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About Sharon Potsch
Sharon is a writer and talent representative with Artisan. For over five years, Sharon's worked with graphic designers, copywriters, and interactive artists to match them up with available career opportunities. Her reputation is built upon establishing relationships with talent to not only help them find a new job now, but be there for them when it's time to make another move. In conjunction to recruiting and job placement, Sharon also writes Artisan's internal and client-facing materials including our recently re-branded corporate collateral for both print and online mediums. Her areas of specialty include resume writing, interviewing, career coaching, graphic design career placement, writing, copywriting, social media writing, blogging, and marketing communications writing. Follow Sharon's career advice on Twitter: @SharonMatches
Posts by Sharon Potsch
Would you do “Free Work?”
Creative Go-Round offers tremendous design opportunities for student interns and professional volunteer designers.
Opera and French Fries
Nothing says “French” more than munching on French Fries in Chicago’s French Market, right? My “Siagon Sisters” sandwich was certainly perked up by an impromptu performance from the Chicago Opera Theater! The baritone and soprano duet filled the bustling lunch area with lush arias enough to make us all stop in our tracks and listen. I [...]
Burning the Midnight Oil?
Read about Communication Arts’ annual design competition and publication, The Annuals.
On Track for Success
Art on Track is this Saturday, August 7, at 5:00 until 10:00. We hope to see you there! Get your ticket now as they are sure to disappear quick… Press coverage for this Saturday’s Art on Track is going crazy! 4 Chicago radio stations pump out daily Art on Track updates and NBC featured coverage [...]
Creative Self Promotion II
One of our most-recently-booked freelancers, John, stopped by today to show me his newly minted self-mailer. John’s piece exhibits a great deal of creativity while maintaining interest (folks can hang up the poster as art-work) and sensitivity to cost-effective mailing by producing the piece in a size slightly smaller than the traditional 8.5 X 11. [...]
Apps: More than a First Course
Many of us use apps via our mobile devices to check out the weather forecast, determine the fat content of lunch, or calculate how many steps you need to take to work off your Chipotle. For The Weather Channel it certainly makes sense to have an app. Same for the NY Times. But what about [...]
Art on Track : You There?
I’ve got my ticket, do you have yours? Click here to get the goods.
2010′s Art on Track: Half Price Tickets!
Half-price tickets for 2010′s Art on Track event on Saturday, August 7, from 5:00 to 10:00 can be purchased here. This offer of $5 tickets expires this Friday so get moving! What could be a better way of supporting local artists by participating in this awesome, fun event. An 8-car CTA train is converted into [...]
Print vs. Web
Congratulations to Citigroup Center and its award of Leed Certification. For a building that large to obtain certification (it’s the first building of its size in Chicago to do so) certainly deserves recognition. Building employees circulated thousands of beautifully designed cards to incoming Ogilvy Transportation Center commuters proclaiming the building’s impressive certification. Adorned to each [...]
