This Thursday in New York, at the Phaidon Store, Print Magazine celebrates its most recent “New Visual Artists” issue. The reception and exhibition, co-sponsored by Brooklyn Brewery, will include artwork selected from the issue.
To find out more about this and other upcoming Hired-Guns-approved happenings, head to our events page.
On Monday, we asked you what you thought an intern was worth to a company. Although the “all interns should be paid” option was by far the most popular choice at first, it soon lost ground to the more nuanced claim that only interns doing a “real job” should get a real paycheck. Your votes put that one out on top, although just barely.
A little surprisingly, the “interns as time-suck” option didn’t get a single vote, which implies that even those who think interns don’t merit a paycheck still see them as providing some value for a company. Roughly one in 10 of you said that the experience that companies are giving interns is at least equal to the work they’re getting out of their young charges.
Either way, we suspect that internships–and probably unpaid ones at that– are here to stay, at least for the most in-demand sorts of jobs for young workers. . . .
With their teams eliminated from the playoffs, two bored hockey bloggers decided to go all “mercenary” (or, dare we say, Hired Gun) and make money for charity instead of throwing in the towel on the season. Ryan Lambert, a contributor for Flamesnation.ca, and Jason “Chemmy” Orach, from TheLeafsnation.com, are using Ebay to auction off their blogging services. They’ll continue to blog though the Stanley Cup finals for anyone willing to pay up, whether it be a hockey fan blog or for a big media player. Right now the auction stands at $335.00, with 25 bids. All proceeds from the auction will be donated to Right to Play, a charity that gets kids involved with sports regardless of age, gender, or disability.
Fine print: If you win the auction, Lambert and Orach say, they’re do what they do best: “create hilarious controversy by trolling your playoff opponents. You’ll get guest posts on your team from big-name writers. We’ll wave pom poms for your team on Twitter. You’re buying the services of two hockey blogging pros and helping out some disadvantaged kids.”
Really fine print: If your team gets bounced too, Lambert and Orach will re-list their services in order to donate more money to charity. They’ll provide you with as much material as possible, but make no guarantees about quantity.
This Saturday night, designers from around the world will come together in New York’s Webster Hall for the 2nd annual Cut&Paste Global Champs Design Competition, an onstage battle that will decide who deserves the Design Emperor crown (or something like that). The contestants, who have already won in regional events, will compete in either 2D, 3D, or stop motion categories–knockouts are possible but not guaranteed.
To find out more about this and other upcoming Hired-Guns-approved happenings, head to our events page.
Nothing makes us prouder than when we open up the New York Times and find a Hired Gun featured in its pages. In this case, it’s longtime Hired Gun Cyd Zeigler, who’s emblazoned on the front page of the sports section talking about the website he co-founded with Jim Buzinski. Outsports.com focuses on gay sports fans as well as athletes. The story is one of entrepreneurship, finding a niche, and then filling that void. It should inspire not only gay athletes in our network but also countless entrepreneurs–it demonstrates that when you find the white space, are original, and have a distinctive voice and purpose you can still stand out on the very crowded Interwebs. Congrats, Cyd!
Reinventors wanted! The editors of a general-interest business magazine with 1M + circulation are working on a story about hope and why it’s never too late to evolve in your career. Naturally, they figured that some of the folks from The Hired Guns network would give good back story.
The editors are looking to speak with people who reinvented themselves after being “digitally disrupted”– meaning that they bounced back after technology changed the nature of their jobs to the point where they were laid off or jumped ship because they could see their skills becoming a commodity.
In short, they want to meet middle managers and up (100K+ folks) who made it through the storm–were baptized by it–and are ready to evangelize about their experiences. If you went to work in another company in a brand new field or completely redesigned what you’re doing within the same vertical and are making at least 80% of your former salary (and are extremely happy with your new work life), they want to talk to you.
Email us if you fit the bill.
“The Good Guns” is a series of volunteer opportunities put together by The Hired Gun community; its members serve as active sponsors. Today’s entry is from Josh Webb, a global mobile media expert, digital product manager, and entrepreneur who is currently based in New York. He is heading the mobile and global outreach efforts for the Telethon for Christchurch, New Zealand; he’s working closely with the offshore team to bring the message to the world through digital and social means.
Summary:
The organizers of a global telethon are looking for a digital/mobile project manager who can quickly help organize a global charity campaign for the victims of the Christchurch earthquake. The February 22 earthquake caused an estimated US$15 billion in damage to the New Zealand city, and there’s a huge need to reach the Kiwi expat community and others throughout the world.
Good Gun Profile:
You’ve got a strong background managing projects across international borders–and knowledge of what it takes to successfully execute across multiple platforms. Ideally, you have some mobile experience working on messaging, web, and apps, but a general digital background may suffice. You’ll be collaborating with a team based primarily offshore. Although you will have some guidance from other experts, you will need to be self-directed and take the initiative to pull the campaign together quickly, with minimal supervision. You need to have immediate availability and be able to dedicate the next 2-3 weeks to the project. Read More →
San Francisco’s KQED news blog says that our very own Larry Smith gave the most inspirational presentation at SXSWi: “I think many of us left that room with renewed commitment to our ideas.”
Want to get inspired by your own ideas? Come take Larry’s class at The Academy on March 31st!
Product Management, User Experience, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Usability Testing
Project Management, Program Management, Production, Content Production
Animation, Art Direction, Creative Direction, Corporate Identity, Flash Design/Dev, Graphic Design, Web Design
Content Strategy, Editorial, Copywriting, Copy Editing, Research, Blog Outreach
Brand Management, Business Development, Sales, Product Marketing, Event/Conference Planning, Promotions, Marcomms, Corporate Comms, Direct Marketing, E-Marketing, Public Relations, Market Research
Account Management, Account/Brand Planning, Media Strategy, Communications Planning, Media Planning/Buying, Social Media, Search (SEM, SEO), Web Metrics & Analytics
Web Development, Front End Development
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