Re: Job Hunting in LA/Santa Monica: building an experience-design base

You've been working for 20 years. sounds like you have your groove. How do
you need help finding work? What advice do you have for people 20 years
younger than you needing work more than you?

Strap a set. There's much younger kids needing working more than you.

regards,

Michael


Michael Mulvey
The Combustion Chamber
100 E 7th Street #3C
New York, NY, 10009

http://www.thecombustionchamber.com


> EXPERIENCE DESIGNER
>
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> After 20 years on the road (in Stockholm, Sacramento, Seattle, San Mateo,
> and now Sand Diego  -- do you detect a pattern?), I’m moving to Santa
> Monica.
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> I’m interested in getting a job that will enable me to build an experience
> design practice based on the principles and beliefs that we on this
> newsgroup share.  I don’t want to bootstrap, so I’m looking for a design,
> branding, or strategic marketing agency with which I can link up, and in
> which I can build that practice.
>
> With success, it might be possible to create an “experience design
> cluster,”
> a gathering of talent and resources as has occurred in the same
> neighborhood
> (Santa Monica and West LA) with videogame studios and interactive media
> shops.  It needs a seed.
>
> If anyone is in a position to hire an experienced experience designer (as
> experienced as one can be at this early stage), or wishes to create an
> adjunct practice within an established agency, I’m your man.  Resume
> available on request.  Availability for interviews through September 9,
> available to begin work, October 6 or thereafter.
>
> Thanks for your tips, leads, and offers.
>
>  Bob Jacobson
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