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Industrial Profile
It’s now May and tax time is finally over! With that in mind, this Industrial Profile with Elisa Newton who works in Accounts Receivable at C1RCA should take your mind off Uncle Sam. She plays a critical role in the process of doing business. Enjoy this story and think about how important success in this position is to the big picture. MORE >>Company Q&A
Will Black Box Distribution take Fallen into the sandal market?! The answer is here along with many more answers in this Company Q&A. Black Box Distribution’s business strategy is guided by the mission it was founded on to “support skateboarding at every level.” Chad Foreman, general manager of Black Box, provides you with more insight to the company, as well as what it takes to become a part of the Black Box team. MORE >>Forums
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1. Snow Sports Retail Sales Buck National Economic Trends... MORE >>
2. etnies Announces the 2008 “Girls Get on Board” Action Spo... MORE >> 3. Malakye Comic Strip: Another Day at the Office!... MORE >> 4. Harold Hunter Day II - May 17 in New York City... MORE >> 5. This week on FUEL TV’s The Daily Habit... MORE >> 6. FUEL TV Announces May Programming Highlights... MORE >> 7. 2008 SIMA Image Awards Ceremony to See New Changes... MORE >> 8. Malakye Weekly: Stacked JobWire, Q&A with Black Box D... MORE >> echo & Land of Plenty Host Career Day 08
In late March 2008, echo::factory and The Land of Plenty organized a skate-community oriented event dubbed Career Day 08. Career Day 08 took place in the heart of Chinatown but the people in this room were about as Chinese as Dick Cheney. A few chain smoking skaters sitting outside, some advertising types manning the door and inside the gallery space was chock full of design students and skate industry art directors. The walls are covered with hand-painted skate decks and above it all hangs a sign that reads "Career Day". Career Day is what happened when a few guys from a small Southern California ad agency asked how they could help their skate-industry friends find good creative talent and their designer friends find good jobs in the skate industry.
So Chase and his coworkers created Career Day, an event that brought design students and artists together with art directors from skate companies. The Land of Plenty joined forces with echo::factory to host the event, a natural fit since The Land of Plenty's organization is based on unifying art and skating. Career Day began with design students submitting their portfolios to the Career Day website. The portfolios were reviewed by the echo::factory staff and the winners of that review were sent blank decks to paint on from The Land of Plenty.
"Everyone we invited was super excited, and then, at the last minute it sort of snowballed," said Chris Johnston, another echo::factory creative. "A few days before the event, we got a phone call from Vans, who we had never talked to before, and they were like, 'Why didn't you invite us?' and we said, 'Come on down'". Vans couldn't make it to this year's Career day, but representatives from Girl and Chocolate Skateboards, Lakai, Fourstar Clothing, The Art Dump, Nike, The Skateboard Mag, Malakye, Ogio and Buckle Down did. This brings us back to the day of the event in LA’s Chinatown where art directors are talking with artists, tourists are pondering decks on the gallery walls and everybody seems to be having a good time.
After the show Dana Collins, a designer, said that Career Day was epic, but sort of like "cramming 20 pounds of crackers into a half-pound parrot." Next year's show will involve a bigger parrot. "It went well" says Chris, “so we're basically going to keep it the same, just more of it." Echo::factory is planning on expanding the art show side of the event as well as inviting surf and snow companies for next year's event. Chinatown won’t know what hit it. Want more? Check out: The Sponsors The Land of Plenty Latest VendorsOh yeah! You need to find a new vendor for your company - here are all the latest and greatest from MalakyeB2B! This list updates throughout the day.
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JobWireIf you happen to be mining for a job out in Copper Mountain, Colo., check out, guess who, Copper Mountain's IT Software Developer position. It might even lead you to gold! DC Shoes, in Vista, Calif., also needs an Assistant Technical Designer (Apparel) with 2+ years experience to spec and evaluate garment construction on incoming samples, uphold quality standards to ensure garment integrity, participate in fittings, etc. Earth Products, home of Adio footwear in Carlsbad, Calif., is looking for someone to leap into the cyber world as its E-Commerce Administrator. This person will plan, schedule, and direct data flow between its content management data base and Earth products ERP/ WMS/Web stores. Sales Rep Listings
Sales Rep Listings for Thursday, May 08, 2008
If you are an established Sales Rep and you're interested in getting the word on available lines before it hits the streets, send us an email: reps@malakye.com! Don't forget to include your name, e-mail and territory! |
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