It has been a while. Sorry :)

Dear Blog -

Yes, it has been way too long since I have wrote on you, and spread any news at all. For this I am sorry..


I have been working very hard at my new position - I love it there! I have just been put on as project manager for a new project. I am excited to get to work on it and get as many creatives to come and share their work. Come and check it out (www.jovoto.com).





My office is really sweet! There are only 5 of us in the New York Office but it is nice.

I have gotten to meet people that I think are awesome ( Allan Chochinov editor of Core77) and get to set up accounts for some of our celeb judge.



It has been a blast working in the city and I love traveling there every day. Last week I was leaving work and got to sit with and chat for a few seconds with Indina Menzell. She was right outside of my buiding when I was leaving work. She is really nice ( for the few moments that I got to talk to her).



I have also been on vacation to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - and then there was Jury Duty adn Thanksgiving. Back to work tomorrow! ( Here are some sweet shots!)

  Oh! And we got to make and play with out light sabers!

I promise to be on here as much as before! There are things that I plan to be working on.... And things I plan to still share...

I finally got my pull ups! Kinda

I am sorry that I have been neglecting my blog lately. I have been really busy! On top of trying to re-work my portfolio for an area of design that I really want to get in to - project management/ marketing/ strategy etc. New things have surfaced that I am so excited to share!




Over the course of two weeks and after two trips to the city and two interviews I am now employed! I started this past Thursday and it was great! I am right in the Flat Iron District ( one of my favorite areas!)! I have finally accomplished one of my biggest goals - to work in the city! It is still so weird to be going there but I am so excited for my first full week there!I will be interning for 3 months to work towards full time employment.

Jovoto is  German company that has jumped over here and recently opened their first office in the states. There is not that many of us in the office but it is nice though. I enjoy that is is an open room that we all work together in.

Definitely check out this site! Even if you have a full time job there is so many fun things to get involved with. We are always running contests with companies that you can become apart of! Come and challenged by contests for big brands, international companies and NGOs!!!!! There is such diversity with all of the companies and contests that there is one and more that will be of interest to anyone! You have the ability to post your work in progress and get feed back from other creatives involved! Don't worry though we do appreciate all of your hard work! The artist is never shafted here!  ( which I love!) You can always get big prize money - and there is always a chance that the company purchases your idea as well!

While there I  am one of the Community Managers and will be in charge of contests and guiding them and the people involved, working on the platform, creating case studies at the end of projects, etc. This is a great position! I am very excited to get more involved and work with the people and the companies that I have already started to work with!

There are a bunch of really great contests coming up and I highly suggest getting involved! Keep those creative juices flowing!

NYC or bust

Yesterday I packed my portfolio and sketch book and headed down to the city. I had an appointment with the lovely Brian Young at Creative Circle. ( Creative Circle is a creative recruiter - they do freelance, part time and full time.) We had been emailing back and fourth and this was my final acceptance in to their program.

 They are here in NYC but I know that they are in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, LA, Philli, Seattle and San Fran. A very good friend of mine Dan Blake was nice enough to tell me about them and I immediately signed up. The only thing is that you need to be close to one of these branches to become a "employee" of theirs because even for the freelance you are needed to go in to the specified companies offices.









 After my meeting we walked around for while it was nice to have no agenda and walk the city. I was able to show my fiance (who was nice enough to come down with it )  China Town, the financial district and Soho ( I would LOVE to live there!), But we got to see some really nice views too.

This we thought was awesome! They were painting the ad on the side of this building.  The type was done beautifully!

 

 I picked up this really cool scarf from the Muji store.

We happened to pass by the MOMA Design Store and went in ( duh! ) Alex found this bracelet of the subway line - so I of course splurged!!! It is so so cute!

We also found this cute ringlet book and a time line of design. ( would not mind getting my hands on the time line! It was created so nicely!

 

 

We then found this great stationary store that I love Kates Paperie! I am always on the site checking what new things they have out.

I loved the interior of the store too! It was such a great eclectic feeling.

We then found this print!

Alex and I love these types of  prints, we already have a great map of Paris from the 1800's and awesome world map that we have found in Columbus and in D.C.

Doing some freelance work and loving it...

I have been working with the great Bocci and his parental unit Joan Demartin. What a great twosome! I love working with people that love what they do and get excited to do and to try new things! These two LOVE IT!


I have now been labeled not only Bocci's Beefs blog designer but now and in charge of marketing and social networking. I love it! I have given Bocci some new ares to check him out at:

Facebook
Twitter
Flickr

When I love is that we work well together. We work so well together that there is a big big project that we are going to start up soon! It will be great and I am dying to tell you but I would rather show you instead! So please stay tuned and you will see what we will be sharing with you all!


Compliments to Rachel Ridgley Photography for supplying the photos