H O T T A L E N T
The Newsletter of Aquent's Available Talent
J U N E | 2 8 | 2 0 0 7
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Hot Talent
Featured Talent This Week
That Bit at the End - "Loose Footings"
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HOT TALENT
Here's a summer puzzler:
Imagine you are in charge of the Staff Picnic and need to transport the picnic provisions, the Design Team's Intern, and Betsy from A/R down a narrow hallway.
Unfortunately, you can only take two items at a time.
If you leave the Intern alone with the supplies, he'll drink all the Heineken. And it goes without saying that you can't leave the woman from A/R alone with the chocolate. The Intern and Betsy can't be left together for reasons we won't get into.
How do you get all the items down the hallway and to the Staff Picnic in time?
While you're figuring that out, feel free to take a gander at this week's great Aquent Talent. All of whom can be left unsupervised with beer or chocolate at any hour of the day.
We wish we could say the same about ourselves.
Follow the links for profiles, samples, and resumes.
Enjoy!
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FEATURED TALENT THIS WEEK
Richard S. - Senior Web Producer | Web Project Manager
Julie G. - Senior Graphic Designer
Barbara R. - Marcom Specialist | Writer
Jason M. - HTML Coder | Front End Developer
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Richard S.
Senior Web Producer | Web Project Manager
An experienced troubleshooter who loves to create a positive work environment while getting the job done right!
Most recently Interactive Producer at La Agencia de Orci, he managed 5 to 7 projects at a time (banner campaigns, mini-sites, and full Web sites) collaborating with clients, managing creatives, budgeting, and running point on vendor resource management. He was also the main point of contact for heavy-hitting interactive projects for clients like Honda and Verizon.
At Mattel's Web division, Richard managed international site development as the point person for cross-functional teams, from the very first meeting to the last updated JPEG.
He has full life-cycle project management experience and comes VERY highly recommended from the entire Aquent team!
See his on-line Aquent profile by clicking here.
Desired Work: Freelance & Permanent
Professional Categories: Network Admin and Security, Systems Admin and Architecture, Web Project Management
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Julie G.
Senior Graphic Designer
With over five years of experience in corporate, packaging, and non-profit design, Julie is extremely adept in both InDesign and Photoshop, scoring highest marks on our in-house assessments.
Her work includes design and production of toy packaging, POP displays, 100+ page brochures, presentation boards, trade show booths, company stationery and logos, and much more. Her client roster includes H&R Block, RE/MAX, The Abbey Company, American Lung Association of Michigan, and was most recently staff Designer for AIB Toys.
Open to industry and to freelance, permanent, or Talent Bridge opportunities, check out her online Aquent profile for some outstanding samples!
See her on-line Aquent profile by clicking here.
Desired Work: Freelance & Permanent
Skills: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, Microsoft PowerPoint
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Barbara R.
Marcom Specialist | Writer
As both a consultant and onboard Manager, Barbara has directed marketing and been responsible for writing copy for companies like L.A. Gear, Kaiser Permanente, TreePeople, The Geneva Companies, First Interstate Bank, Creative Direct Marketing Group, and Sylvan Learning Center.
Her work includes branding campaigns, online/print/broadcast ads, collateral, promotions, direct response, Web sites, press releases/kits, articles, newsletters, books, speeches, presentations, sales support/training, event planning, sponsorships, community outreach, and, if you can believe it, more.
Managing both projects and teams, she's a big picture person coming from a Director of Marketing background and able to handle multimillion-dollar budgets and develop far-reaching media campaigns.
She is a terrific Aquent Talent able to pull ideas, people, and resources together to make sure campaigns go off with a bang!
See her on-line Aquent profile by clicking here.
Desired Work: Freelance & Permanent
Professional Categories: Corporate Communications, Copywriting, Marketing
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Jason M.
HTML Coder | Front End Developer
A recent USC grad with a great attitude and some terrific hands-on skills, Jason is a motivated Aquent Talent with a bright future ahead of him!
With experience in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, and MySQL, he was responsible for redesigning USC's Recreational Sports Department Web site and maintaining it for the last two years. In fact, Jason's been designing and maintaining sites for over four years and is proficient in most major operating systems, having diagnosed and fixed computers over the last 10 years.
He's an extremely quick and self-motivated learner.
And won't be available for long!
See his on-line Aquent profile by clicking here.
Desired Work: Freelance & Permanent
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THAT BIT AT THE END
"Loose Footings"
This Week: Putting Up A Wooden Fence
A fence not only adds interest to your back or front yard, it keeps what you want in and unwanted guests out. Though it may seem like a labor-intensive project, it doesn't have to be. Premade wood fences are widely available, and you can easily use post spikes instead of concrete to keep posts in place. For this project, I'll be showing you how to use good old trusty concrete.
Here's a list of tools you'll want to have on hand for this easy, DIY project:
- Sledgehammer
- Spirit Level
- Hammer
- Nails
- Measuring Tape
- Saw
- Posthole Digger
1) Choose site for fence. (For my fence, I picked a spot which would allow enough room for shrubs to go between the sidewalk and fence, about four feet, even though my wife insisted on 3, I'm fairly sure she'll never make it out here with her yardstick).
2) Choose your fence style. You'll need to go to a lumber store to do this. Don't go to one of those huge "box" hardware stores; chances are if you actually ever do find someone to help you, you'll end up bringing home a new washer and dryer, too. Thus, significantly raising the cost of the project.
3) Set materials nearby on the driveway. Do NOT set the wood where oil has been dripping from the minivan.
4) Go into shed to get saw, spirit level, measuring tape, nails, posthole digger, and hammer.
5) Wonder where saw is.
6) Call your friend who you're pretty sure you loaned saw to. Leave urgent message for him to call you back. Ask him where he's watching the game today.
7) Try to imagine how you're going to get this project done without a saw.
8) Contemplate going to huge "box" hardware store.
9) Tell wife, who is yelling out the window, No, you are not done. You have not even started.
10) Wonder why your wife isn't making you lemonade and bringing it out to you like they do on old TV shows.
11) Locate hacksaw and decide that will do until friend calls you back. Place with rest of tools.
12) Dig first posthole 24 inches into ground with posthole digger.
13) Try to figure out why you didn't soak the ground last night to make it easier to dig postholes.
14) Remember Angelina Jolie movie, pizza, and nice single malt scotch.
15) Smile.
16) Get ready to mix concrete.
17) Wonder what happened to the concrete mix.
18) Go to huge "box" hardware store to buy concrete mix.
19) Purchase concrete mix, new fire extinguisher, pressure washer, and 100-pack of AAA batteries.
20) Kick yourself on drive home for not buying saw.
21) Tell wife you are nowhere near done. Please close the window so the kids won't hear cursing.
22) Look at watch.
23) Curse.
24) Move tools and materials onto driveway.
25) Maneuver minivan over everything to hide from would-be thieves.
26) Tell wife you'll be back out to finish once the game is over.
Next Week: Removing Motor Oil from Fence Pieces
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