Positions

Our starting 9

Unlike professional baseball, most businesses don’t have the luxury of a 162-game season to get things right. (I’m looking at you, Red Sox!)

TCG can help make sure you field the best team every day!

This week’s starting 9…

Eric DiChiara
Senior Account Manager
617.526.8899 (office) 617.943.9957 (cell) 617.345.0016 (fax)

Robert Half International again was named to FORTUNE^® magazine’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” list, ranking #1 in our industry. (March 19, 2012)

A Creative Limerick

many writers, designers and IA’s

wait for spring to come out and play.

like good ole St. Patrick

I’ll work me Irish magic

to drive the talent your ways!

This week’s lucky talent…

· Bethany is a digital project manager with agency experience. She recently relocated from California where she spent the last few years managing key client relationships for both digital and print initiatives.

· Colleen is an interactive designer/IA/web production designer who recently wrapped up a contract at a top insurance company. Her work includes e-commerce, corporate websites and software application interfaces.

· Luke is a marketing specialist with experience in communications, sponsorships, social media and PR.

· Amanda is a front-end developer with design skills. She’s proficient in HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, Joomla and Wordpress.

· Courtney is a program/project coordinator with event experience. She’s skilled in Creative Suite, PowerPoint/Keynote, Dreamweaver and SEO.

· Erica is an account manager with agency and non-profit experience. She has strong client-facing and communications skills.

· Brian is a digital strategist with a web design/development background. He’s worked as an interactive producer at two top agencies and is experienced with web project management, strategy, SEO/SEM and web content migrations.

· Deb is an email marketing specialist with strong project management skills. She has completed two long-term successful projects for TCG.

· Bob is a senior graphic designer with strong production and photo retouching skills. He’s completed 10+ assignments for TCG over the past few years and has worked for several global brands and top agencies.

· Davin is a marketing associate with experience in print collateral development, website management (using TeamSite and SharePoint), account management, PR and event coordination.

· Bonnie is a traffic/print production manager with extensive retail experience. Throughout her career, she has succeeded in reducing costs and improving efficiency in prepress, scheduling and workflow.

· Andrew is a web content manager/analyst with extensive experience in financial services. He’s not available until 5/1 but we expect to have him lined up for his next assignment long before that.

Don’t forget, TCG can help with all of your staffing needs, not just interactive, marketing and creative. As part of Robert Half International, our eight lines of business offer full-service staffing solutions in the areas of technology, administrative and office support, accounting/finance and legal.

The Creative Group. An Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, please visit creativegroup.com.

Eric DiChiara
Senior Account Manager
617.526.8899 (office) 617.943.9957 (cell) 617.345.0016 (fax)

Robert Half International again was named to FORTUNE^® magazine’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” list, ranking #1 in our industry. (March 19, 2012)

If only I had an extra day…

…think of all the work that could get done!

Check out the TCG talent available this week to help with your lucky Leap Year projects…

· Lee is a web/print production artist who spent the past four years at a top retailer. She has experience designing web pages, slicing and optimizing images for the web, creating templates for catalogs and collateral, and expediting workflow.

· Dara is a senior graphic designer with agency, financial and non-profit experience. She has worked on web and print projects and is a certified usability analyst.

Ingrid is a marketing manager who spent the past six years in the energy industry. Her skills include vendor management, direct mail, email, print collateral, telemarketing and online campaigns.

· Rebecca is a senior web/interactive project manager with agency and financial experience. She also has strong copywriting skills.

Bonnie is a senior copywriter with B2B and direct response experience for high-tech, healthcare, environmental and education clients.
Chris is a studio artist with 10+ years working in several of Boston’s top agencies. His references spoke very highly of his skills as a mechanical artist and his ability to handle large volumes of work on a daily basis.

· Jean is a senior marketing communications specialist with outstanding design skills. She recently wrapped up a four-month contract for TCG where she managed all aspects of a new product launch for a health care organization.

Stacie is a senior marketing professional with experience in non-profit, education and healthcare. Her skills include strategy, branding, communications, events, social media and media relations.
Elisa is a junior account/marketing/PR coordinator with her MBA. She has strong communications skills and is bilingual in English and Spanish and even knows a little French.

· Jill is an award-winning copywriter with strong headline writing skills. Her experience includes retail and healthcare.

· Liz is an account director/production manager with agency and publishing experience. In her most recent role, she managed strategic and design projects for over 20 clients.

· Lou is an art director/creative lead with experience working in a variety of professional service environments. He has experience designing collateral for annual events, new business pitches, ads, POP displays, microsites, CDs and reports.

Don’t forget, TCG can help with all of your staffing needs, not just marketing and creative. As part of Robert Half International, our seven lines of business offer full-service staffing solutions in the areas of technology, administrative and office support, accounting and finance and legal.

The Creative Group. An Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, please visit creativegroup.com.

Eric DiChiara
Senior Account Manager
617.526.8899 (office) 617.943.9957 (cell) 617.345.0016 (fax)

Advice for the Patriots, their fans, and Mrs. Brady…from Dr. Seuss

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” Dr. Seuss

(I thought that was an appropriate quote after the Patriots’ championship run ended.)

So, now tell me who…who’s it going to be…

Who of the talent below, is going to make you call me?

· Jennifer is an interactive project manager/creative services manager with experience managing online and print projects including emails, videos, banner ads, blogs, microsites and direct mail.

· Dot is an award-winning senior creative director with a ton of agency and big brand experience. Her portfolio includes broadcast, print, online POS, interactive, brand promotions, social media and out-of-home.

· Kathleen is a brand project manager who recently relocated to Boston from NYC where she worked for a leading beauty industry company. Her experience includes marketing and creative communications, product development and marketing promotions.

· Hannah is an art director/senior designer who is also a recent addition to Boston from NYC (what’s up New York?!). She’s a SCAD graduate who spent the last three years working for a health care agency on a broad range of concept advertising, sales promotion and collateral pieces.

· Craig is a senior interactive art director who spent the last 13 years at a top agency where he concepted and designed websites, Facebook apps, email campaigns, mobile, direct mail and catalogs.

· Jose is a marketing coordinator who is wrapping up his second successful TCG project at a top AEC firm. For the past eight months, he’s been helping to write, develop and coordinate RFP’s. He is also bilingual in English and Spanish.

· Gail is a graphic designer with experience across many industries, including financial, consumer, publishing and health care. Her portfolio includes reports, brochures, ads, logos, icons, custom charts, newsletters and PowerPoint presentations.

· Lee is an associate community manager/producer with experience managing private and public online communities using social networking, market research, surveys, online discussions, chat and brainstorming sessions.

· Kathryn is a digital communications/project manager who spent 10 years working for a global consumer products company where she saved more than $1M by building a global employee portal, orchestrated an award-winning global blog and collaborated on 20+ digital projects.

· Kim is an award-winning senior art director with agency and big brand experience. Her portfolio includes print, direct mail, microsites, online banners and emails.

· Jared is a digital producer with 5+ years experience working for several top agencies. He’s proficient in MS Project and has helped produce online ads, sitelets, microsites and videos.

Don’t forget, TCG can help with all of your staffing needs, not just marketing and creative. As part of Robert Half International, our seven lines of business offer full-service staffing solutions in the areas of technology, administrative and office support, accounting and finance and legal.

The Creative Group. An Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, please visit creativegroup.com.

Eric DiChiara
Senior Account Manager
617.526.8899 (office) 617.943.9957 (cell) 617.345.0016 (fax)

Super Talent

Bill Belichick understands the value of contractors and interim solutions. How else do you explain Patriot’s safety Ross Ventrone being brought back nine times this year alone?

Like many of my best clients, Coach Bill has his core team that is almost always on the field. But then he brings in certain skill sets as needed to compliment this core depending who they’re playing.

Look where it’s gotten him…

Check out our super talent available this week…

· Jared is an interactive producer with extensive agency experience. His projects have included ads, sitelets, microsites and videos.

· Mike is a senior project manager who recently wrapped up an award-winning iPhone app project for a national financial services firm.

· Lee is an internal communications manager with health care and non-profit experience. He recently relocated to Boston from North Caroline where he worked for a national health care firm.

· Smith is a copywriter/copyeditor who just wrapped up another successful contract assignment for TCG at a financial services firm. Our client has repeatedly called him back for more work and extended his assignments several times.

· Erik is a web content manager who spent years at a global software company. There, he was responsible for the end-user online experience for the company’s extranet.

· Jordan is a junior Flash designer with agency experience. He is skilled with Flash banners and modules and clients rave about his work.

· Karen is a senior graphic designer with extensive health care and financial experience. She has some of the best references I’ve ever obtained, saying she always nails it right out of the gates and requires very little direction.

· Alison is a web content manager with technology and higher-ed experience. She recently completed a content migration plan and is comfortable HTML, Wordpress, CMS, Photoshop, Google Analytics and salesforce.

· Kate is a marketing communications manager/specialist with experience managing marketing communication efforts, including marketing collateral, ads, conferences, press releases, corporate communications and direct mail campaigns.

· Wenwen is a junior SEO/interactive marketing coordinator with content generation and Google Adwords and Google Analytics experience. She is multi-lingual and also has PR skills.

Don’t forget, TCG can help with all of your staffing needs, not just marketing and creative. As part of Robert Half International, our seven lines of business offer full-service staffing solutions in the areas of technology, administrative and office support, accounting and finance and legal.

The Creative Group. An Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, please visit creativegroup.com.

Eric DiChiara
Senior Account Manager
617.526.8899 (office) 617.943.9957 (cell) 617.345.0016 (fax)

Hold the Meetings

Have you ever found yourself thinking, “if only I had another meeting today…that would be awesome!”

Didn’t think so…and you’re not alone!

In fact, 45% of managers polled by Robert Half felt that employees would be more productive if their companies banned meetings one day a week.

Donna Farrugia, executive director of The Creative Group, offers up a few easy tips to consider next time you feel the urge to plan a meeting.

http://inhowse.howdesign.com/contributors/donna-farrugia/hold-the-meetings/

And here’s this week’s talent:

· Judson is a UX designer with mobile and e-commerce experience. He’s worked in a variety of industries, including travel, hospitality, luxury, AEC and healthcare.

· Julie is visual designer with web and print skills and extensive agency experience. Her recent work includes interactive banners and landing pages for a national brand.

· Leslie is an experienced copywriter with a ton of financial experience. She’s written copy for both print and web and has written copy for shareholder materials as well as internal and client communications.

· Joie is a marketing manager with 10+ years experience working in the AEC industry. Throughout her career, she’s been responsible for RFP, promotional materials, client presentations and strategic communications.

· Chris is a senior copywriter/creative director with a extensive experience in branding, direct mail and multi-channel marketing across a range of industries, including retail, technology and media.

· Patricia is a senior electronic publishing specialist with financial experience. In a recent role, she managed, edited and produced an award-winning newsletter for 1K+ employees. She’s also worked extensively on federally-regulated mutual fund annual reports.

· Dave is a copywriter with 10+ years experience working in a variety of agency and retail environments. He recently wrapped up a year-long contract where he wrote packaging copy for 20 products, produced in-store materials and edited thousands of online product pages.

· Traci is a marketing specialist who is wrapping up a long- term contract at a national software company. She also worked for TCG at a health care company and received great feedback. She has experience with media planning, advertising campaigns, marketing projects and e-newsletters.

· Cisco is a production designer and one of our go-to contractors. He’s successfully completed dozens of assignments for TCG over the past few years, has worked in a variety of industries and is proficient in Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.

· Sarah is a production artist with web and print skills. She just wrapped up a successful assignment for TCG a top online retailer and received outstanding reviews.

Don’t forget, TCG can help with all of your staffing needs, not just marketing and creative. As part of Robert Half International, our seven lines of business offer full-service staffing solutions in the areas of technology, administrative and office support, accounting and finance and legal.

The Creative Group. An Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, please visit creativegroup.com.

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Eric DiChiara
Senior Account Manager
617.526.8899 (office) 617.943.9957 (cell) 617.345.0016 (fax)

A free day to help with Q4 projects

Under pressure to complete your Q4 creative production and design projects? TCG has the highly skilled copywriters, graphic designers, project managers and other creative professionals you need for:

· Annual and corporate reports

· Holiday marketing campaigns

· New product launches

· Branding updates

We can help you stay on schedule and on budget!

Call me today with an assignment that is 40+ hours and I’ll give you one day free!

This week’s talent…

· Brandon is a front-end web developer with web programming and application development experience. He has worked with HTML5, jQuery and CSS3, and he recently built a content management system used by over 4300 clients.

· Zachary is a production designer who recently relocated from Seattle and is wrapping up a contract at a top biotech firm. In Seattle, he worked for several design studios and communications firms. He is proficient in CS5 (on both a Mac and PC) and is competent in Quark, HTML and CSS.

· Kevin is a copywriter who is well-versed in interactive, collateral and consumer advertising. His experience includes automotive, medical, mortgage and entertainment.

· Robin is a web content specialist who has experience working with several content management systems. She’s also a skilled proofreader which helps in eliminating mistakes when posting content for the world to see.

· Ben is a jack-of-all trades with copywriting, web design and print design skills. He recently wrapped up a contract at a top agency.

· Deb is a web project manager/marketing communications specialist who recently wrapped up a long-term assignment for TCG managing a monthly newsletter and related website.

· Deb is a copywriter/copyeditor with experience writing and editing catalogs, ads, emails and web content.

· Jordan is a junior flash developer with experience working on Flash animations and web banners.

· Paula is a web marketing manager with experience managing email campaigns, writing web copy, updating websites and producing print collateral.

· Lauren is a hybrid web and print designer who also has packaging skills. Her portfolio includes websites, brochures, posters, packaging and book designs.

· Jill is a marketing coordinator/specialist with financial experience. In her most recent role, she planned and executed events, updated and maintained the company website, maintained the CRM database and wrote press releases.

· Laurel is a senior marketing communications manager with financial experience. One of her references called her a “breath of fresh air and brings great energy” to any project.

· Charlotte is a marcom manager who just wrapped up a long-term contract for TCG. In this most recent role, she worked on webinars, electronic ads, direct mail, emails, white papers, sales collateral and flash/video projects.

· Arthur is a project manager/production coordinator with financial experience. He has worked with key stakeholders to produce printed and electronic communications, negotiated costs with outside vendors and proofread bluelines to ensure accuracy.

Don’t forget, TCG can help with all of your staffing needs, not just marketing and creative. As part of Robert Half International, our seven lines of business offer full-service staffing solutions in the areas of technology, administrative and office support, accounting and finance and legal.

The Creative Group. An Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, please visit creativegroup.com.

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Don’t let your talent turn on you

Fall is a time when not only the leaves change, but also when many people look to change jobs. You can either ply them with cider donuts or click on the link below for tips!

http://www.creativegroup.com/KeepingTopTalent

This week’s top talent (in case someone does leave)…

· Roksana is a marketing coordinator with social media, content management, and PR experience. She has written and edited copy for e-newsletters, press releases and action alerts and also has knowledge of SEO, HTML and CSS.

· Scott is a senior interactive designer (NH-based) with experience designing for websites, mobile devices, emails, and multimedia. He is skilled in Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, CSS and Javascript.

· Lexie is a web content specialist who is wrapping up a year-long contract with a top publisher. She’s currently managing their 200-page website, coding new pages, writing content and troubleshooting any issues.

· Stephanie is a senior communications specialist with financial and publishing experience. She’s written, reviewed and edited various communications including news releases, pitch letters, media alerts, web content and by-lined articles.

· Craig is an award-winning senior copywriter with agency experience. He’s written copy for some of the top brands out there and his work includes print, broadcast and interactive.

· Holly is an award-winning communications manager/portal manager with financial and corporate experience. Her claim to fame is her ability to create and manage intranet/portal news channels for large companies that include articles, messaging, customer success stories, employee profiles and video series.

· Sarah is a marketing project/account manager with strong communications skills. She has experience managing vendors and budgets, writing copy for marketing communications, managing monthly e-newsletters and coordinating tradeshows and webinars.

· Alexie is our go-to web production artist/front-end developer. He’s completed 50+ assignments for TCG in Boston and NYC. Most recently, he was coding HTML emails and uploading content using a content management system.

· Jim is one of our go-to PowerPoint specialists and Richard is another. Both specialize in new business pitches and rebranding efforts. And both are repeatedly called back by our best clients for more work.

· Debbie is a graphic designer who is proficient in Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. She recently wrapped up a long-term contract as a top financial services firm.

Don’t forget, TCG can help with all of your staffing needs, not just marketing and creative. As part of Robert Half International, our seven lines of business offer full-service staffing solutions in the areas of technology, administrative and office support, accounting and finance and legal.

The Creative Group. An Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, please visit creativegroup.com.

If you prefer not to receive future general email broadcasts from The Creative Group, please reply to this email and put “unsubscribe” in the subject line. Thank you.

Increased hiring expected in Q4! + this week’s talent

Because you are a valued client, I want you to be among the first to know the results of Robert Half’s Professional Employment Report. This survey of more than 4,000 U.S. executives provides information on anticipated hiring in the creative field, including these key findings:

A net 20 percent of advertising and marketing executives interviewed plan to increase staffing levels in the fourth quarter.
More than half (57 percent) of advertising and marketing executives said it’s challenging to find skilled creative professionals, up 15 points from Q3.
Web developers/designers, user experience (UX) designers and online project managers are the positions in greatest demand.

To learn more, download a snapshot of the Q4 hiring trends specific to the creative field, or get the full report by visiting www.roberthalf.us/per.

This week’s top talent…

· Rebecca is an interactive art director/designer who just relocated from NYC where she worked for several global brands and top agencies. Her beautiful portfolio includes online, print and videos.

· Lisa is a junior interactive producer/designer with agency experience. She has managed project development including kick off, information flow, wireframing, and specs.

· Sam is a copywriter with agency and professional services experience. He is wrapping up this week at a top agency.

· Thai is a production designer with agency experience and exposure to global brands. Thai is proficient in AfterEffects, Indesign, Photoshop, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, CSS, HTML, and Javascript.

· Barret is a web marketing specialist with SEO and social media experience. He has developed and managed web marketing programs for professional service, health care, and B2B companies. He’s also developed and managed SEO and PPC for national health care clients.

· Jessica is a marketing specialist with health care experience. In her most recent role, she was responsible for project management of member acquisitions, welcome engagement, retention activities, communications and outreach.

· Kerri is a marketing manager with email and product launch experience. She is skilled with Marketo, Google Analytics, SEO, and blogging.

· Jim is a video producer specializing in branded online content. His video work has included employee testimonials, driver trainings, tourism, and product promotional.

· Rami is a social media/marketing manager with experience developing marketing initiatives, campaign development, copywriting, and video production. Rami’s online experience includes social media as well as organic and paid searches.

· Kathy is an award-winning graphic designer with financial and A/E/C experience. She’s completed several assignments for TCG and consistently receives rave reviews.

· Heather is a marketing programs manager with financial experience. In her most recent role, she developed and executed communications materials and managed internal and external creative agencies.

· Janelle is a marketing manager/specialist with financial and A/E/C experience. She’s looking to get back into the A/E/C space and enjoys working on proposals and client presentations.

· Jill is a consumer products and services marketing manager with experience in email marketing, online advertising, social media, PR, and direct mail. Jill has worked for several top consumer brands.

Don’t forget, TCG can help with all of your staffing needs, not just marketing and creative. As part of Robert Half International, our seven lines of business offer full-service staffing solutions in the areas of technology, administrative and office support, accounting and finance, and legal.

Thanks,

Eric

The Creative Group. An Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, please visit creativegroup.com