Meeting Summary: The Ultimate Mixer

Thu, Jan 27th, 2011 at 5:30 PM

The Green Iguana

Event Details

The Ultimate Mixer turned into standing room only (if you could find a spot) on January 27th. The mixer was made up of members from Tampa Bay InDesign User Group, the Tampa Bay American Advertising Federation, Ad2 Tampa Bay, Bay Area Media Network, Florida Public Relation Association, IABC Tampa Bay, Legal Marketing Association, Lightroom Tampa Bay, Public Relation Society of America and Society for Marketing Professional Services Tampa Bay.

I am happy to report that 654 lbs. of food were collected and $321 were raised to help in our efforts to feed the hungry in our 10-county area. Many thanks to you and your friends that came to the event. We had a lot of interest in our group and we hope see a lot of new faces at our next meeting (more on that below).

Thank you

Thank you again, to all that attended, including: Tampa Bay InDesign User Group, the Tampa Bay American Advertising Federation, Ad2 Tampa Bay, Bay Area Media Network, Florida Public Relation Association, IABC Tampa Bay, Legal Marketing Association, Lightroom Tampa Bay, Public Relation Society of America and Society for Marketing Professional Services Tampa Bay. And additional thank you to the Green Iguana for hosting the event and providing appetizers and one free drink for all those who came out to support the event.

Job Opportunities

Fritz Eichelberger, the CEO HotSpaces.Net has the following job opportunities available, please call him at 813-765-6060 for more information on the opportunities below.

1. Tampa design firm, full time role - 2 openings
3-5 yrs experience
Must know the following:
Flash - Action script
HTML - CSS
Adobe CS - especially Photoshop
Include Online portfolio

2. Tampa mobile app development firm, full time - 2 openings
2+ yrs experience
Flash
ActionScript
HTML - CSS
Include Online portfolio
Classically trained designers preferred

3. Pinellas ecommerce firm, full time - 3-4 openings
Javascript, able to create from scratch
.Net
HTML
CSS

Comments from attendees

Can't wait to do this again next year!

Next Meeting

Artistik Magazine - From Concept to Completion
Thursday, February 10, 2011, 6:00 PM
International Academy of Design and Technology

Editor-in-Chief Josef Mancino and Art Director Klodiana Shehi of ARTISTIK Magazine will shed some light on the conception of the magazine, their design process, and some valuable tips and tricks used in the efficient production of each issue. Topics covered will include conceptual development of a publication, developing and manipulating elements within a template, and usage of techniques such as advanced styles (e.g., nested styles, next style, object styles, GREP).