Atomicdust is Looking for Talented Designers

Atomicdust is on the hunt for talented designers. As we continue to grow, we're looking for self-motivated people with strong print and web design skills who love thinking most of all. At Atomicdust, we value the ability to develop creative messaging that matters for the brands we work with, as well as the skills to visualize these ideas across various touchpoints. This role includes working on multiple projects from strategy to execution, providing design and strategic insight in a collaborative, tight-knit culture.

Please submit your resume and a sampling of work (PDF or a link to an online portfolio are preferred over mailed samples) as well as a little bit of information about why you’d be a good fit for our team to Matt Roeser at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). No phone calls please.

Want to Design With Us?

We’re looking for a junior designer (freelance or full time) to assist in production.

Your day-to-day tasks will include:

• Conceptualizing and designing pieces based off of established brand elements.
• Communicating with printers, stock houses and other vendors.
• Prepping files for print, collecting files for output, reviewing printer proofs for accuracy and ensuring quality.
• Manipulating, color correcting and modifying images using PhotoShop.
• An expert knowledge of Illustrator, PhotoShop, InDesign is required.

If you're interested in this opportunity, please send your resume and work samples to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). 

Improving St. Louis… Twenty Slides at a Time

Last week, we attended the latest Pecha Kucha St. Louis gathering at the Schlafly Tap Room.

I bet you’re wondering what Pecha Kucha is, right? And, more importantly, how the heck do you pronounce it?

Basically, Pecha Kucha is a night for groups and individuals to make a short presentation on their ideas to improve St. Louis. They have 20 slides, with 20 seconds to spend on each slide. 

Last week’s topics ranged from the benefits of organic farming to a case being made for more bike trails in St. Louis, as well as a brief history of photobooths, two brothers who make St. Louis-themed apparel and an impassioned initiative to make St. Louis even greater. 

We had a great time and want to thank the sponsors of this event and the groups and individuals who educated, inspired and amused us. As for that pronunciation? We’re still working on it...

If you’re interested in learning more about Pecha Kucha St. Louis or seeing a schedule of future events, check out their website. And if you're wondering where that lovely picture came from, check out Jay Fram's photos from the event at Pecha Kucha's Facebook page. 

The Great Freelance Search

Things can get really busy around here... especially with all those Chick-Fil-A runs we've been making. Seriously though, we're looking for freelance designers and copywriters interested in helping us out with our expanding workload.

Copywriter Requirements:

• Extensive copywriting and editing experience
• Demonstrated ability to develop concepts and ideas, then manage start-to-finish executions of a wide-variety of traditional and digital materials
• Demonstrated knowledge of B2B and B2C marketing
• Strong communication skills- written, verbal, listening
• Self-motivated and able to manage multiple projects and priorities within specified deadlines
• Must be able to work on-site in our office for easy collaboration

Designer Requirements:

• Proficient design principles displayed in both print and web formats
• Demonstrated ability to develop designs based on concepts and ideas. We like thinkers.
• Understanding Adobe Creative Suite
• Must be able to work on-site in our office for easy collaboration 

If you're interested in this opportunity, send your resume and work samples to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). 

This Week at Atomicdust: July 13-17

Here are just a few things we worked on this week…

1. Our design for the Florsheim Work website is currently being coded up. Pretty soon, you’ll be able to explore more about each of the boots they offer as well as purchase them from the site.

2. Logos School is having their 22nd Annual Auction & Dinner October 3 and we’ve begun work on promotional pieces for it, using their theme this year of the “Successes of Logos School.”

3. We’re putting the finishing touches on redesigns for art and framing stores Deck the Walls and The Great Frame Up. In the next few weeks, new main sites will launch as well as individual franchise owner sites that offer areas for personalization about their specific location.

4. This week has been all about boots! In addition to our Florsheim Work site for Warson Group, we also began creating a new site for another one of their brands: Rockport.

5. We entered several Business-to-Business projects we’ve created over the past year into 2009’s Targeted Advertising & Marketing (TAM) Awards put on by the Business Marketing Association of St. Louis. We’ll let you know how we do!