http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/ work inspired en-us Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:49:17 EST Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:49:17 EST http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Movable Type Commercial 4.25 60 http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/02/jack_goldenberg_is_a_creative.html Talent Spotlight Jack Goldenberg is a creative copywriter represented by agent Randi Martin in Aquent's New Jersey office who, since cracking into the industry over 30 years ago, has served as the creative muscle behind such influential product launches as... Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:35:03 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/thetalentblog//5.1943 Advertising Careering Copywriting Creativity Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/02/attract_without_distracting_the_challenge_of_interactive_design.html Talent Spotlight Jon Billett is a designer represented by Aquent's Philadelphia office who has spent the last several years making the transition from print to web. Of the work he's done that you may have seen are a set of... Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:55:17 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/thetalentblog//5.1923 Matthew Grant Careering Creativity Design Flash Interactive Design Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/02/mike_slone_captains_aquentnike_dream_team.html This post was written by Aquent's Alex Weaver. This is a picture of him. Athletes from the local T-ball team to the NBA rely on Nike to outfit them with stylish uniforms. To make that process easier and more reliable,... Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:21:18 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/thetalentblog//5.1912 Flash Interactive Design New vs Old Media Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/01/great_digital_marketing_managers.html Great digital marketing managers have several things in common: they are passionate users of technology; they exhibit a fanatical attention to detail; they know how to connect the dots in very complex, dynamic systems; and they are skilled at translating... Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:34:53 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/thetalentblog//5.1842 Matthew Grant Content and Content Management Interactive Design Marketing Marketing Management SEO Talent Talent Spotlight Web Analytics http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/06/how_much_does_your_boss_make.html Aquent and the AIGA, in cooperation with Communication Arts magazine, recently published a survey of design salaries for the US. Aside from showing how much people make in different design roles, it also comes with a handy salary calculator. Analysis... Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:54:39 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.336 Matthew Grant Aquent Careering Design Design Management Talent Talent Spotlight Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/06/clients_in_every_direction_the.html "When you're a project manager, everyone's your client," says Sheila D'Aniello, a web project manager represented by Aquent's Chicago Office. After initially launching her career in the world of broadcast journalism some years back, Sheila increasingly found herself taking on... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:56:33 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.333 Matthew Grant Aquent Careering Design Management Marketing Management Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/05/what_do_web_designers_want.html Greg Kuchmek, who is represented by Aquent's DC office, has been working on the web since 1994. That's when he was hired to help produce a webzine, Stim, started by Prodigy. [Editor's Note: For an interesting flashback to 1996, read... Thu, 15 May 2008 02:29:43 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.324 Matthew Grant Aquent Careering Flash Interactive Design Interviewing Talent Talent Spotlight Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/03/5_things_people_forget_about_s.html Laurie Baldwin, who is represented by Aquent's Richmond Office, has spent the last five years running a successful search engine marketing company with clients like Wrigley's, Lumber Liquidators, and the Christian Children's Fund. A self-proclaimed Web marketing "addict" -- she... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:08:50 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.303 Matthew Grant Aquent Careering SEO Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/12/turning_information_into_insig.html Talent Spotlight You launch a new product and it doesn't perform as you hoped. What do you do? Well, you could turn to someone like Irma Salinas for answers. Irma is represented by Aquent's Connecticut office and is currently working... Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:36:22 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.275 Matthew Grant Aquent Careering Market Research Marketing Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/12/getting_the_most_from_your_seg.html "If you're not thinking segmentation, then you're not thinking," Ted Levitt of the Harvard Business School supposedly quipped. While every marketer would readily agree with him, getting segmentation right can be as challenging as it is necessary - and getting... Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:14:55 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.274 Matthew Grant Aquent Careering Data Analytics Market Research Marketing Management Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/11/customize_your_message_and_you.html An Aquent Talent Spotlight Article by Anne Stuart Figuratively speaking, our planet is smaller than it used to be, thanks to jet travel, the Internet and other inventions that reduce the historical limitations of distance and time. But when it... Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:36:51 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.264 Matthew Grant Aquent Branding Marketing Marketing Management Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/10/dont_just_take_any_job_you_get.html Minh Nguyen, a Southern California-based web designer currently working for Sony Electronics, has been represented by our San Diego office for a little over a year. Interestingly enough, his entrance into the Aquent world was fairly coincidental. "A friend of... Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:10:08 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.256 Matthew Grant Freelancing Interactive Design Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/seo_optimization_is_more_than.html An Aquent Talent Spotlight Bonnie S., who is represented by Aquent's Philadelphia office, got into Search Engine Optimization (SEO) the honest way: by working hard to optimize her own website. "I got a degree in architecture and then worked as... Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:23:53 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.242 Matthew Grant Careering Interactive Design Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/high_quality_low_cost_keys_to.html Terence Thompson and Katie Kenney are in-house creative services managers who utilize Aquent resources. Terence, who has specialized in consumer packaging for over 25 years and is an Aquent contractor himself, is a studio manager of internal design resources at... Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:38:27 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.241 Matthew Grant Design Management Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/08/im_just_that_breed_of_cat.html A passion for visual communication "of any sort," an "inner sense of professionalism," and a sincere interest in "people asking me to do something new," characterize Betty W., who has been working through Aquent for the better part of 10... Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:28:57 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.230 Matthew Grant Careering Design Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/07/as_a_marketing_professional_th.html Do you ever talk to people who are genuinely psyched about their work, sincerely committed to doing a great job, and who seem to pursue their career with an infectious passion? Well, that's how I felt when I had the... Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:43:04 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.222 Matthew Grant Careering Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/youre_the_one_steering_the_shi.html Suzanne is a product manager currently working for Kraft through our New York office. As is the case with many people who work with Aquent, Suzanne's choice to work as a contractor came at a midpoint of her career... Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:18:05 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.212 Matthew Grant Careering Marketing Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/you_can_change_if_you_put_your.html Talent Spotlight: Doreen, Aquent Chicago Doreen's career started in the advertising world. Graduating with a degree in journalism, she spent 4 years in account management at a couple specialty agencies before trying her hand at field marketing management for a... Thu, 17 May 2007 18:10:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.191 Matthew Grant Aquent Copywriting Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/sometimes_it_actually_is_brain.html Talent Spotlight: Holly Goodrich When I started working as an agent in Aquent's (then MacTemps') Boston market, Holly Goodrich had already been with them for four years. She did presentation work and print production and was known for her technical... Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:39:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.171 Matthew Grant Aquent Careering Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/if_you_get_certain_things_wron.html Talent Spotlight! Julane Marx calls herself "a natural editor," although she admits that it's kind of a curse - she can't read the newspaper, for example, without spotting typos. With an MBA and a career that took her through a... Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:46:08 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.144 Matthew Grant Aquent Copywriting Talent Talent Spotlight