w+k
another great post on the honeyee blog by john c. jay partner in wieden + kennedy – this one concerning the culture of the historic marketing and creative firm. w+k began and is headquartered in a city near and dear to me – portland, oregon. they have handled marketing for some of the biggest names out there and most of nike’s iconic marketing schemes were devised within the walls of w+k. wieden and kennedy represents a place and a culture that i could really see myself in one day. the creativity, variety of subject matter and cosmopolitan(ness) of the firm appeals to me on all levels. i filled out their ‘w+k seeking’ online questionnaire – one day, maybe…check it out for yourself here:
honeyee
December 12th, 2007
10:18 am
Thanks for the link homey. You know how I feel about w+k. I sit at work drooling over their blogs (check them out at http://www.wk.com/#/blogs/) trying to bust out of the pretty bland office life and into the colorful world or creativity.
What did you put for that one sentence at the end of the seeking questionnaire? I put “Creative non-creative professional.”
December 14th, 2007
3:08 am
you got it, son – i know you’ve been down with w+k for a minute too. seems like such an awesome place to work. for the sentence i put: ‘i have so much to learn’
i couldn’t think of anything witty!..so something true and strait forward.
have you received the generic email asking for you to submit some work for them to check out and ‘to learn more about you’? i don’t know what the funk to submit! peace
December 17th, 2007
5:14 pm
it was definitely a challenge to come up with something to write about yourself in just one sentence.
at any rate, i got the form-letter reply. at the bottom of the message there’s a little link to email if you’re not looking for a job in the creative department. since my background really isn’t in creative type-ish (hence the creative non-creative professional bit) that’s more what i was thinking; getting in on the business side of things. i don’t know if i could come up with something witty/unique enough to submit.