hands-on skills. Creating company identity and branding, retouching fashion and celebrity photos, concepting magazine ads, training on design software, you name it and she's done it for the likes of the Walt Disney Co., Milken Family Foundation, California Institute of the Arts, Thomson/Gale, Kaiser Permanente, Conde Nast, Hallmark Channel, Delta Creative, and many more.

Armed with a Master of Fine Arts, she's the creative Magna Cum Laude who makes the perfect addition to any team!
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Laurel R.
Sr. Brand Manager

As Sr. Brand Manager at baby products company Munchkin, she was responsible for managing the "feeding and soothing" categories which made up 50% of the company's revenue. She was initially hired to develop their market research program, which she did and MORE! Through this program she was able to use consumer insights to improve different portfolios she was managing. She was also able to identify the lack of presence the company had in the cup products category. What did Laurel do? Well, she couldn't let the opportunity pass her by, so she used in field data to create sub segments which allowed her to create additional products such as a non-licensed line and licensed line. What were the results? $3M in sales on 4 SKUs for non-insulated products. She was also able to get placement in Target and Walmart!

Her experience doesn't stop there. She was at Masterfoods as a Brand Manager working on Pedigree and Whiskas Snacks & Treats brands, where she launched a new dog treat (results: $330MM), delivered top and bottom line growth on 8 brands, developed a 3-year portfolio and innovation strategy, and created the marketing plan which consisted of print, online advertising, and PR events.

Laurel was also Assistant Brand Manager at Proctor & Gamble and has an MBA from Anderson School of Business.

She's one smart cookie ready to take your brand and products to the next level!
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Chris C.
Brand Strategist

Chris is the type of Aquent Talent who oozes creativity and has a history of key strategic contributions to top brands.

While at Starbucks Coffee Company he was the Director of Brand Development, providing brand extension strategy into publishing, television, movies, new media, and music. Product integration is his thing! While onboard he led key brand marketing initiatives during periods of explosive growth for the company. He spearheaded the Starbucks product integration strategy valued at over $50M and orchestrated a groundbreaking publishing, Web, and television venture with Time, Inc.

While at Hallmark / Hallmark Interactive, Chris served as the Creative Director leading product strategy and development on digital projects, licensed products, and consumer packaged goods. He successfully partnered with outside companies to develop and test launch a line of mobile products in the U.S. and Europe.

He's an amazing Aquent Talent ready for his next exciting opportunity!
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Jennifer M.
Marketing Manager

Jennifer is a terrific Marketing Manager with an MBA from USC and experience in entertainment, newspaper, and professional services.

She was most recently at Warner Home Video overseeing the Theatrical Catalog Marketing and New Release International Marketing. She managed all aspects of product marketing for 25+ titles per year for their New-to-Format releases, Classic Collections, and Ultimate Collector's Editions on DVD and Blu-ray with revenues over $40M.

She has strong analytical skills (demonstrated by her work as Business Analyst at both Gannett and USA Today.) and a passion for sales and marketing.

She'd make an awesome addition to your marketing team!
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Sarah S.
Junior IA

Sarah is an Information Architect who recently finished a yearlong contract at Disney Parks and Resorts Online Division. She helped redesign the disneyland.com navigation and also worked on themuppetexperience.com, an online Muppet reality game.

While at Disney, Sarah worked with Online Product Managers, Designers, Content Strategists, Project Managers, and other team members improving user interface and site structure for a better customer experience. Her samples include wireframes, process flows, site-maps, functional requirement documents, and content inventories. 

She also has a Masters in Library and Information Studies as well!

She's one heck of an enthusiastic, detailed Aquent Talent, who can work seamlessly with any team!
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Michael N.
Online Product | Business Development Manager

Michael is a talented up-and-coming professional with an impressive blend of technical and business experience. 

After receiving his BS in computer engineering, Michael began his career as a Hardware Engineer for Cisco Systems, developing next-generation Ethernet switching products.  Working closely with the internal marketing and product development teams sparked an interest into more strategic and business development roles. He returned to school to receive his MBA from UCLA in Strategy and Media and participated in new media marketing internships for both Universal Music Group and Sony Pictures Entertainment. 

He was most recently at Boost Mobile (Sprint Nextel) as a Product/Business Development Manager for the design of integrated music solutions for subscribers. His products included a Web storefront, handset storefront, handset media player, and PC client. He created wireframes, managed cross-functional teams, and provided strategic analysis to determine new business opportunities for Boost Mobile Products. 

Michael is brand new to the market and looking for his next diverse role!
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Julie P.
Marketing Project Manager

Julie is a very detailed, organized, project juggler who drove across country to Los Angeles from Washington D.C. just last week!

Leveraging her experience in marketing and account management in a fast-paced, diverse professional setting, she has the confidence (and so do we!), that her transferable skills and ambitious nature will be an asset to any company. 

For the last 6 years she's been with Choice Hotels International, the second largest global hotel franchisor. She was part of a team in re-branding the company's recruitment strategy, helping develop and execute their "I can" campaign and increasing customer traffic to the site significantly.

As Marketing Specialist working on the co-branded credit card project with partner Bank of America, she was the person who made sure the development and technology of the program was rolled out properly, ensuring brand compliance was adhered to with collateral, direct mail, and eMarketing. Julie was responsible for the communication of this project being properly executed to 5,000 different hotels. Within the two years she held this position, her credit card acquisitions goals were exceeded by a whopping 500%!

In her last 2 years with the company, Julie was the Project Manager in Development and Emerging Markets where she managed such initiatives as the re-branding of the Econo-Lodge logo, led diversity efforts, and oversaw brands for conversions and new developments. 

If you need a comprehensive marketing plan for widely recognized brands executed and managed to specific detail in both print and online capacities, you can't go wrong with Julie!  

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It's not often we include discount codes in our Hot Talent Newsletter.

But that's usually because our headquarters won't invite us to events.

Lucky for you, we're not only invited to the Web & Interactive Design Summit in March at the Renaissance Hotel, we're free to pass along a 25% discount to you. So you can participate in workshops and hear speakers like Lance Loveday, CEO of Closed Loop Marketing and our own President of Aquent Graphics Institute, Chris Smith.

Just click here (LINK) to read all about it, then pop in the words "AquentClient" when you're ready to register.

And, once again, here's our awesome Aquent Talent to save you BIG TIME on your next Creative or Marketing project.

We guarantee it!
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FEATURED TALENT THIS WEEK

Rania M. - Sr. Print Designer
Dan F. - Consumer Marketing/Ad Sales
Jason G. - Web/Flash Designer & Programmer
Nicolas Z - Flash Designer and Developer
Luke W. - Administrative Coordinator
Vivian P. - Project Manager | Asset Management | Photo Retoucher
Kristee L. - Web Project Manager  | Jr. Web Producer
Danielle L. - Interactive and Print Art Director
Genevieve P. - Visual UI Designer Web + Mobile
Jennifer S. - Web Project Manager
David C. - Marketing Communications Specialist / PR Director
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Rania M.
Sr. Print Designer

Rania is a true Master in print design. And by Master, we're not kidding, she has her MFA from Boston University!

She's a versatile Designer with solid experience in agency, retail, entertainment, book cover design, and CPG.

Originally from Lebanon, Rania brings agency experience from her role as Art Director for Info Markets International, sister agency of Saatchi & Saatchi and DDB in the Middle East. After moving to the U.S., she gained experience in retail as Graphic Designer at Talbots, where projects included catalogs, collateral, in-store signage, and gift cards. She's now in LA and has experience freelancing for BLT & Associates and Amazon's book publishing service, BookSurge.

Give us a call and we'll send over her portfolio that showcases versatility married with a great design sense. You'll just have to meet her to get a sense of her fantastic personality!
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Jonathan W.
Sr. Marketing Manager

Jonathan is an extraordinary Senior Marketing Manager who has 15 years of overall experience and a long, fruitful partnership with Aquent.

He was most recently at Volkswagen, AG as their Head of Entertainment Marketing, where he specialized in branded entertainment, product integration, licensing, and original content opportunities in television, feature films, home video, and new media. While onboard he managed a $200M marketing partnership with NBC Universal and Universal Studios theme park.

At A&E Television Networks, he realigned brand strategy, established channel personality, and renovated the on-air look of the Latin American channel. Jonathan has international marketing and domestic Hispanic experience and is fluent in written and spoken Spanish and proficient in Portuguese.

Jonathan was previously Regional Marketing Manager for DIRECTV Latin America and developed strategic alliances with key marketing partners such as Sony, HBO, The Walt Disney Co., Warner Bros., Major League Baseball, and the NBA and NFL.

Jonathan is a super creative marketing Talent, ready to add direction and outstanding leadership to your team!

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Dan F.
Consumer Marketing/Ad Sales

Dan is seasoned in strategic and consumer marketing and he's brand new to LA!

Not just a stellar promoter, he's also a stellar promotee, having been promoted and/or recommended by his employers throughout his career. Everyone loves Dan!

In Consumer Marketing at MTV Networks on TV Land, Nick at Nite, and The N, he worked on huge productions where he introduced current and upcoming shows while acting as liaison between internal marketing and the outside agency, C2. He was responsible for online media kits (including copywriting), proofing scripts, creating promos, and researching and recommending pro-social initiatives. He did such a great job at Consumer Marketing that they brought him onto the Ad Sales team where he created media kits, helped line up programming, and built relationships through sponsorships.

After layoffs at MTV (they were sad to see him go), he was quickly scooped up by C2, the agency he worked with through MTV. There he worked on more pro-social initiatives for CNN and Spike TV.

Entertainment and advertising are his forte and he's got the names on his resume to support it: MTV, 20th Century Fox, Bates Worldwide, and Crispin, Porter, and Bogusky. On top of it all, his personality simply shines and with his ego-free attitude, Dan is sure to thrive in LA!
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Jason G.
Web/Flash Designer & Programmer

A Web Designer with awesome hands on skills, Jason creates hand-made, intricate, and novel coding that accompany a wide variety of graphic styles.

He has 7 years experience in the graphic design communities of New York and Los Angeles and for the past 2 he's managed his own team on interactive projects from fine arts promotions to corporate brochures. Clients include Red Mango, Human Ear Music, Botanical Nutrition, and many more.

Jason's skill set includes the latest in Web standards: XHTML, CSS, AS2 and AS3, PHP and MySQL. He is at home as a staff member or a one-man show, and is able to design, code, and project manage with aplomb. He also works in Flash animation, can work with dynamically loaded content, and works in PHP.

Is there anything this guy can't do? Yes: stick around forever! Call us now about this Web Guru!
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Nicolas Z
Flash Designer and Developer

Nick recently finished a project with Hamon & Associates, where he created Flash Designs and developed for large sites like Thermador, Bosch, and The Related. He also created rich media banners and edited reels for clients using DVD Studio Pro. He's well versed in AS2, Flash animation, and Web design and is the perfect mix of animation and development.

At TBWA \ CHIAT \ DAY (TEQUILA) he created banners for biggies such as Nissan, Infiniti, and Shutterfly. For CauseForce.com, he created and coded the 2008 Conquer Cancer Campaign, including the main landing page and banners for local markets.

He is fast, proactive, and will work wonders with your sites!
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Luke W.
Administrative Coordinator

Most recently Luke was at The Walt Disney Co. as the Assistant to the Disney Foreign Exchange and Corporate Treasury Staff. While on staff he processed wires, expense reports, supply orders, scheduled meetings, submitted expenses, and arranged travel along with any other incredibly busy departmental needs.

As Marketing Coordinator at Penguin Putnam, he wrote, assisted, and planned strategic market research and publicity for books under the Viking Imprint banner, helping double revenue in the process. As Executive Assistant working in Product Development at Talbots, Luke ensured every call, question, letter, PowerPoint presentation, travel itinerary, report, and everything else these busy offices could generate was taken care of efficiently and effectively.

His skills include: Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, FileMaker Pro, and SAP (casual buyer, travel and expenses).

Luke has been working with Aquent since '04 and we think he's the most dynamic, friendly, and professional Assistant/Coordinator you'll ever find!
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Vivian P.
Project Manager | Asset Management | Photo Retoucher

Vivian was at Disney's Animation Research Library for 12 years managing over 200 projects a year requested by various departments and external vendors including Feature Animation, Walt Disney Imagineering, Disney Interactive, Hyperion & Disney Publishing, PIXAR Animation Studios, and internal & external DVD production companies.

She trafficked assets throughout the acquisition process; prepared and delivered weekly management project status reports to maintain budget goals and maximize profit margins; and managed schedules, timelines, and budgets. Aside from being a team manager and leading a staff of 4 Researchers, she handled oodles of exacting Photoshop retouching work.

Most recently she worked as Project Manager at a design studio that creates promotional items for WB, New Line Cinema, and Disney. Vivian handled project proposals, budgets, timelines, meeting with vendors, and developing and trafficking marketing materials (print and merchandise).

Whether you need tracking and managing of thousands of assets or top-notch retouching (or both), call us about Vivian!
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Kristee L.
Web Project Manager  | Jr. Web Producer

Kristee is a Web Project Manager who has just finished working at Disney Channel.

There she managed the creative development of digital marketing campaigns for Camp Rock, Hannah Montana, Cheetah Girls One World, Wizards Of Waverly Place, and more. She worked on Flash ad banners, rich media ad banners, widgets, and viral and mobile marketing. She also managed the development, testing, refinement, and rollout of creative with ad agencies & rich media vendors with close attention to metrics (interaction rates, click thru rates, etc).

At Trailer Park she helped produce Websites, ad banners, online games and viral activities for Disney, Miramax, WB, Paramount and more.

Kristee is enthusiastic, "can-do", and is able to interface at all levels of a project. She'd make a fantastic addition to your Web team!
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Danielle L.
Interactive and Print Art Director

Danielle is an Art Director with outstanding interactive, print, and branding experience.

Most recently she was Senior Art Director at Centric Agency, an advertising agency whose clients included Princess Cruises, Joico, Memorex, Grateful Harvest organic foods, and more. She put together concepts for full campaigns: print, interactive, outdoor, direct mail, and branding and identity for clients.

She also has experience from How2.com, where she created the whole look of the site and managed the team. At interactive agency 2-Lane Media she was Designer and Producer for large clients in entertainment and the corporate world.

Call us for a look at her resume and awesome portfolio site!
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Genevieve P.
Visual UI Designer Web + Mobile

Genevieve is a superstar Web and Mobile Visual UI Designer who has done projects for Virgin Mobile, InfoSearch Media and was previously Art Director at Amp'd Mobile.

In addition to her impressive mobile client list, she's worked on Web design projects for the likes of Woo Agency, Kaiser Permanente, and Transamerica. She has a terrific sense of design that really pops and while she can manage teams of Designers and freelancers, she remains a die-hard, hands-on Art Director and Sr. Designer. She also works well with clients and has great presentation skills.

What's not to love?!
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Jennifer S.
Web Project Manager

Here is a solid Web Project Manager who won't be around for long! 

Jennifer has 5+ years of standout Web project management experience working with such companies as American Apparel, Euro RSCG Worldwide, and Dreyer's brand ice cream. She recently planned the complete redesign for American Apparel's in-house music streaming site, which provides audio content for all their retail storefronts. While on staff she handled feature development that included Website redesign, blog features, and design of new digital download sales. She developed all documentation including wireframes, budget roadmap, scheduling, and technical requirements. 

Prior to American Apparel, Jennifer was Project Manager at Kadium/Euro RSCG agency acting as a lead for their largest client, Genentech, Inc. Her major initiative include a $1M site redesign and a successful launch of Web 2.0 features for a highly regulated pharmaceutical environment. 

Jennifer in fresh on the market and ready to go!
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David C.
Marketing Communications Specialist / PR Director

David is a Marketing Communications Specialist who has extensive experience in electronics, finance, human resources management, software, and real estate.

He most recently served as Marketing Communications Advisor and Head Writer for the #1 US real estate site, Move.com. Under his editorial lead, their Move Trends blog was taken from obscurity to the Top 20 in real estate, as ranked by LA Times. He also started the company's first Industry Relations program with analyst organizations Forrester Research, Yankee Group, and Jupiter Research.

While at Sanyo as Public Relations Supervisor, he was responsible for internal and external marketing communications, including product promotions for 7 product divisions. His extensive client roster includes Accruent, Discovery Eye Foundation, Golden Rule Publishing, Tippit Inc. (HRWorld, InsideCRM), UGS Software, and Wagner Financial Services.

Here's an Aquent Talent that can take complex subject matter and make it easy for the mass market to understand.

He's a great leader and addition to any team!

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A new administration, a New Year, and new Aquent Talent.

They say that great things come in threes, right?

Well, if this list of stellar Aquent Talent doesn't prove that adage true, we don't know what does (certainly not Larry, Moe, and Curly).

Contact us for resumes, portfolios, or anything else you need!

Enjoy!
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FEATURED TALENT THIS WEEK

Tony T. - Web and Print Creative Director
Dan M. - Brand Manager
Linda W. - Flash Developer
Gabriel M. - Project Manager
Ginger H. - Sr. Print Designer
Michael G. - Director of Product Marketing
Gavin G. - Data Analyst
Heidi F. - Marketing Project Manager
Miki Y. - Executive Assistant
Jennifer Z. - Sr. Packaging Designer
Kate K. - Print Designer with Toy Packaging
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Tony T.
Web and Print Creative Director

Tony is a top Creative Director for Web and print that specializes in branding and corporate communications via presentations and videos.

Most recently he's been contracting with Baker Brand Communications on projects for clients such as Disney/ABC Television Group, Qualcomm, Allergan, and many more!  He created a video for ABC Television's internal brand launch that will be used globally, and handled everything from conducting the interviews and editing to mixing the audio and creating the motion graphics.

Tony was Creative Director at Satori Arts in NYC where his clients included MTV, Sony, Conde Nast, Goldman Sachs, and many others. He can easily transition between corporate and entertainment clients and really knows how to capture the look and feel of company or brand and make it come to life!

Currently on contract, Tony will be available in early February, so call us now to book him before someone else does!
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Dan M.
Brand Manager

How many times have you wanted a Brand Manager on your team who has "outta this world" analytical skills? I'm not talking Sherlock Holmes; we're talking beyond that!

Well then you have to meet Dan.

Dan is a Brand Manager who has just what you're looking for. Most recently he was at Georgia-Pacific Corporation where he was responsible for managing and executing marketing plans for their premium Vanity Fair branded products. His biggest success was taking a product, creating a new print campaign, and relaunching it into the marketplace that resulted in adding $100M to their revenue! He also used both Nielson (scanning, Homescan panel, and Spectra) and internal shipment data to identify a $3M distribution opportunity for the company!

Dan is a Brand Manager who is sharp, provides results, and knows how to use data to create consumer profiles, competitive intelligence, demographic profiles, and identify consumer trends.

Don't you need Dan on YOUR team?  Of course, you do!
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Linda W.
Flash Developer

Linda is a Flash Developer who works in AS2 and AS3 and has a great eye for design!

Linda has been working with Crew Creative on Flash Banners, online games, XML slideshows, and so much more for all the major entertainment studios. She created buttons for an interactive map for the film site "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" and created a "virtual dive" page for Discovery Channel's "Shark Week"... in German, no less!

She's also an expert in interface design for the really cool Wi-Fi device chumby, which works off live RSS feeds. In fact, she designed LA Time's interface for the device, which is featured on the chumby home site!

Linda's worked on projects for the NFL, Ty Toys, Budweiser, and so many more! In addition to Crew Creative, she's worked through WHITTMANHART, Animax, Brandissimo!, The Illusion Factory, and other advertising and design shops.

If you need a Flash Developer to develop and animate banners, use Flex Builder 2, AS2, or AS3, who can also tear it up on basic coding in XML, HTML and CSS, here's the right person for the job! Linda's fast, can handle a crazy environment, can work on both MAC and PC, and always gets the job done right!
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Gabriel M.
Project Manager

As a Project Manager, Gabriel is currently responsible for setting schedules, updating internal clients, directing and regrouping a team of Graphic Designers and Production Artists, coordinating meetings, AND managing a Traffic Coordinator and Marketing Coordinator.

He is a busy guy INDEED!

Marketing initiatives have included direct mail pieces, international advertising, billboards, and industries include Fashion, Toys, Television, Beverage, and so many more. He currently manages 40 to 45 pieces at once (all in different stages), thrives under pressure, and can successfully ensure that everyone is on the same page and happy with the end result!

He's available right now for your permanent or freelance-to-permanent opportunity!
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Ginger H.
Sr. Print Designer

Ginger is a wonderfully gifted Sr. Print Designer brand new to the LA area!

She most recently held the position of Graphic Design Manager at The Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa. She came in as Designer and impressed them so much that they realized they no longer needed to use their agency to do their work! Ginger was put in charge, and they hired a team of Designers for her to manage.

With her strong knowledge of print production, she saved them 33% in printing costs in one year alone. She created a multitude of stunning collateral for the resort, and her samples show really thrifty uses of both paper and printing.

Her experience includes publication design (she was Art Director, Designer and Production Artist at Thread Magazine), Broadcast (for the Fox affiliate in Miami), and Web (at Top Floor Studio).

Ginger is an extremely resourceful and talented Designer who can either lead or become an integral part of any team!
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Michael G.
Director of Product Marketing

Many Aquent Talent shine, but Michael simply blazes!

An amazing Director of Product Marketing with his MBA who just so happens to be fluent in Portuguese and has working knowledge of Spanish. His well-tenured work history includes Health and Beauty (Neutrogena, Herbalife, Unilever, Bayer, and Freeman Cosmetics) and Food and Beverage (Kraft Foods on the Nabisco and A.1. Steak Sauce brands).

He has experience in both international and new business development, and his CPG experience is tops. While at Neutrogena he was responsible for innovation and go-to-market strategies. He was responsible for the core strategic business of $200M in sales and a $50M advertising budget.

This awesome candidate is ready for his next opportunity right NOW!
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Gavin G.
Data Analyst

Gavin is a motivated Data Analyst with extensive knowledge in database management, database analysis, and professional application support.

He has 5 years experience as a Data Analyst of marketing systems and HR and works in Oracle, MySQL and Access databases. While at Kaiser Permanente he created and modified formatted marketing reports in iReport and BIRT, which also involved some savvy SQL writing. He also prepared campaign reports from SQL data extracts.

Gavin is incredibly sharp, armed with his Master's Degree in Information Systems, and has a real flair for marketing!
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Heidi F.
Marketing Project Manager

Just now available, most recently Heidi has been doing stellar work for Kaiser Permanente as a Marketing Project Manager, managing the development of print collateral and Web content targeting the Asian market.

At Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, she oversaw the creation of packaging and collateral for all specialty products sold in grocery and club stores and cinemas across the country. She also handled analysis of the company's marketing campaigns and logistics of inventory. Managing their 2007 promotion at Ralph's Service Deli, she achieved a whopping 263% sales growth over the holiday season. Her creation and maintenance of a new budget data system resulted in a $10K savings for Coffee Bean.

As Marketing Manager at New York Life Insurance, she was responsible for customer acquisition and retention, as well as creation and analysis of all advertising and direct mail campaigns.

Bilingual in both English and Mandarin Chinese and skilled in strategic planning, make your project's (and your CEO's) day by bringing Heidi on board!
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Miki Y.
Executive Assistant

Miki is a top Senior-Level Executive Assistant who was most recently at Diageo North America, whose brands include Bailey's, Guinness, Smirnoff, and Captain Morgan.

Miki provided support to the entire licensing division of 8 including the Senior Vice President and acted as liaison between the licensing department, outside vendors, and their headquarters in London. She also maintained their filing system, as well as handling tons of international travel, heavy calendaring, and an eye-popping array of global meetings.

At pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Inc. she provided support to 15 in their Global Sourcing Department. Miki also has experience within the worlds of entertainment (Nickelodeon), Banking/Investment (Bear, Stearns & Co.), and Advertising (DDB Worldwide)

Armed with an awesome personality and razor-sharp skills (including SAP), she's open to industry and is ready to start today!
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Jennifer Z.
Sr. Packaging Designer
 
Jennifer is an awesome Graphic/Packaging Designer with over 9 years of experience.

Packaging, art direction for photo shoots, in-store marketing, counter displays, product promotions, window posters, and product knowledge guides...You name it and Jennifer has done it!

She has worked for Mattel, Herbalife, Physicians Formula, YSL Beauty, Gymboree, and Gap. She's flexible, efficient, focused, and has a great sense of color, space, typography and layout and is incredibly adept in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Quark. Jennifer is detail oriented and has a strong ability to handle multiple projects under tight deadlines.

Put her keen sense of style and awesome hands-on skills to work for you!
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Kate K.
Print Designer with Toy Packaging

Kate is a Print Designer most recently at MGA Toys working on packaging, POP, retail advertising, showroom displays, and more. She worked with the engineering team to create inventive and cost-efficient packages and has a really solid understanding of the packaging process.

Before MGA, she designed for a record company in NYC where she worked on promo materials, identity, packaging, ads, and merchandise. One of the posters she did for Holster Records was so nice that it ended up being selected as a piece for a gallery show!

Kate has project management and production experience to complement her excellent design style, and she's super enthusiastic and ready to work.

Call us about her resume and awesome samples!