WaveQ of the future

redundancies and realignment have left some long-time staffers in the cold. snap em up people. 

bit of a slap in the face after the loyalty exhibited throughout the Saltmine debacle. 

old story with The New Group

just in time for the holidays... layoff rumblings have New Group staff finessing their CVs. 

Ascentium has moved downtown to 1st and Couch, impressive new space!

What do you know about Ten Four Productions?  New shop?

Can you please?

Take my email signature off of the tip that I sent about CMD’s new website?

 

I would appreciate it,

 

Chris

 

  Chris Woodruff  human resource manager   p: 503.223.6794   d: 503.488.4458   c: 971.212.0166

 

CMD

Hey there!

 

CMD just unveiled its slick new website, developed wholly in house, lots of time, money and resources. 

 

See what everyone thinks about it! 

 

www.cmdagency.com

 

  Chris Woodruff  human resource manager   p: 503.223.6794   d: 503.488.4458   c: 971.212.0166

 

What do you know about Ugly Mug?

I like their refreshingly honest approach:

http://bit.ly/9XpnPF

 

Looks like Shepherd Interactive moved out of their space on Corbett. I know they were down to 5 people or so, maybe you know more...

Euro RSCG Edge

Has been losing employees fast. Account directors, technical director, director of program management, programmers, pms, etc. Probably about 30 people have left this year, with several of the director level people being hired and quitting in 2010.

@WEStudioD lead blogger laments turnover

Waggener Edstrom Studio D lead blogger and community manager @tacanderson barely hides the superhigh turnover at Studio D with his Twitter post:

I can honestly say of all the people that have left @WEStudioD I will miss @foleymo the most. http://post.ly/16QXo #nomofoleymo

 

Unnamed Agency Seeks CD

This ad is pretty funny.   An agency to remain unnamed needs a Creative Director to give them a brand, bring in all of the new business AND do all of the work themselves. Sounds like an agency of 1! Anyone interested????   http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/mar/1956009040.html

Rumor has it Razorfish had more layoffs

Did Kavi really pay Grady-Britton $100K for this website redesign? http:www.Kavi.com

rumor has it JDK Portland staff count is dwindling

east coast agency JDK (Jager Di Paula Kemp) has a Portland satellite to serve the Seattle Goliath (MSFT). Talent are scampering after getting a taste of the account director's D (dictatorial) management style. Current staff size has dwindled to 3 or fewer. D = lonely :-(

looks like a new agency, called Tenfour, is setting up shop in the pearl - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tenfouragency/sets/72157624333891500/

Grady Britton Leaving Olympic Mills?

Rumblings from Olympic Mills building http://www.olympicmill.com/
creative community is that agency Grady Britton http://
gradybritton.com/ may be soon vacating premises.

Overland overreaches fiduciary duties

There was a mass exodus of top talent from Overland after founder Arve Overland admitted to siphoning staff 401k funds for other "business operations" uses. Quite a few echoes in the hallways over there.

Rumor has it now defunct agency YRG got sued…

Rumor has it now defunct agency YRG got sued by Director Building management company for unpaid lease bills. The suit came after YRG's president was ousted by the BOD for questionable fraternization w/ junior blonde staffers. But before junior blonde staffer was ousted by her subsequent agency employer LKP for questionable fraternization with married co-workers.

Saltmine's Chaper 7 is a ruse - CEO hijacked the portfolio and re-formed firm as Minebrain to skirt debts

While Saltmine has a long legacy in of stiffing northwest contractors over the years, the agency's name was taken to new lows recentyl when the owner stopped paying the rent, and then missed payroll for his Portland and Bellevue staff prior to filing for bankruptcy protection. The reported $13.6M in outstanding debts is owed to variety of vendors, staff, and 1099 contractors… some of those same staff whom were fired AFTER they had not been paid for sometime.

To add insult to injury, rumor has it the company has reformed under a new name: Minebrain. Based on this thread... they not only show Saltmine's creative (some created previous to the 2008 acquisition) on their website, they even took the UI that the Saltmine team had developed for there next site refresh. ouch.

It has also come to light that 2 years prior to purchasing Saltmine, PK Samal had vindictively sabotaged a previous client's website over a disputed $2,400 contract. I guess he does know how it feels to get stiffed.

rumor has it, CMD's work for Intel Retail Edge leaked Apple's Core i5 Macbook Pro a few months early

http://gizmodo.com/5447089/intel-promotion-leaks-core-i5-macbook-pro-update