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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
And the plastic wall is down.
The addition to our space has been separated from our current space with a huge wall of plastic. To protect us from the evils of sheetrock dust. Today, the plastic wall came down. Kind of cool, because the new space now flows into our existing space.
They've finished painting, and the custom wood paneling gets installed on Thursday. And the paneling will need to be stained. Then it's carpet, and lights - and we're in!
posted by darryl ohrt @ 6:30 PM
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
We're hiring.
The world's greatest design and branding firm is seeking a full-time web developer/programmer. Front-end web coding, working directly with our designers.
Skillz you've mastered:
+ Intimately familiar with some of these (more is good): html, javascript, Ajax, Flash, PHP.
+ Ability to write code. The old fashioned way - not just with wysiwyg tools.
+ Great communication skills, with ability to explain any of the above to designers and clients and people who generally won't know what you're talking about.
Plaid is the coolest agency in all of the world, sporting clients from entertainment industry to action sports to consumer brands and b2b. Name brands you know, and stuff you've never heard of. No cubicles. Open workplace, open books and open management philosophies.
Extremely relaxed and fun work environment, where you'll never wear khakis. (Unless you're into that sort of thing.) Profit sharing, 401(k), 100% paid health benefits, and a salary lower than you'd get at the big stressful agency. (And you won't have to work 18 hours/day, like at the big agency, either.)
posted by darryl ohrt @ 9:09 AM
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Sunday, January 20, 2008
Giuli gets promoted!
Giuli was just promoted to the position of Producer! She'll now be responsible for managing all projects at our agency. She'll be the point person for clients to get project updates, keep projects on budget, on time, and work with our creatives to get them the tools and information they need. Basically, she'll be making sure that our agency actually delivers on the promises that people like myself make.
We've never had anyone in this position before. In the past, things like this have been handled by designers, by Giuli, or by Diana and myself. Our agency has grown quite a bit over the last year, and we really needed someone to keep all of us on task. Since Giuli's been performing this role at least half the time anyway, we thought it was a good idea to turn this into a full-fledged position. Hopefully it won't go to her head, where she starts wearing that hat and sunglasses around the office.
So - got a question? Ask Giuli. Need something done? Ask Giuli. Not sure who those revisions go to? Ask Giuli. Sounds like maybe she's turned into a search engine.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:40 PM
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Friday, January 18, 2008
We're hiring.
Part-time office assistant
The greatest design and branding agency in all of the land is now seeking a p/t office person.
Vendor coordination, billing and invoicing, purchasing, travel arrangements, and millions of little things that we can't begin to predict. (Things like "purchase a hot dog costume" or "find out what hairspray is best for a mohawk")
Work Monday - Friday, half days. Super bitchin' work environment includes loud music, fun people and collaborative workspace. We promise at least a 25% fun to work ratio. $15/hr. (You won't get rich here, but you'll have a bunch of fun.)
Prior experience should include good internet surfing skills, and Microsoft Office (yech) experience. Quickbooks or basic accounting experience a plus. Facebook profile a super bonus.
Send resume to darryl AT thinkplaid.com
posted by darryl ohrt @ 4:21 PM
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
Justus brings down the house.
They knocked down the wall separating our current space from the new space! Actually...they let us do it.
That is, they took out all of the nails, cut all of the boards, and prepared the wall in just the right manner so that a designer-type person might be physically capable of pulling down the wall. Even someone that works in front of a computer all day, and makes pretty things. Even someone that has never picked up a hammer. You get the picture.
Anyway, you can watch David in the clip above get the satisfaction of his lifetime as he busts through the wall like a fireman. And then Justus brings the house down. Almost literally. Power, internet and all. Oooh boy.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 6:41 PM
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New furniture is arriving!
Deliveries are arriving on a regular basis here, and have us more stoked than ever. Yesterday, our egg chairs arrived. Our place is going to be awesome, once the construction is done.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 9:22 AM
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The wall is coming down!
Today they remove the wall that's separating our current space from the new addition. Kind of exciting. That is, if you consider wall knocking demolition exciting. And really, who doesn't??
(And why do video processors always choose the most unflattering time to pick the thumbnail?)
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:41 AM
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
Hammer time.
Here's what the construction dudes were up to, while they should have been working on our new addition. That's Joe, showing us a little hammer time.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 5:15 PM
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