Hot Talent - San Francisco - October/November 09

Autumn is that time of year defined by back-to-school, changing leaves, shorter days and football.  And - if you’re like many of our clients - it’s also that busy time of year when you try to wrap-up all your projects before another January begins. 

Feeling overwhelmed by the task?  Not sure you can handle it in time?  Have a smaller staff now than when you started the year?  Several of your co-workers have vacations planned for the coming weeks?  Don’t panic!  Artisan can help! 

Your stopgap for freelance (FL) projects and solution for any fulltime (FT) recruitment needs, we’d love to help your team find the best Creative or Marketing solution.

Call us now at 415.362.2699 for more information about any of our highlighted candidates or other talent like them.

Jack | Print Production Artist | FL or FT

Jack has over 15 years experience as Print Manager and Sr. Production Artist. His background includes work for both large corporate clients and smaller agencies.  He is known for a meticulous work ethic, strong organizational skills and for being a team player. For hands’ on work Jack uses the Adobe Suite and is also proficient with InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Dreamweaver. Jack likes to stay current, constantly researching new print technologies, including environmentally friendly techniques, and educating his teams on best methods.

Tom | Art Director | FL or FT

Tom is a Senior Designer and Art Director with 10 years of experience in advertising design and a wide range of industry experience, including Retail, B2B, Direct Response and Financial Services. He works in the Adobe Creative Suite and with web applications such as Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and HTML. Tom is unique in his understanding of web technology coupled with strong typography, production, and layout skills. His work style is always clean and brand aware.

Jordan | Sr. Designer | FT

Jordan is a Senior Designer with 15 years in marketing communications, including branding, print and web. Key Verticals have included Hospitality, high-end Retail, Healthcare and High-Tech. Software expertise includes the Adobe Creative Suite, Quark and some knowledge of Flash and Dreamweaver. His style is clear, clean, colorful and kinetic. He is easy to work with and available immediately.

Layla | UI for Mobile and Web + Print and Package Design | FL

Layla is a one-stop for multiple design needs. She started in print and packaging and has recently been working on User Interface Design for mobile technologies and web. She is comfortable working with a large organization or startup team on all needs - from print collateral through websites. Software expertise include: Photoshop CS, Illustrator CS, Microsoft Office, Adobe Indesign, Freehand, Quark Xpress, PageMaker, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Html, Css, Actionscript, Javascript, php + Mysql. She is also multi-lingual in: English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Malay.

Geoff | Industrial Design and Cartography | FL

Geoff is uniquely qualified to work with companies with cartography or 3D product design needs. However, the added bonus is that he can be brought in as a general designer for print and marketing needs too!  He has been successful working with Economic Development agencies, Title Companies and in Real Estate for his diverse skillset. Software includes: CS3, PowerPoint, Archview, Vellum 3D, Google Earth/CD Data, AutoCad and MapPublisher. Geoff is extremely versatile and maintains a great attitude.

Nena | Design Manager or Art Director | FL or FT

Nena is known for her retail campaigns. Her work has transformed in-store graphics to ongoing national campaigns for top luxury brands in Automotive, and Pharmaceutical - as well as with Wal-Mart.  She is very comfortable in a management role and stand-out in client presentations.

Victor | Designer/ Art Director/ Project Manager | FL | Offsite

Victor has ten years experience creating compelling graphics solutions and marketing strategies for print, web, user interfaces, packaging, and motion graphics, including architectural renderings and visualizations. He is senior enough to help a brand determine a design roadmap and hands-on enough to handle all aspects of the design.

Jason | Director or Marketing for Technology or Mobile | FL or FT

Jason has consulted with Fortune 100 brands on everything form marketing to product analysis in the tech and mobile space. He has a strong background in product development and competitive analysis with recent experience in ecommerce and User Experience for web and iTV. Outside of his consulting for large corporations he has also been involved in several web-product startups and is comfortable with either a global management role or a very hands-on general management role with a startup.

Amy | Branding Designer/ Director | FT

Amy was an Associate at two top international branding firms in NYC with stellar work who’s looking to move to the West Coast.  She has done everything from print to packaging work and specializes in identity design for branding. She was highly referred for her strategic thinking. Amy has overseen up to 4 designers on a given project. She requires the transfer of an existing visa to work fulltime.

Derek | VP Marketing or Marketing Director | FT

Derek would be very comfortable helping to coddle a print department to take on interactive projects and to develop the team. He has over 10 years of experience, working with Fortune 1000 companies, primarily in the digital space. Derek recently founded a social site and was involved from inception and funding, through product development. He was previously a Founder and the Managing Director of an interactive marketing agency, focused heavily on ROI analytics, The VP of Technology and Production at a Promotions agency which he helped move to interactive, and a Creative Technology Manager.