Author: Portfolio Creative

Communication Arts has opened their Call for Entries for the 16th Annual (really?!) Interactive Competition. Deadline for entries is October 2, 2009. Enter, win, get some prestige and exposure!

And…if you’re an interactive designer, let us know. We (and our clients) are looking for you.

Workshop: Effective Creative Resumes: Ten Steps to Presenting Yourself on Paper
Thursday, Sep 17; 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Greater Columbus Arts Council; Large Conference Room; 100 East Broad Street, Ste. 2250
Kristen Harris, owner of Portfolio Creative, presents this interactive workshop focused on helping creative professionals build a more effective resume. After covering The Ten Steps, you’ll be able to present yourself on paper in a clear concise manner that highlights your experience and skills.

Space is limited. RSVP by Sep 11 to attend this event.

To pre-register for any event, call or e-mail Ruby Classen at rclassen@gcac.org or 614-221-8406.

About OPPArt (Opportunities for Artists) Series
GCAC’s OPPArt Series is a way for local artists and creative people to connect with each other and further themselves and their work through professional workshops, roundtable discussions, social events and more. Join us for one, two or all of the events listed below. Events are free unless otherwise noted.

Extremely popular earlier in the year, Fuse Factory is offering a second round of web design workshops:

Intro to HTML 4.01 – 9/16

At Wild Goose Creative, taught by Dawn Friedman

6:30-9:30 pm, $25

Intro to CSS – 9/23, with repeat on 9/27

At Wild Goose Creative, taught by Dawn Friedman

6:30-9:30 pm, $25

Getting Started with Flash Animation – 10/4, with repeat on 10/7

At Wild Goose Creative, taught by Alison Colman

6:30-9:30 pm, $25

Kristen Harris and Catherine Lang-Cline were interviewed by 10TV news for the stations ‘Female Focus’ segment. The clip, which aired on September 8th, highlighted the mission, focus and future of Portfolio. Thank you 10TV for recognizing the work we are doing in Columbus to help creative talent find jobs!

We’ve been very honored to receive some fantastic awards and media attention lately, which got me thinking about how that’s all come about. Honestly, it’s a lot of little things adding up to something big. Which is true with pretty much everything in life.

Success rarely comes from one dramatic event or happening, rather from the accumulation of many little events and choices. Some of which may not even seem very significant at the time. Saying Hi to one person at a meeting, who then finds out what you do and shares that information with one of their friends, who happens to work somewhere you’re interested in. And it leads to a great job.

Or giving someone a dog poo bag, then you start chatting and realize they’re someone you’ve talked to but never met. And then it turns out that they are in an organization you should know about but didn’t, so they send you a link. And from that organization you’re able to get in touch with some people you really needed to meet. This just happened to me!

So, what are the little things that have made a difference in your life lately? And how can you do more little things that will add up to big things? I’m going to keep focusing on the little things, knowing they’ll lead to the big things.

Portfolio Creative is hiring.

The Assistant Creative Recruiter will be focused on supporting associate and client relationships for our staffing and recruiting agency. This role requires an outgoing personality, excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and a passion for working with creative people. Marketing, advertising or design industry experience and/or knowledge are a major plus.

What we do:

Portfolio Creative specializes in connecting clients with the finest creative talent. We offer short-term staffing, long-term contract work, full-time recruiting, payroll and other services. Our clients are advertising agencies, design firms and corporate creative departments. Talent ranges from graphic designers to copywriters, interactive designers and developers, creative project managers, and marketing specialists. Our environment is fun and friendly, a creative entrepreneurial atmosphere.

What we need you to do:

– Manage initial incoming talent communications responding to basic questions from candidates via email and phone

– Keep all talent information up-to-date in database; includes manually inputting information about a particular individuals skills and other relevant information and updating info as it changes (marketing, advertising or design industry knowledge beneficial)

– Identify talent for current projects, working with and learning from senior recruiters

– Understand, identify and call attention to high-value talent well teach you what that means to us

– Build and maintain relationships with talent, following a regular contact schedule to keep information current and updated

– Assist in the management of lead generation for new business

– Assist in the hiring process by distributing and collecting employment paperwork

– Represent Portfolio Creative at community and industry events.

What we’re looking for:

– Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a clear friendly style

– A passion for working with people and building long-term relationships

– Efficient, organized, reliable, self-sufficient, good time management skills

– Strong computer skills: Word, email systems and a general aptitude for picking up new computer programs (well train you on our specific internal systems)

-Experience working in or with creative industry is a plus an interest in the creative industry is key

– Ability and desire to be part of a team, doing what it takes to figure out a project or get the job done

– This is a junior-level position, reporting to Director of Client and Associate Services, with room for advancement

– Hours and schedule have some flexibility; our office hours are 9-6, but will consider schedules of less than 40 hours per week within that timeframe

Interested? Email your current resume along with any additional details to Kristen Harris.

As part of our brand re-launch, Portfolio Creative is now tweeting under the username Portfolio_is_

http://twitter.com/Portfolio_is_

We’ve always been active on Twitter, but now it’s easier for the whole team to contribute news, information and tidbits. See you out on the interwebs…

Portfolio Creative has issued the following press release:

Portfolio Creative Staffing to Rebrand

(COLUMBUS, OH) – Portfolio Creative Staffing, the nation’s 326th fastest growing company as ranked by Inc. magazine, will change its name to Portfolio Creative as of September 1, 2009.  The name change will be accompanied by a new logo as part of a rebrand strategy aimed at better communicating the firm’s evolving services.

“While our focus will continue to be on temporary staffing of creative professionals, we also offer things like direct hire services, recruiting and payroll,” said Catherine Lang-Cline, co-owner and founder.  “It made sense for us to evolve our brand more broadly as we’ve grown, to reflect a wider range of workforce services.”

“We’ve grown over 740% over the past three years, and placed over 750 people in creative positions of all types,” added Kristen Harris, co-owner and founder.  “This rebrand sets the stage to continue our momentum.”

Portfolio Creative’s new logo has scripted black type.  While the distinctive Portfolio blue color will still be used, the firm’s former daisy image will change to a stylized asterisk, to convey energy, spark and creativity.  This fall they’ll unveil a new website at www.portfolioiscreative.com.

Portfolio Creative is a workforce innovation leader founded in 2005.  It was named the fifth fastest growing company in Columbus by Business First in 2008, and was recently named a finalist for the 2009 Visionary Awards by the Columbus Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners.  The firm helps companies streamline and innovate their creative work to save time, energy and money.  Portfolio Creative is based at 3763 N. High Street in Columbus, OH.  Clients and creative talent can call (614) 839-4897.

Portfolio Creative is in the news. Check out today’s Columbus Dispatch Business section (pages A10-11) for a feature story entitled, “Moving Fast“. The article reveals five Columbus based companies that made the Inc. 500 list of the nation’s 500 fastest-growing companies. We’re proud to hold the 326th spot and keep company with some really great local businesses that are growing and creating jobs.

The Daily Reporter, a Columbus based daily newspaper which covers local news and events has published an article on Portfolio Creative. Staff writer, Rick Adamczak, describes how Portfolio began and where we are today. If you’re a subscriber, you can read the entire article online to learn more about co-owners Kristen Harris and Catherine Lang-Cline and the vision they had for a successful niche staffing and recruiting agency. (Unfortunately their articles are only available to visitors for five days, so if you’re not a subscriber…believe us, it was a great article!)