Month: February 2011

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Mitchell + Palmer bulks up with creative muscle

Mitchell + Palmer in Boise has added two well-known names to their team: copywriter and creative director, Tom Donahoe, and art director and designer, Jeremy “Jerms” Lanningham.

Donahoe, formerly of Donahoe Pace and Partners joins the agency as a partner and co-creative director. He has worked on brands, like Alaska and Horizon Airlines, Pepsi, Oberto, and Coors Light. Closer to home, Donahoe has been responsible for creative work on the Humanitarian Bowl, Boise State University, Cap Ed, and United Heritage.

Lanningham, who specializes in design and illustration, joins the agency from NKTRNL, an illustration and design studio he founded in 1999. His clients include Burton, Gnu, Omatic Snowboards, TransWorld Media and 686. Locally he has worked with Newt & Harolds, Flying M Coffeehouse, Prestige, Smith Sport Optics, and the Boise Weekly.

Congratulations to both Tom and Jerms.  And hearty ‘well done’ to Mitchell + Palmer for snagging two extremely talented people.

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Job Opening: Web Developer

Motive Media in Boise has an opening for a Web Developer.  From their Craigslist posting:

Motive Media – a Hybrid Digital + Traditional Agency is seeking a web developer that displays a very strong understanding of PHP, WordPress and Front End website development. Our ideal candidate will have worked in the field for at least 1 year, and can preform under strict deadlines with minimal supervision. This position will likely start as a contract basis, with the opportunity to become Full Time in the near future. Compensation will depend on experience/education.

Projects to include high level web development across a myriad of industries including but not limited to: Hospitality, Real Estate, Travel, Sports and Information Technology.

The candidate must live/work in the Treasure Valley and be flexible enough to operate with their own equipment and working environment. If needed office is available to selected candidate.

Full details and how to apply can be found in the original job listing.

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Gaming the system – a cautionary tale

For those who haven’t taken the time to read the New York Times piece on J.C. Penney, and some of the ‘black hat’ SEO techniques that were used on their website, you owe it to yourself to take a look:

The Dirty Little Secrets of Search

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Because you just can’t get enough

Bloopers and deleted scenes from “The Force” for Volkswagen, produced by Deutsch.

More coverage is available from our friends over at Adfreak.

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Need Your Fix?

Missed a spot or two from the game last night?  There’s no shortage of places to see everything that may have fallen below the radar (yeah, right), including:

Ad Age
Adweek
AdBowl
Adland
Brand Bowl

and many, many, many, many more.