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THIS WEEK'S POSITIONS:
- Project Manager
- Jr. Production Artist
- Global Brand Manager
- Interactive Account Supervisor
- Sr. Graphic Designer
- Web Page Production Artist
- Web Project Manager
- UI Designer
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POSITION: Project Manager
TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 2 to 3 years of project management experience
- Home entertainment and DVD packaging experience
- Agency or studio background
PERKS!:
- Cool creative environment
- Great job for film buffs!
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Jr. Production Artist
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
Hands-on skills in Quark and Photoshop
- 1 to 2 years of professional production experience
- Ability to take direction and work on mechanicals and templates
- Position is production only
PERKS!:
-
Cool creative environment
- Great for film buffs!
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Global Brand Manager
TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- Branding within the gaming industry experience an absolute must!
- 3+ years as a Brand Manager
-
MBA required
PERKS!:
- Stock options and target bonuses
- Awesome, high energy team
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Interactive Account Supervisor
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
4 to 5 years of on-line account management experience
- Agency background
- Automotive industry background a plus
PERKS!:
-
Great benefits
- Growing, independently-owned ad agency that promotes from within
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Sr. Graphic Designer
TERMS: Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 4+ years of experience
- Experience creating key art
- Excellent hands-on skills in Photoshop and InDesign
- Packaging experience preferred
PERKS!:
-
Amazing large gaming company
- Add some great work to your portfolio!
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Web Page Production Artist
TERMS: Two-Month Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 1 to 3 years of experience
- Hands-on skills in Dreamweaver
- Production only, not a design position
PERKS!:
-
Nice location, great team!
- Easy-going environment
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Web Project Manager
TERMS: Three-Month Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- At least 5 years of experience as Web Project Manager
- Corporate or agency experience
PERKS!:
- Great, innovative products
- Terrific team
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: UI Designer
TERMS: Three-Week Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
Hands-on skills in HTML (Flash is a plus)
- Prior work on large sites
- 1+ year of UI experience and 3+ years professional Web experience
PERKS!:
-
Large, global Internet site
- Great work environment
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS INTERESTED AND QUALIFIED:
Point your friend right to this link and have them drop your name to the Agent.
INTERESTED IN OTHER AQUENT POSITIONS?
Go here, my friend, then select Job Openings
* MyAquent users, use your UserName & Password to express
interest in jobs. Everybody else, the registration
is easy!
The JOB CENTER will track which jobs you've applied for and the current status.
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"Major Tom to Ground Control"
Congratulations on your purchase of a new RockStar In-Vehicle Safety
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---------
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BENEFIT: Your location information is transmitted and your call
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BENEFIT: Get directions without stopping. Upon your request,
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DESCRIPTION: If you determine that your vehicle has been stolen,
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What's the difference between a 1968 Fender Telecaster and the 1969 one?
Where can you get chicken and waffles on the same plate? Only your
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SERVICE: Roadside Assistance
DESCRIPTION: Whether you need gas, a tire changed or your car towed, a RockStar Advisor may contact help. Then again, they may not.
BENEFIT: Minor at best. This service really depends on the mood
the Advisor at the time of the call. We apologize in advance for any
inconvenience. You may want to consider also joining the Automobile
Club.
Thank you for joining the many satisfied customers already using
RockStar In-Vehicle Safety and Security System to help make life easier
and a little more rockin'.
And if your vehicle is a minivan, you can use all the rock n' roll lifestyle you can get.
Remember, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, a RockStar is only a button away.
Give or take 40 minutes.
Or so.
10.5.07
Oct 5, 2007 @ 1:10 PM
The Aquent ASAP Job List
"Back in Black (and Orange)"
Don't forget to check at the end for our nearly award winning column!
Interested in a position?
PLEASE E-MAIL THE AGENT (see links for each job):
- A recent resume which reflects all the must haves
- A brief summary of how your experience matches the MUST HAVES
- Any samples, if requested
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THIS WEEK'S POSITIONS:
- Part-Time Web Designer
- Sr. Web Producer
- Sr. Designer
- Traffic Manager/Coordinator
- QC Proofreader
- UI Designer
- RFP Specialist
- Part-Time Children's Book Editor
- Web Coder/Analyst
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POSITION: Part-Time Web Designer
TERMS: Freelance with Possibility of Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 1+ years of Web design experience
- Strong design and typography skills
- Hands-on skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver (Flash is a bonus!)
- Please submit on-line portfolio to show client
PERKS!:
-
Global entertainment company
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Sr. Web Producer
TERMS: Permanent or Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
5+ years of professional experience
- Previous role interacting with entertainment clients
- Ability to work with senior management, manage timelines, and lead a team
- Please submit URLs for consideration
PERKS!:
-
Interactive agency specializing in major entertainment clients
- State of the art offices
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Sr. Designer
TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
5+ years experience and heavy conceptual skills
- Excellent production skills in InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator
- Please include samples with corporate design style, logos, and icons
- Experience working with small teams
PERKS!:
-
Great dynamic, fun team
- Prominent new division of a growing company
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Traffic Manager/Coordinator
TERMS: Long-Term Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
3+ years of experience trafficking print collateral
- Pay is $30
PERKS!:
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: QC Proofreader
TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
Experience proofreading layout, design, and text for print collateral
- A great score on Aquent's in-house proofreading assessment
- Position is proofreading text on final layouts
PERKS!:
-
Busy in-house agency
- Great team
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: UI Designer
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 3 to 5 years of professional experience as a UI or Web Designer
- Prior work on large sites
- Hands-on skills in HTML and CSS
- Strong UI skills
PERKS!:
-
Large and growing global company
- Generous bonus structure
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: RFP Specialist
TERMS: Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
2 years of experience writing RFPs
- Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills
- Great time management and organizational skills
- Position is writing only, no research
PERKS!:
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Part-Time Children's Book Editor
TERMS: Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- Experience writing and editing for children's books (picture and read-aloud books)
- Great fact checking skills
- Prior experience reviewing submissions
PERKS!:
-
Major entertainment company
- Flexible hours, 25 to 30 hours a week
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Web Coder/Analyst
TERMS: Three-Month Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
Front-end development/coding experience
- Ability to view code and document languages and technologies used
- Excellent organizational, writing, and documentation skills for technical specs
PERKS!:
-
Use your producing and coding skills to help organize this great team!
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS INTERESTED AND QUALIFIED:
Point your friend right to this link and have them drop your name to the Agent.
INTERESTED IN OTHER AQUENT POSITIONS?
Go here, my friend, then select Job Openings
* MyAquent users, use your UserName & Password to express
interest in jobs. Everybody else, the registration
is easy!
The JOB CENTER will track which jobs you've applied for and the current status.
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"That's Rich"
As
a longtime subscriber to "Robb Report Magazine", we understand that you
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* You're Right, They Will Probably Laugh at You
* The Joys of Keeping Your Non-Ivy League College Opinions to Yourself
* It is Actually Called a "Dickey", So Please Stop Cackling
* It's Okay to Give the Man Who Has Everything Absolutely Nothing for Christmas
* Sandals and Black Socks: Still a Bad Choice
* "Hell, I Could Do That!" and 25 Other Expressions to Refrain from Using at an Art Exhibit
* Elocution Secrets: There is Still No "R" in "Washington" nor "Berry" in "Library"
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* NASCAR: Would You Shut Up Already?
* Boating: A Sport Best Enjoyed from the Shore
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9.28.07
Sep 28, 2007 @ 5:09 PM
The Aquent ASAP Job List
"Smells Like Teen Spirit, Tastes Like Chicken"
Don't forget to check at the end for our nearly award winning column!
Interested in a position?
PLEASE E-MAIL THE AGENT (see links for each job):
- A recent resume which reflects all the must haves
- A brief summary of how your experience matches the MUST HAVES
- Any samples, if requested
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THIS WEEK'S POSITIONS:
- Sr. Designer / Illustrator
- Coder
- Web Analyst
- Flash Animator
- Off-Site Web Designer
- Recruiting Coordinator at Aquent
- Web Designer
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POSITION: Sr. Designer / Illustrator
TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
Senior level print design experience
- Versatile design style leaning toward edgy
- Heavy illustration experience
- T-shirt designs/illustrations highly desirable
PERKS!:
- Hip global fashion company
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Coder
TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 3+ years of experience
- HTML, CSS for positioning, and some JavaScript
- Prior work on large sites (corporate or eCommerce)
PERKS!:
- Work with great in-house team
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Web Analyst
TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
5+ years of Web analytics experience
- eCommerce or B2C Web experience
- Very strong communication skills (i.e., consulting with internal business units)
- Ability to streamline internal processes
PERKS!:
-
Very cool, casual environment
- Entertainment company
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Flash Animator
TERMS: Three-Month Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 1+ years Flash animation experience
- Position is Flash production only
- Please send sample URLs!
PERKS!:
-
Very cool manager
- Large, well-known site
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Off-Site Web Designer
TERMS: Six-Month Freelance
MUST HAVES!:
- 3+ years experience and heavy PC skills
- Hands-on skills in Photoshop and basic HTML and CSS
- Position is part time, approximately 20 hours a week
- Understanding of content management systems
- Send sample URLs for consideration
PERKS!:
- Very cool manager
- Large, well known site
LOCATION:
-
Off-site except for 1st week and meetings
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Recruiting Coordinator at Aquent
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 1 to 2 years of recruiting/staffing coordination experience
- Expert in Microsoft Excel
- Must possess incredible customer service and phone skills!
- Exceptional attention to detail
PERKS!:
-
Work at Aquent! (Voted #1 small company in Los Angeles!)
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Web Designer
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 3+ years professional experience
- Clean, modern design
- Hands-on skills in Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Illustrator
PERKS!:
-
1 day off a month to work your favorite charity
- Fun, healthy environment that promotes well-being
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS INTERESTED AND QUALIFIED:
Point your friend right to this link and have them drop your name to the Agent.
INTERESTED IN OTHER AQUENT POSITIONS?
Go here, my friend, then select Job Openings
* MyAquent users, use your UserName & Password to express
interest in jobs. Everybody else, the registration
is easy!
The JOB CENTER will track which jobs you've applied for and the current status.
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9.21.07
Sep 21, 2007 @ 4:09 PM
The Aquent ASAP Job List
"That's MRS. Soccer Mom, To You"
Don't forget to check at the end for our nearly award winning column!
Interested in a position?
PLEASE E-MAIL THE AGENT (see links for each job):
- A recent resume which reflects all the must haves
- A brief summary of how your experience matches the MUST HAVES
- Any samples, if requested
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THIS WEEK'S POSITIONS:
- Web Designer
- Design Director
- Marketing Procurement Manager
- Front-End Developer
- Flash Developer
- Account Executive
- Global Brand Manager
- Bilingual Communications Manager
- Web Designer
- Account Executive
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POSITION: Web Designer
TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 2+ years of experience
- Must have Flash experience (ActionScripting a plus)
- Prior work on entertainment sites
PERKS!:
- Top entertainment interactive agency
- Great clients
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Design Director
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
10+ years of design experience
- 5+ years managing teams
- Industrial design or manufacturing background
- Bachelors degree (MBA preferred)
PERKS!:
- Salary is up to $150K, DOE
- Global company
- Spearhead new product development
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Marketing Procurement Manager
TERMS: Three-Month Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
Experience managing and assessing marketing, advertising, and interactive agency relationships
- 5 years of management experience
- Experience with supplier evaluation, bidding process, contracts, and RFPs
PERKS!:
- Premiere consumer packaged goods company
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Front-End Developer
TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 2 to 3 years of experience
-
Must have HTML hand-coding experience as well as CSS for tableless layout
- Light JavaScript skills necessary
PERKS!:
-
Work with great in-house team of Front-End Developers
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Flash Developer
TERMS: Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- Heavy hands-on ActionScripting skills (AS2 & AS3)
- Must have previously worked on large Flash-enabled sites
- Ability to be flexible with your work hours
PERKS!:
-
Work with terrific big name clients
- Create amazing pieces for your portfolio!
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Account Executive
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 2 to 4 years of agency experience working with large clients
- Traditional media experience (print & television)
PERKS!:
-
Great exposure to working in online media
- Working with large, global client
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Global Brand Manager
TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- Branding within the gaming industry experience an absolute must!
- 3+ years as a Brand Manager
-
MBA required
PERKS!:
- Stock options and target bonuses
- Awesome, high energy team
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Bilingual Communications Manager
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
8 years experience in media communications
- Bilingual in Spanish and English
- Must be open to travel to San Diego one to two days a week
PERKS!:
-
Potential yearly 15% bonus
- Large, stable company
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Web Designer
TERMS: Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
Prior work on large, well-known brand sites
- 5+ years of experience
- Portfolio must have dynamite conceptual professional full Web site designs
- Hands-on technical skills not necessary
PERKS!:
- Leading interactive agency
- Competitive pay is $55 to 65/hr.
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
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POSITION: Account Executive
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
Home video experience, including work on DVD packaging
- Agency or studio experience
PERKS!:
-
Great location
- Work on all the latest film releases!
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS INTERESTED AND QUALIFIED:
Point your friend right to this link and have them drop your name to the Agent.
INTERESTED IN OTHER AQUENT POSITIONS?
Go here, my friend, then select Job Openings
* MyAquent users, use your UserName & Password to express
interest in jobs. Everybody else, the registration
is easy!
The JOB CENTER will track which jobs you've applied for and the current status.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THAT BIT AT THE END
"Prophecy al Forno"
Though many will prattle on (and on) about the uncanny predictions
of Nostradamus (Michel de Nostredame), surprisingly few Americans know
about the astonishingly more accurate divinations of the late, great
Italian oracle Cosa Nostradamus.
Born in the early 20th Century to an exceedingly poor family of
piano wire makers in Sicily, Cosa Nostradamus (or "Cosi" as he came to
be known) was born with the ability to see the future not only in his
hometown of Palermo, but as far away as New York City and Chicago, even
a full decade after his death.
Raised by his father, a devout advocate of the "stick-in-hand"
method of child rearing, his first prediction was, ironically, his
papa's own demise. So exacting was the young Italian's prophecy that he
not only foretold his father falling off a cliff while taking a short
stroll, but that his dear papa would be yelling out Cosi's name as he
repeatedly hit the sides on his way down (a fact two witnesses at the
bottom verified).
The poetic, and many times musical, forecasts of the young Sicilian
brought rhyme and meter to such tragedies as the brutal bludgeoning of
his own language teacher, Roberto Mazarro (who'd consistently gave the
young Cosi poor marks) and the accidental decapitation of his long-time
persecutor Guido "Four Eyes" Stagnaccio.
Though Cosa Nostradamus could not predict fairly common events such
as the gender of an unborn child or the length of a particular drought,
he excelled at prophesying exceptional human events such arson,
break-ins, drownings, neighborhood shakedowns, and construction delays.
As he approached his teen years it seemed nary a murder or unexplained
disappearance could take place in Palermo without the young man knowing
about it.
If one compares the writings of Nostradamus and Cosa Nostradamus
side by side, it soon becomes apparent of the superiority of the
latter. Nostradamus' predictions are incredibly convoluted; his
"hidden" messages inside quatrains and sixains may be interpreted
however the reader would like (as has been done with Nostradamus'
"prediction" of the Kennedy assassination). Cosa Nostradaumus' purer,
more straightforward language can be neither misunderstood or
misinterpreted, even after translating them from their original, and
often poorly spelled, Italian.
Consider this prophecy of a fire at the local police station in nearby Trapani:
"Your station will burn
To the ground, I say!
You'd better hope you
Are home asleep
With your mothers,
Because when the fire starts
At 5 in the morning
Your station will be nothing but embers!"
Little to be lost in translation there.
As Cosi entered adulthood, word of his incredible powers grew, not only in his native Sicily, but all over Italy as well.
Many Italians came to both worship and fear the impact both he and
his predictions would have on their lives. Cosi was given his own
column in the national Italian newspaper "Il Manifesto" and became a
national celebrity. He was invited to high-level government dinners and
asked to chair Italian goodwill associations like Italians for a Cleaner Drug Trade and The Gambino Family Anti-Poverty League.
Though he spent most of his years in his modest fortress in Palermo
dispensing predictions to men in fedoras with nicknames like "Knuckles"
and "Dapper Don", he never turned down a request for help locating a
missing family member, body part, or race horse.
Cosi gained worldwide notoriety with his musical prophecy concerning
the rise of Charles "Lucky" Luciano as America's most famous mob boss,
a prediction he promptly turned into a hit record with his band "Il
Incendiario", which lasted a remarkable 16 weeks on the Italian Hit
Parade.
Of his more than 1,546 prophesies, an amazing 95% came to fruition.
Among his more famous "misses" were Joseph "Light Fingers" Genovese
defeat in his repeated attempts to become Pope, the continual inability
of Italian astronauts to make it out of the local cafe during liftoff,
and Benito Mussolini's failure to usher in "a new era of peace."
After a lifetime of public service, Cosa Nostradamus passed away
quietly at the age of 84. So quietly, in fact, that it was two full
weeks until they found him in one of Palermo's rivers still wearing the
cement shoes he'd worn to bed.
A monument outside Cosi's house can still be viewed in Sicily.
Featuring a bronze bust of the seer, the plaque on the front features
what is said to be his most lasting prediction:
"Try as you might,
Try as you will,
I swear on my grave
You will never locate
Jimmy Hoffa!"
A truer prophesy you'd be hard pressed to find.
9.14.07
Sep 14, 2007 @ 4:09 PM
The Aquent ASAP Job List
"Is it Available in a Six and a Half?"
Don't forget to check at the end for our nearly award winning column!
Interested in a position?
PLEASE E-MAIL THE AGENT (see links for each job):
- A recent resume which reflects all the must haves
- A brief summary of how your experience matches the MUST HAVES
- Any samples, if requested
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THIS WEEK'S POSITIONS:
- Marketing Services Manager
- Director of Interactive/Email Marketing
- Front End Developer/Coder
- SEM / SEO Supervisor
- Flash Developer
- Global Brand Manager
- Flash ActionScripter
- Online Product Specialist
- Sr. Print Production Manager
- Jr. Web Designer
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Marketing Services Manager
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
3+ years of solid management experience
- Experience managing an in-house creative services department (production of artwork for all packaging, collateral, POP materials, signs, manuals, etc.)
- Ability to own the production/traffic process in a fast paced environment
PERKS!:
- Fast growing, global company
- Lots of innovative products
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Director of Interactive/Email Marketing
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 3 to 5 years of experience with email marketing strategy/execution and proven ROI contributions
- Team management background
- Experience with full campaigns, customer segmentation, and database marketing tools
PERKS!:
- Fast paced, dynamic work environment
- Growing company
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Front End Developer/Coder
TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- Hands-on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript experience
- 2 to 3 years of hand-coding experience on professional sites
- Not a design position, for fantastic Coders only!
PERKS!:
-
Working with great team
- Structured, stable environment
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: SEM / SEO Supervisor
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 3+ years of interactive marketing experience, specifically pay-per-click search marketing (with identifiable company or client)
- Experience with 3rd party bid management and analytics technology platforms (e.g. Effiicient Frontier, DART Search)
- Ability to supervise a department team and manage roles and responsibilities of team members
PERKS!:
-
Highly regarded ad agency with huge national accounts
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Flash Developer
TERMS: Freelance with Possibility of Permanent Position (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
3 to 5 years of professional ActionScripting experience
- Prior work on corporate or high trafficked sites
- Streaming media background a plus
PERKS!:
-
Great team environment. Very casual. A lot of fun.
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Global Brand Manager
TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- Prior experience working within kids' brands and marketing
- 5+ years of experience in product or brand management
- Successful track record bringing products to market
PERKS!:
-
Stock options and target bonuses
- Awesome, high energy team
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Flash ActionScriptor
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
3 to 5 years of experience
- Must be proficient in ActionScript 2.0 and XML
PERKS!:
-
Cool creative studio within a company
- Work on social networks, mobile platforms, etc.
- Environment fosters creative input
- Salary is $70K to $90K
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Online Product Specialist
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
Project management skills
- 4 to 6 years experience related to Web or direct marketing
- Experience with Web development
PERKS!:
-
Lots of travel perks
- Very stable company with great benefits
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Sr. Print Production Manager
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
5+ years print production experience
- Exceptional knowledge of pre-press and printing best practices
- Must be able to use on-line project tracking tools and FileMaker Pro
PERKS!:
-
Free products and great work environment
- Gym membership
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Jr. Web Designer
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- Hands-on skills in Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Illustrator
- 2+ years professional experience
-
Clean, modern design
PERKS!:
-
1 day off a month to work your favorite charity
- Fun, healthy environment that promotes well-being
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS INTERESTED AND QUALIFIED:
Point your friend right to this link and have them drop your name to the Agent.
INTERESTED IN OTHER AQUENT POSITIONS?
Go here, my friend, then select Job Openings
* MyAquent users, use your UserName & Password to express
interest in jobs. Everybody else, the registration
is easy!
The JOB CENTER will track which jobs you've applied for and the current status.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THAT BIT AT THE END
"Lady or Tiger?"
Yesterday
I was standing for a good period of time outside two restroom doors,
one labeled "Bronco", the other "Cactus". I had been waiting someone
exit, so I could at long last decipher which bathroom I was supposed to
use.
After five minutes, I started to realize that I had spent too much
time enjoying the fine drink and company in the other room and should
have sorted this issue out much earlier. It was getting late for these
kinds of decisions, if you understand what I mean.
There are, if you think of it, many similarities concerning broncos
and cactuses. And an abundance of differences. My problem was that none
of those differences lent themselves to conjure up an image of a man or
woman.
I am not a dullard. I graduated cum laude from a well-respected
university. Neither am I unfamiliar with so-called clever bathroom
names, having seen my share of "Buoys" & "Gulls", "Laddies" &
"Lassies", and "Bucks" & "Does" in my travels over the years.
I was even able to decipher, after being led by a series of "TO THE
JOHNS" signs, the correct choice between two doors labeled "Elton John"
& "Olivia Newton John" (though I did catch my breath as I entered
the former).
Yet yesterday afternoon I stood there in front of these particularly enigmatic doors with time running out.
Years ago, when I was confronted with similar doors marked "Gilts"
& "Shoats", I was fortunate enough to catch a young lady eventually
exiting. In Hawaii, I opted to use the facilities at a gas station
across the street from a restaurant where I'd just spent ten minutes
trying to translate "Kane" and "Wahini". (I, by the way, am both a
"Kane" and "Shoat", though the latter is pushing it, even by the low
standards set up by the establishment).
I will also inform you that there is nothing worse than finishing up
in a restroom (say, when the choice is between "Pointers &
Strikers") only to be greeted by the opposite sex upon departure.
Many times I have avoided confusion at these establishments by simply noting the inevitable line outside a women’s room.
But I had no such fortune on this day.
I had waited an eternity and I could delay no more.
I impatiently summoned a passing employee and informed him I needed
to use the facilities at once and demanded that he quickly inform me in
which of these two rooms was I to relieve myself!
"I hope neither, sir," he answered. "These are both private dining rooms."
He looked me up and down then pointed to a door down the hall clearly marked "Men’s Room".
This story would not be worth retelling, nor particularly amusing,
if I failed to add that upon returning to my table I told my colleagues
nothing of the incident and kept each drinking until they absolutely
had to make the same trip down the hallway.
Or that I'm taking my wife back tomorrow.
9.7.08
Sep 7, 2007 @ 11:09 AM
The Aquent ASAP Job List
"Be Quiet or Everyone Will Want One"
PLEASE INCLUDE :
- A recent resume
- A brief summary of how your experience matches the MUST HAVES
- Any samples, if requested
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THIS WEEK'S POSITIONS:
- Flash Developer
- Marketing Manager Consumer Packaged Goods
- Web Project Manager
- Design Director
- Web Designer with Agency Background (Off-Site)
- UI Designer
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Flash Developer
TERMS: Freelance or Freelance-to-Perm (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 2 to 3 years of experience
- Hands-on skills in AS1 & AS2 (looking for a guru!)
- Prior work on large sites
- There is no design in this position
PERKS!:
- Great team at a large entertainment company
- Site seen by millions and millions
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Marketing Manager Consumer Packaged Goods
TERMS: Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
2 to 3 years of consumer packaged goods experience required
- Execution and analysis of marketing strategy experience
- Consumer promotions planning and execution experience
- Ability to manage P&L
PERKS!:
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Web Project Manager
TERMS: Three-Month Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 3 to 5 years of experience
- Previous work on large corporate sites (ideally B2C) or agency experience
- Must commit to traveling to Northridge for 3 months
PERKS!:
- Smaller group with mellow work environment
- Health-oriented company
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Design Director
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
10+ years of design experience
- 5+ years of managing teams
- Industrial design or manufacturing background
- Bachelors degree (MBA preferred)
PERKS!:
- Salary is up to $150K, DOE
- Global company
- Spearhead new product development
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Web Designer with Agency Background (Off-Site)
TERMS: One-Month Freelance (Off-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 3 to 5 years of experience
- Agency background
-
Hands-on skills in HTML & CSS
- Able to design and implement full sites for clients
- Must provide online portfolio link for client which show large, corporate sites
PERKS!:
-
On-site for client meetings, otherwise, work in your pajamas!
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: UI Designer
TERMS: Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- Ability to take concepts and create wireframe presentations
- Background in usability and understanding of registration pages and search capabilities
- Must be available immediately
- Please submit sites and samples!
PERKS!:
-
Very cool, hip site focused on GenY
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS INTERESTED AND QUALIFIED:
Point your friend right to this link and have them drop your name to the Agent.
INTERESTED IN OTHER AQUENT POSITIONS?
Go here, my friend, then select Job Openings
* MyAquent users, use your UserName & Password to express
interest in jobs. Everybody else, the registration
is easy!
The JOB CENTER will track which jobs you've applied for and the current status.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THAT BIT AT THE END
"Make a Run for the Borders"
Slovanistan, Former USSR (Associated Press) - From the small village of Slovanistan, located in a far corner of the former Soviet Union, PR executive Richard Price is passing out squeezee balls to village children and leading them around like a latter-day Pied Piper.
"It just makes me feel good at a deep level," said Price.
Price is part of a group of marketing executives who formed Marketers Without Borders four years ago to provide marketing materials and know-how to those populations who might otherwise have none.
"A group of us were out having drinks and discussing what other organizations were doing to help out the less fortunate, and we wondered how we could do the same."
"We were all skilled professionals, but we didn't know exactly how we could apply our skills to help the not-quite-so-prosperous. None of us know how to use a hammer so obviously Habitat for Humanity was out of the question," Price said, breaking out into laughter.
Using the organization Doctors Without Borders as a model (a group of medical specialists who perform free operations around the world), Price and five other ad industry execs formed Marketers Without Borders. Currently based out of a Frank Gehry-designed bunker in Santa Monica, California, the group now includes marketing executives from over 20 nations. Each year they send an elite team to visit six "marketing needy" villages to show them how to improve their way of life.
Walking down the mud streets of Slovanistan, Price hands out tiny house-shaped USB memory sticks, antenna balls, branded baseball caps, playing cards, visors, and thousands upon thousands of pens emblazoned with company logos to throngs of outstretched hands.
"Our clients really came out of the woodwork to give us their surplus swag," Price said, using the industry term for giveaways.
When asked what anyone from the village would do with the items, Price responded, "You may not know this, but the squeezee ball was invented as a stress reliever. And I'm sure once this hamlet enters the global economy they're going to need a heck of a lot of them."
Elsewhere in the village, Eugene Eggars, a Media Planner from YellowDuck ad agency, tried to give a PowerPoint presentation on market share and competitive advantage.
"It's been very difficult," said an out of breath and grimy Eggars. "I couldn't find a plug for my projector, so I've had to draw everything in the dirt."
Eggars laid out intricate slides and graphs on the ground around the village's main square to a crowd of curious onlookers.
He mused, "It's not really the same without the whooshing sounds and the theme from the movie Rocky playing behind me, but I think the village elders are getting the idea."
Almost as if to prove his point, two elders could be overheard telling a kulak, or peasant, they didn't have the "bandwidth" to hear his complaints and would have to schedule a lunch with "his girl".
"I feel like we're really getting somewhere," said a beaming Eggars.
Jim "Jym" Bartok, of NY's fashionable boutique agency GrAF2T, hosted another afternoon seminar to the a group of farmers. "You can say your village's yak milk is better than another village's yak milk, but without a marketing campaign, who the heck is going to believe you?" expounded an impassioned Bartok. He also implored the farmers to start thinking hard about brand consistency.
In places as remote as Pakalyn, Malaysia, Marketers Without Borders is teaching people the plusses of strategic planning and benefits of handing someone a ruler with your village's name printed on it.
But Price admits that they still have a long way to go.
While reaching into his bag for more Enron-branded whistles and lanyards he lamented, "It's going to be a long time until a lot of these townsfolk understand what we mean when we say something is 'This year's black.'"
8.31.07
Aug 31, 2007 @ 4:08 PM
The Aquent ASAP Job List
"Only a Bit Less Fun Than a Barrel of Monkeys"
Don't forget to check at the end for our nearly award winning column!
Interested in a position?
PLEASE E-MAIL THE AGENT (see links for each job):
- A recent resume which reflects all the must haves
- A brief summary of how your experience matches the MUST HAVES
- Any samples, if requested
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THIS WEEK'S POSITIONS:
- Web Project Manager
- Flash ActionScripter
- Product Manager
- Director of Database Marketing and CRM
- Packaging Designer
- Flash ActionScripter
- Web Project Manager
- Front-End Developer
- Corp Communications Coordinator
- Marketing/Marcom Manager, Direct Response
- Intranet Account Manager
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Web Project Manager
TERMS: Three-Month Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 2 years of project management experience at an agency (or Web Project Manager at a corporation)
- College degree
- No hands-on skills necessary
PERKS!:
- Smaller group in a relaxed environment
- Opportunity to own creative
- Health conscious environment
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Flash ActionScripter
TERMS: One-Month Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 5 to 7 years of experience
- Must be a technical ActionScripting guru!
PERKS!:
- High profile site with lots of traffic
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Product Manager
TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 5 years with a CPG company in a Marketing role
- Master's Degree
- Project management and cross-functional management skills
PERKS!:
- Very stable environment working with well-known products
- Work with a great team developing new products for the auto industry
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Packaging Designer
TERMS: Long-Term Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
2 to 3 years of experience creating packaging for consumer products (i.e., food, beauty, apparel, toys, entertainment)
- Must submit RECENT samples for consideration
- Position pays $35 an hour (includes Aquent benefits)
PERKS!:
-
Great large CPG company
- Super cool team
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Flash ActionScripter
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
3 to 5 years of experience
- Must be proficient in ActionScript 2.0 and XML
PERKS!:
-
Cool creative studio within a company
- Work on social networks, mobile platforms, etc.
- Environment fosters creative input
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Web Project Manager
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 2+ years of experience
- Experience in both hand-coding and content management
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
PERKS!:
-
Free products, great artwork, and great work environment
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Front-End Developer
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- Experience working on large branded Web sites
- Hands-on skills in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
- 3+ years professional experience
PERKS!:
- One of the best agencies in LA
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Corp Communications Coordinator
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
Internal communications and PR experience
- Excellent writing skills
- Web content and event management experience
- Position pays $60K DOE
PERKS!:
-
Growing, innovative company
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Marketing/Marcom Manager, Direct Response
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
Extensive direct response experience
- Strategic marketing and marketing communication experience
PERKS!:
-
Great work environment in a rapidly growing team
- Great non-profit
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Intranet Account Manager
TERMS: Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
Client service experience
- Technical and content management background
PERKS!:
-
Great work environment in a rapidly growing team
- Great non-profit
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS INTERESTED AND QUALIFIED:
Point your friend right to this link and have them drop your name to the Agent.
INTERESTED IN OTHER AQUENT POSITIONS?
Go here, my friend, then select Job Openings
* MyAquent users, use your UserName & Password to express
interest in jobs. Everybody else, the registration
is easy!
The JOB CENTER will track which jobs you've applied for and the current status.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THAT BIT AT THE END
"Make a Run for the Borders"
Slovanistan, Former USSR (Associated Press) - From the small village
of Slovanistan, located in a far corner of the former Soviet Union, PR
executive Richard Price is passing out squeezee balls to village
children and leading them around like a latter-day Pied Piper.
"It just makes me feel good at a deep level," said Price.
Price is part of a group of marketing executives who formed
Marketers Without Borders four years ago to provide marketing materials
and know-how to those populations who might otherwise have none.
"A group of us were out having drinks and discussing what other
organizations were doing to help out the less fortunate, and we
wondered how we could do the same."
"We were all skilled professionals, but we didn't know exactly how
we could apply our skills to help the not-quite-so-prosperous. None of
us know how to use a hammer so obviously Habitat for Humanity was out
of the question," Price said, breaking out into laughter.
Using the organization Doctors Without Borders as a model (a group
of medical specialists who perform free operations around the world),
Price and five other ad industry execs formed Marketers Without
Borders. Currently based out of a Frank Gehry-designed bunker in Santa
Monica, California, the group now includes marketing executives from
over 20 nations. Each year they send an elite team to visit six
"marketing needy" villages to show them how to improve their way of
life.
Walking down the mud streets of Slovanistan, Price hands out tiny
house-shaped USB memory sticks, antenna balls, branded baseball caps,
playing cards, visors, and thousands upon thousands of pens emblazoned
with company logos to throngs of outstretched hands.
"Our clients really came out of the woodwork to give us their surplus swag," Price said, using the industry term for giveaways.
When asked what anyone from the village would do with the items,
Price responded, "You may not know this, but the squeezee ball was
invented as a stress reliever. And I'm sure once this hamlet enters the
global economy they're going to need a heck of a lot of them."
Elsewhere in the village, Eugene Eggars, a Media Planner from
YellowDuck ad agency, tried to give a PowerPoint presentation on market
share and competitive advantage.
"It's been very difficult," said an out of breath and grimy Eggars.
"I couldn't find a plug for my projector, so I've had to draw
everything in the dirt."
Eggars laid out intricate slides and graphs on the ground around the village's main square to a crowd of curious onlookers.
He mused, "It's not really the same without the whooshing sounds and
the theme from the movie Rocky playing behind me, but I think the
village elders are getting the idea."
Almost as if to prove his point, two elders could be overheard
telling a kulak, or peasant, they didn't have the "bandwidth" to hear
his complaints and would have to schedule a lunch with "his girl".
"I feel like we're really getting somewhere," said a beaming Eggars.
Jim "Jym" Bartok, of NY's fashionable boutique agency GrAF2T, hosted
another afternoon seminar to the a group of farmers. "You can say your
village's yak milk is better than another village's yak milk, but
without a marketing campaign, who the heck is going to believe you?"
expounded an impassioned Bartok. He also implored the farmers to start
thinking hard about brand consistency.
In places as remote as Pakalyn, Malaysia, Marketers Without Borders
is teaching people the plusses of strategic planning and benefits of
handing someone a ruler with your village's name printed on it.
But Price admits that they still have a long way to go.
While reaching into his bag for more Enron-branded whistles and
lanyards he lamented, "It's going to be a long time until a lot of
these townsfolk understand what we mean when we say something is 'This
year's black.'"
8.24.07
Aug 24, 2007 @ 4:08 PM
The Aquent ASAP Job List
"I've Got Blisters on My Blisters"
Don't forget to check at the end for our nearly award winning column!
Interested in a position?
PLEASE E-MAIL THE AGENT (see links for each job):
- A recent resume which reflects all the must haves
- A brief summary of how your experience matches the MUST HAVES
- Any samples, if requested
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THIS WEEK'S POSITIONS:
- Off-Site Proofreader
- Web Designer with HTML/CSS skills
- Copy Project Manager
- Jr. Web Designer
- Web Art Director
- Director, Database Marketing and CRM
- Jr. Marketing Proposal Specialist
- Web Art Director
- Sr. Copywriter
- Business Intelligence Analyst
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Off-Site Proofreader
TERMS: Freelance (Off-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 3+ years of professional proofreading experience
- Must be able to pass our rigorous proofreading assessment
- Ability to work remotely as well as travel to client location for occasional team meetings
- Position is no more than 27 hours a week
- Familiarity with insurance and/or healthcare industry a plus
PERKS!:
- Work in your pajamas (most of the time)
LOCATION:
-
Your house and Woodland Hills
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Web Designer with HTML/CSS skills
TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 2 to 4 years of professional Web site design experience
- Hands-on skills in HTML and CSS (Flash a plus)
- Able to work within a close knit team
- Please send professional sample URLs
PERKS!:
- Large marketing resource site
- Keep up-to-date with latest marketing trends, trainings, events, etc.
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Copy Project Manager
TERMS: Long-Term Freelance (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
Copy and editorial skills
- Project management skills
- Experience interfacing with cross functional teams and performing on-line research
- Proposal experience preferred
PERKS!:
- Progressive health care organization
- Leading non-profit
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Jr. Web Designer
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
1 to 2 years of professional experience (corporate preferred)
- Hands-on skills in HTML and CSS
- Client interface experience and strong communication skills
- Must send URLs for consideration
PERKS!:
- A very fun, casual environment
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Web Art Director
TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
Must have 4 to 6 years of Web design experience
- Understanding of basic HTML and hand-coding
- Expert level in Photoshop & Illustrator
PERKS!:
-
Start-up company with stock options
- Fun and cool environment
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Director, Database Marketing and CRM
TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
-
Experience and knowledge of data, CRM, and digital communications
- Knowledge of behavioral targeting & consumer event driven direct marketing
- Degree in marketing or related field
PERKS!:
- Fast-growing company
- Great team environment
LOCATION:
CONTACT AGENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSITION: Jr. Marketing Proposal Specialist
TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 2 to 3 years of experience writing custom proposals
- Ability to gather information through internal resources or research
- Degree in English, Communications, or related field
- Ability to pre-qualify client or project leads preferred
- Salary
PERKS!:
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Upward mobility and growth
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POSITION: Web Art Director
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- 5+ years of experience
- Ability to concept high-end design backed by great marketing strategy
- Experience in beauty, fashion, and/or luxury design
- Collaborative team player attitude
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1 day off a month to work for your favorite charity
- Fun, healthy environment
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POSITION: Sr. Copywriter
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- Absolutely must have theatrical ad experience
- Must submit samples of movie one sheets, ads, sell sheets, etc. for consideration
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Very cool entertainment agency who works with studios, gaming companies, etc.
- Very stable environment
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POSITION: Business Intelligence Analyst
TERMS: Permanent (On-Site)
MUST HAVES!:
- Data warehousing experience
- Experience with software development
- Oracle and Cognos a plus
- Ability to manage system related projects
PERKS!:
- Heavy discount on company products (health related)
- Plenty of room to grow
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"Action!"
Most of what I've become, I believe, can be blamed on my father. The man was a relentless tinkerer and decided one evening to switch the voice box of my Redondo Beach Darby with the one from my brother's Mercenary Mike action figure.
So, come Saturday morning, my Darby doll began warning anyone walking outside her tiny condo about things like incoming mortar attacks and booby traps.
As you can well imagine, this affected me in many ways when it came to playing with friends.
I was, for one, embarrassed each and every time I brought my Darby over to my friends' houses. Mostly because my doll was apt to shout "Time to reload my crossbow!" or threaten to wallop their dolls with her powerful karate chop (a feature she didn't actually have).
Two, Darby and I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out which one of my friend's dolls worked as a double agent for that conniving Dr. X. (Oh, how I was always on the lookout for his tell-tale laser red eye!)
Darby began to lead a double life. Yes, she looked stunning arriving at a party in a hot pink tricot bodysuit under her ruffled skirt (cinched at the waist with a wide silvery belt), but then she'd complain loudly that someone had eaten her C-rations. After taking a turn on the dance floor with Ben or one of the many other clean-shaven men dolls, she'd sit down with them and complain about the terrible jungle heat.
And so it went that my Redondo Darby stopped drinking tea or joining the others at the faux BBQ for fear that someone in the perfect little cocktail dress would poison her.
In her own condo, instead of cementing her relationship with her girlfriends by hosting late night gab sessions, she would badger them to load missiles into the Assault 'Copter or sweep the place for listening devices.
Taking the lead from Darby, during my formative years I never really learned to do many of those things that every little girl should: visiting with friends, discussing feelings, checking out boys, or shopping endlessly for clothes and accessories. Instead I became obsessed with the mysterious assault on Silo 66, about which Darby would speak with greater and greater frequency.
What is a "top ranking NCO?" How far is a "click"? These questions plagued me while my geometry teacher prattled on about the Pythagorean theorem.
I became less involved with my friends, whose dolls Patina and Clarisse were forever quarrelling about who had the cutest top or which was the best mall.
It didn't really seem to matter, especially if we were going to take down the perplexing Silo 66 at 1700 hours on any given day.
It was right then that I made the difficult decision to give Darby the makeover of makeovers. It was inevitable. You get a pink taffeta dress stuck on a grappling hook just once. It's a lesson you don't repeat.
Besides, Darby felt more comfortable in fatigues than a halter-top.
She moved out of her condo after an argument with her roommates over foreign policy turned into a slapping contest (it was one of the few times I actually did wish Darby had a karate chop).
And soon she found a nice bunker to share with two men named Redwolf and Flynt who, like her, preferred fingerless black gloves to arm length ones.
And she never looked back.
Neither did I.
And though it's been nearly 15 years since I was an adolescent, when shopping for clothes I will inevitably veer toward the camouflaged or at least black ones. And in sporting goods stores I can never walk by the crossbows without picking one up.
Sadly, the assault on Silo 66 never did materialize, and its location remains forever a mystery.
I still do have Darby in a box up in my closet. And I still take her out every once in awhile just to hear her gravelly voice just for old time's sake.
And whenever I'm at a party and a woman in the perfect little cocktail dress offers me a drink, I always tell her, as Darby would have if she were there instead of me, "Not on my watch, bub".
8.17.07
Aug 17, 2007 @ 6:08 PM
The Aquent ASAP Job List
"With Love From Natalie "
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PLEASE E-MAIL THE AGENT (see links for each job):
- A recent resume which reflects all the must haves
- A brief summary of how your experience matches the MUST HAVES
- Any samples, if requested
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THIS WEEK'S POSITIONS:
Interactive Art Director
Direct Response Director of Analytics
Account Supervisor
Production Artist
Web Designer
Front-End Developer
Web Designer
Account Executive
Art Director
Print Production Manager/Print Buyer
Email Designer
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POSITION: Interactive Art Director
TERMS: Permanent
MUST HAVES!:
- Clean, fresh contemporary design sense.
- Experience with upscale luxury items.
- Must be able to work with management to provide strategic insight.
PERKS!:
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Great health benefits and access to wellness products.
LOCATION:
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POSITION: Direct Response Director of Analytics
TERMS: Permanent
MUST HAVES!:
- Direct mail analytics experience.
- Direct to consumer experience. Prefer financial or travel background.
- Department management experience of a team of 5 or more.
PERKS!:
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POSITION: Account Supervisor
TERMS: Permanent
MUST HAVES!:
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1-2 years of experience at an advertising agency.
- 4-year college degree.
- Excellent communication skills.
PERKS!:
- Work with one of the largest agencies in LA.
LOCATION:
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POSITION: Production Artist
TERMS: Permanent
MUST HAVES!:
- InDesign & Photoshop hands-on skills.
- Catalogue experience.
- High level of proficiency in Mac & PC environments.
PERKS!:
- Work for a cool company where you get to play with toys all day!
LOCATION:
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POSITION: Web Designer
TERMS: Temporary
MUST HAVES!:
- Experience with flash animation.
- 4-6 years of experience in web design.
- Must be able to create noise-free compelling designs.
PERKS!:
- Surrounded by great artwork and cool people. Get to work on a major e-commerce site.
LOCATION:
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POSITION: Front-End Developer
TERMS: Permanent
MUST HAVES!:
- HTML, tableless CSS, and basic JavaScript.
- Experience working on large websites.
- Knowledge of Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Flash.
PERKS!:
- Work for an established and growing internet company. #1 in their field!
LOCATION:
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POSITION: Web Designer
TERMS: Temporary
MUST HAVES!:
- 3 years of Interactive conceptual or Web Design of large sites.
- Entertainment site samples.
- Proven history of conceptual design.
PERKS!:
- Work for a well-known media company!
LOCATION:
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POSITION: Account Executive
TERMS: Permanent
MUST HAVES!:
- Gaming or Entertainment industry knowledge a plus.
- 1-2 years of account management experience.
- Energetic positive attitude.
PERKS!:
- Work for an amazing entertainment company.
LOCATION:
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POSITION: Art Director
TERMS: Permanent
MUST HAVES!:
- 5 years of experience in graphic arts or advertising.
- Strong Photoshop & InDesign skills.
- Managed all aspects of production management from concept design to contracting/selection of vendors.
PERKS!:
- Work on a small team in a corporate, stable environment.
LOCATION:
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POSITION: Print Production Manager/Print Buyer
TERMS: Long-Term Temp
MUST HAVES!:
- 4-5 years of print buying experience.
- Agency or corporate experience.
- Print production management for marketing collateral.
- Pay $35/hr.
PERKS!:
- Work for a great company that has been a leader in the industry for a very long time!
LOCATION:
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POSITION: Email Designer
TERMS: Temp-to-Permanent
MUST HAVES!:
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HTML hand coding skills.
- Email design experience for campaigns.
- Ability to work within a dynamic team and interface with design and marketing professionals.
PERKS!:
- Working on an exciting new team with new intiatives.
LOCATION:
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