social experimentation in hiring practices, part one.
i’m listening to… thievery corporation - expo in tokyo, 2pac - ambitionz az a ridah.
so, y’all know i’m out of a job. why not have some fun in the meantime!?!!
our house has been getting some doorhangers and fridge magnets of different people advertising their services. i thought i’d try my hand at the matter. here’s what i made today for it:
i am literally going to go around the neighborhood and stick this on people’s doors. i’m still trying to figure out the best way of doing it, but it seems like it’ll be pretty fun ^_^ i’m very much interested in seeing whether or not this will yield anything.
text is kinda hard to read, so:
“Housing contractors and home fixer-uppers are always putting doorhangers, postcards, and other paper scraps on my doorstep, in the name of advertising themselves. Why are they the only ones who do that? Does it even work?!! I am a great fan of social experimentation (I was a Sociology major), so I decided to try for myself. It was between either this and standing on a street corner with a sign that says, “WILL DESIGN FOR FOOD.” (Don’t worry - if this works out, the sign comes next.)
What I’m offering is design services for just about anything - print and web. For the past year, I’ve been working as the Creative Director for a start-up, but we ran out of funding and I got laid off. I’ve done print design for two publications and hand-coded/designed dozens and dozens of websites. And what’s more is that I’m a fellow Seattlite, and I live in your neighborhood (on 61st). Yay?
If you’re thinking of hiring a designer for some work, I’d appreciate your consideration!
For samples of my work, go to: http://www.redefinemag.com/portfolio.pdf
Or view my resume at: http://www.redefinemag.com/resume.pdf“