PORTFOLIO CREATIVE BLOG

Resume Workshop at GCAC 9/17

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

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Fuse Factory Web Design Workshops

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

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Portfolio Creative on 10TV News

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!
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It’s the Little Things

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

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Creative Recruiter Opening at Portfolio

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

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New Twitter Info

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…

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Portfolio Creative Staffing to Rebrand

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

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The Columbus Dispatch shares Portfolio Creative news

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.
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The Daily Reporter highlights Portfolio Creative

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
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Portfolio Creative featured in Business First

Check out last Friday’s Business First of Columbus for an exclusive report on Portfolio Creative. The article shares our future plans for growth and new services that we’ll be offering the creative community here in Columbus and possibly other cities nationwide. Big things are happening for us, and we thank Business First for reporting our exciting changes to their loyal and business savvy readers!
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