NE Creative

Not Really Related to Creative

Two things:

First, this isn't Zach writing. He's out for a honeymoon. (Congrats, man!) Additionally, he's got a new house to put the finishing touches on, and it's getting busier at the office -- so the guy needs some bloggin' help. So I'm taking over for awhile, and will keep on posting some once he gets back, too.

Second, just who the hell am I? Kevin Fitzgerald is the name; I'm an art director at Thought District in Lincoln. My story is pretty similar to Zach's: just a young son of a gun trying to learn as much as I can about the design industry. I get a kick seeing what the local peeps have to offer -- which in my opinion is way sharper than this flyover state should be expected to have. Go us!

I'm gonna see what I can do about putting the spotlight on individual designers and ad folk in the area, so stay tuned for that. In the mean time, got some back-logged updates on agency work to post soon. Check back in a bit for the real news!

Happy New Decade!

Merry Christmas

Safe travels and a very merry christmas.

 

On Vacation...

Will return next week.

 

Happy Thanksgiving

I am thankful for...everyone who reads the blog and leaves comments. Thank you. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and Turkey Day.

 

New Job Board Page

There is now a job board. What I am going to start doing is posting job requests for no fee just a donation of what the company wishes to pay for the job posting. To post a job email me at nebcreative@gmail.com.

All the job postings will be will handled as such:

1. Individual post with category and link to contact page or full job posting
2. Post on job board page
3. Ever friend a listing of current or the latest available jobs

Lack of Posts Lately

My apologizes for not posting nearly as much as I have in the past. My life in the last couple of weeks has really picked up with preparing for a wedding, building a house and picking up some big, high profile web projects at work. I have not had much time to devote to searching the interweb for new work. I promise to pick it up.

Some big changes are coming too. New design, website structure (with the hope of starting a job board) and a little change in the name (the deer isn't going anywhere). Stayed tuned tomorrow I will have several posts up throughout the day. Thanks for your patience.

The Podcast Cometh

Day before the Super Bowl Kevin Fitzgerald and I recorded our first podcast together. We had been emailing back and forth for about a month talking about how to expand the outside of the NE Creative blog and thus the No Coast Creative podcast was born. However with some extensive research (Google) after we recorded Kevin found there's a podcast put on by the No Coast Anarchist League... so maybe not the best name to use. So we are still working on the name and a logo.

We are planning on doing the podcast formerly known as No Coast on a monthly basis that will talk about all things advertising, highlighting national stories as well as talking about local campaigns. We plan on getting a guest on each episode not to interview but to discuss advertising. We plan on inviting anyone from a Creative Director down to the account intern, to get all the different perspectives of advertising, marketing and PR that effects all of our day to date agency lives.

Listen Now...

This was one take and also the first time we have ever meet face to face. We think it turned out well. Hope you enjoy. Please leave positive and negative comments in the post.

Show notes:
-Intro
-Pre-Super Bowl Thoughts
-Industry Awards: Good, Bad, Necessary Evil?

Nebraska Agencies Overpriced?

In an post on Dave Nelson's blog about a web project SecretPenguin did for candidate for Mayor Jim Suttle (more on the project later) has started a interesting conversation. SecretPenguin before working with Jim Suttle was in talks with candidate for Mayor Hal Daub do work on his campaign website. Hal in the end decided to go out of state and use another agency. A commenter named "Tom Jones" said the reasoning for Daub choosing an out of state agency was; "The reason Omaha companies lose out on web development is because they are overpriced, which is a fact." Are Nebraska agencies overpriced? Join the conversation and leave a comment on your thoughts here.

On another note is just me or does Hal Daub's for Mayor website look like a knock off of the BarackObama.com campaign website? Or am I being too critical? Imitation is flattery but future political campaigns should copy the spirit of the campaign not copy and tweak the design slightly. 

Meet the Pros Portfolio Reviewers

Anyone who hasn't contacted me and is interested in reviewing student portfolios please contact me at nebcreative@gmail.com. Please pass this post around to your coworkers so we can get as many people possible to help out. Thank you.