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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Sara on CNN!
Our coworker Sara was featured on CNN today! She's a girl of a million stories - so we're not surprised. She's featured in a piece about tattoos and the workplace. (Plaid is obviously the kind of joint that appreciates good body ink.)
We're fully expecting Anderson Cooper to show up at the front door any day now, asking for Sara. If Larry King understood what a tattoo was, or could stay awake long enough, we're sure he'd be interviewing her too. Donny Deutsch is soooo jealous that he missed this story. Nice job Sara!!!
posted by darryl ohrt @ 3:56 PM
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
We're hiring - a Designer!
Plaid - the greatest agency in all of the land is looking for a new designer! Creative Genius! Lover of the internet! Person who gets paid to make things on a Mac! (We're not much on titles.)
Stuff you'll do:
Work on the most awesome projects and create the most wonderous designs.
Work with really cool clients, and one or two less-than-cool clients
Collaborate with the most talented bunch of creatives ever to grace the earth
Stuff you have:
+ At least 2 years design experience
+ Kick ass portfolio, with especially strong interactive work (you don't have to be a coder)
+ Good grasp on the latest internet tools
+ Good energy. Fun to be with.
+ Awesome sense of humor.
Stuff that would be awesome, but not required:
+ You have a Facebook profile, and/or participate in social media
+ You don't like Celine Dion, as an artist.
+ You enjoy doing stupid things and documenting them on a company blog. (Like Steph, who just ate 10 Pixie Stix at once, in the photo above)
Work at the best agency ever created by humans.
Open office, open books. No politics. For real.
Really fun, collaborative and energetic work environment.
Half day Fridays in the summertime, planning trips to fun places, and an office Segway.
100% paid health benefits, 401(k) plan, and super aggressive profit sharing.
Send resume and a link to some of your work, to darryl AT thinkplaid DOT com, with "designer" in the subject line. (If you've sent a resume in the last 3 months - you're already in consideration. Feel free to confirm that we have it on file.)
posted by darryl ohrt @ 4:55 PM
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Friday, May 23, 2008
Sara gets bobbled.
Sara's bobble head arrived. We think it looks awesome. Now it's off to be photographed, and get star treatment, before being featured on our Meet the Staff page.
Moments later, her new business cards walked in the door. (With the help of a delivery boy.) She's got the most awesome title on her card: Duchess of Awesome. Sweet.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:41 AM
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
dream job open at Plaid
Plaid, the greatest agency in all of the land, is hiring a Project Manager. Producer. Cattle herder. Whateveryoucallit.
Stuff you'll do:
Manage all aspects of projects for design and branding firm.
Interact with (mostly cool) clients, (totally cool) creatives and (awesome) partners from around the country.
Get stuff done.
Get stuff done on time.
Get stuff done on budget.
Stuff you have:
Previous agency experience preferred, interactive experience a bonus. Great communicator, fantastic people skills, and organization/planning skills that will make us look awesome. Understanding of the production process relative to a design and brand firm.
Stuff that would be awesome, but not required:
+ You have a Facebook profile, and participate in social media
+ You've heard of the Beastie Boys
+ Previous experience with Basecamp or other project management software
+ You like conducting experiments like "what does a Segway sound like when riding over bubblewrap?" (answer above)
Work at the best agency ever created by humans.
Open office, open books. No politics. For real.
Really fun, collaborative and energetic work environment.
Half day Fridays in the summertime, planning trips to fun places, and an office Segway.
100% paid health benefits, 401(k) plan, and super aggressive profit sharing.
Send resume to darryl AT thinkplaid DOT com, with "producer" in the subject line.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 9:57 AM
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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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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Have a beer with Plaid.
We've produced our first podcast. Vidcast. Vodcast. Actually, PlaidCast. Just a handful of Plaid employees in a bar, discussing our agency, the industry, and what inspires us. Produced using hand-held Flip cameras and a couple of laptops, this podcast was digitized on the fly (at the bar!) and edited in iMovie in about 90 minutes. Simple, rough and honest.
We're still waiting for iTunes official approval - so you'll be able to subscribe to it there soon. In the meantime, head over to Blip.tv and join us for a beer. Cheers!
posted by darryl ohrt @ 10:12 PM
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Friday, October 26, 2007
Meet Katie.
Our new intern, Katie started this week. We've convinced her that we're the hottest agency in all of the land of agencies. And that all of the cool agency people like to do crappy work like filing, and photo research and building other designer's conceptual comps. So far, she's on board.
Here's a little something about Katie...
I overheard her telling someone else at Plaid that she's single, and 'accepting applications.' We suggested she share her Facebook profile. She was previously boycotting Facebook (college students sometimes do silly things like that), but we've convinced her otherwise. You can friend her here. If you're lucky, she'll accept. :)
Unlike our previous intern, she doesn't own a Zune. We like that. (Sorry Brian)
She's already had a great week:
+ She's done some production work for Talbots and a bank's website,
+ Got a lesson on how to ride the Segway PT,
+ Sat in on the first ever recording session for a Plaid podcast (Plaidcast)
+ And some other boring stuff, too.
Please welcome Katie to the Plaid crew and be nice to her on Facebook. :)
posted by darryl ohrt @ 5:07 PM
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Monday, October 15, 2007
Jet Blue officially endorses Plaid.
Before we left JFK Airport for our annual Plaid Planning Meeting, JetBlue made an official announcement. JetBlue loves Plaid. So much so, that we believe they may be planning to wrap their jets in plaid. And change the flight attendant uniforms to plaid skirts and slacks. Yep. Plaid never goes out of style.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:28 AM
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
The big Plaid video experiment
We just purchased the Plaid design and brand crew these really sweet video cameras. Flip video cameras that record 640 x 480 digital video (60 minutes of video, without tape!) with built-in usb plugs. They fit in your pocket. Basically, a video camera designed for the YouTube generation. AWESOME IDEA.
Anyway - we're embarking on an experiment of sorts. Everyone's now armed with these cameras. So we're going to try video blogging. Not the vidcast-shot-from-the-laptop that everyone else is doing - but sharing our experiences, as they happen. (You can't carry your laptop camera into the Bodega, can you?) Funny, stupid, creatively inspiring, or people falling asleep at their desks. Low production, no edits, no soundtracks, just video clips. Whatever happens when we're recording.
The experiment kicks off tomorrow morning, as a bunch of us leave for Mexico. Should make for some fun video. We're traveling tech-lite (only ONE laptop!!), so we won't be uploading every hour, but I promise some good regular video. If we like the results of the experiment, we'll get cameras for the extended Plaid team, across the country. This could really be a cool, creative group video blog. Or a complete waste of time.
Stay tuned.
Labels: plaid, plaidteam, plaidtv
posted by darryl ohrt @ 11:19 PM
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Monday, October 1, 2007
Now hiring: intern.
Our last one got away. Brian, our old intern has escaped. He's pictured above, skooling the crew in Guitar Hero. If you see him, please kick him for us.
Interested in this most sweet position? Know someone who's interested? Spread the word. If you're the college student that we choose to take advantage of, here's some stuff you'll probably be stoked about:
+ Make your own hours
+ Build your resume and portfolio
+ Get paid to play around on the internet
+ Be involved in all aspects of agency life
And, some things you'll have to deal with:
+ Work for the ridiculously low wage of $10/hour
+ Loads of crap work
+ Need to work from our CT office
+ Dave.
Interested? Send a resume (or entertaining links) today, to GiuliATthinkplaid.com.
Labels: plaidteam
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:29 AM
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Thursday, September 13, 2007
Matt meets his bobble twin
Matt's bobble head arrived today. On close inspection, we realized that the bobble company traveled into the future, and sculpted a bobble of Matt ten years from now. Doesn't his bobble look older than he is?
It definitely acts more maturely than Matt does. We're still not sure who works harder - but from the looks of it, we believe his bobble is one of those guys who's 'always at the office.'
posted by darryl ohrt @ 11:08 AM
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Saturday, June 23, 2007
We hired Matt.
We hired Matt this week! He's been freelancing here for a few weeks now, and we convinced him to make it permanent. He's a super talent, great designer, illustrator and even a stop motion animator. And he has some pretty cool t-shirts.
Most importantly, he's not named Rob. We already have too many Robs around here. New Rob, Old Rob, and Boston Rob. Geez.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 9:49 AM
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
New bobble heads are here!
New bobble heads have arrived at our office - including Rob, the newest member of Plaid. (Pictured leading the pack, above.) We'll be having them photographed, and added to the site in a few days. We actually have enough bobbles to form a bobble army. Or a baseball team. Or a dance troupe.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 10:53 PM
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Rob hasn't left in tears yet.
It's Wednesday. Three days into Rob's first week. He hasn't left screaming, or threatened to kill any of the Plaid staff. We think that's a sign things are working out. And he's doing some stellar work, too!
Labels: plaidteam
posted by darryl ohrt @ 9:18 PM
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007
We met Rob today.
We met the newest member of the Plaid team for the first time today. You may remember that we hired Rob, without ever meeting him in person. Oh, the glorious internet.
Well, Rob and his wife just completed their trek from Arizona to Connecticut, and stopped by to introduce themselves. Super cool people. And - btw - any New York or CT agencies looking for design or illustration talent should let us know. Rob's wife is ALSO in the biz, and she's looking for a gig on the east coast. Cuz she's all about grey, depressing weather. (Oh, just wait Suzy, till November through March. You'll see.)
Rob starts officially on Monday!
posted by darryl ohrt @ 10:05 PM
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Plaid wins gold pen at ad club awards!!
What a night. We probably would have been perfectly happy with just a plate of chicken cordon bleu - but the ad club decided to give us FIVE ad club awards tonight. And that's not all...we also won the show's GOLD PEN Award for Santa Hunters, our holiday greeting card. We're totally stoked. You can see the crew juggling trophies on our Flickr page.
Here's what we came home with:
GOLD PEN: Santa Hunters self promotion
Gold award: Spherion Meeting Bingo
Gold award: Santa Hunters direct mail
Gold award: Santa Hunters website
Silver award: Mohawk Mountain outdoor
Bronze award: Flambeau River Papers swatch book
Lots of love and kisses to all who helped us bring home wood: Paul Reilly, Brent Meyer, Chris Dornfeld, Chip Simons and of course Eliza Sweet. (A gold pen!)
Oh yeah - I guess we couldn't have done any of this without the most wonderful clients....lovin' you too!
(And - special nod to my son, who won an Ad Club scholarship. Nice job, Devon. Good night for all.)
Labels: plaid, plaidteam, selfpromotion
posted by darryl ohrt @ 11:31 PM
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