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Jordan Stenzel

Extra Bold Ad Shop

262.424.2316

Jordan@extraboldschool.com

Extra Bold Graduate Earns Associate Art Director Position with DraftFCB Worldwide

MADISON, November 7, 2008 – Nick Bruskewitz, recent graduate of Extra Bold Portfolio School, has been named an Associate Art Director at DraftFCB Worldwide in Chicago.

DraftFCB is one of the world’s largest advertising and marketing agencies with a network of more than 9,600 employees, reaching 97 countries. Their client’s include Taco Bell, KFC, Qwest Communications, Kraft, Killian’s Irish Red, and DOW Chemical Industries.

Bruskewitz will be focusing on the Qwest Communications account, producing a variety of works ranging from print and television, to digital interactive pieces and direct mail.

Bruskewitz credits Extra Bold with helping him build an extensive portfolio, make industry connections, and “gain a real understanding of how the creative advertising industry works.” He asserts, “The combination of rigorous classes and real world agency experience proved to be very valuable.”

Scott Kirkpatrick, President and Chief Quixotic Officer at Extra Bold, worked closely with Bruskewitz. He remembers that Nick’s, “passion and determination, along with his creativity, were keys to his success.”

Extra Bold Portfolio School opened in 2006 and has graduated two classes. They have placed graduates in jobs in Milwaukee and Chicago, and have helped them get internships in Madison and Minneapolis. Alongside the school, the Extra Bold Ad Shop is a student-staffed agency that works with clients such as Little Amerricka, Lifeline USA, Cabinet Masters, and the Dane County Habitat ReStore.

Extra Bold is currently gearing up to start classes in November. To try out advertising and start your portfolio they offer a 10-week mini-course, starting Wednesday, November 12.  For those looking to expand and improve their portfolio, Extra Bold offers a  full year tuition school, with a new session starting Tuesday, November 18.  Submit your portfolio now to win a full year of school paid! Please visit www.extraboldschool.com for more information.

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April 01, 2008

Nose Knows Consulting proudly accepts the task to create the perfect sensory design for the IIDEX September 2008 show in Toronto, Canada.

“As the leading event for interior design, architectural and facility management professionals, IIDEX/NeoCon Canada’s mandate includes showcasing the latest products and also presenting emerging design approaches in our extensive conference program. Good design engages all the senses…and Tracy Pepe’s Nose Knows offers designers a brand new concept to include in projects - scent design.” Tracy Bowie, Vice President, IIDEX/NeoCon Canada

It is all about Scent Marketing & Sensory Design. Learn about the latest Canadian trend in the marketing & design world.

The design team from Nose Knows Consulting understand why the decor of a room, psychology of the space, combined with the emotional needs from a fragrance; impact an entire room.

noseknows@sympatico.ca

http://www.noseknowsconsulting.com/

Auckland, New Zealand – Mike Reeves-McMillan’s novel City of Masks may be set in the Renaissance, but he’s promoting it in distinctly 21st-century ways. The former book editor has set up a weblog, echoing the journal format in which the story is told. It features the author reading his own work in a podcast, which can be subscribed to for free through online services like Apple’s iTunes and Podiobooks. He intends to release the recordings as an audiobook when complete.
The cover illustration and the incidental music for the podcast were both sourced from the Internet for free, with the permission of their creators.
“I approached several publishers with the manuscript, but because it didn’t fit their neat genre categories they didn’t know what to do with it. So I decided to publish it myself – something that has become much easier in just the past couple of years,” Reeves-McMillan says.
“It’s a tremendous time to be creative. There’s so much that you can do for little or no money that there just aren’t any excuses left for not putting your work out in the public arena. You can connect directly to your audience, without going through a gatekeeper like a big publisher or record label.”
City of Masks is a swashbuckling adventure in a setting like Shakespeare’s Italy - complete with twins – except that law and custom requires everyone to wear a mask and act in character with it at all times.
The action revolves around the innocent-minded envoy of a foreign power, sent to the City to get him safely out from underfoot. However, he soon becomes caught up in the intrigues of the city, including the activities of a mysterious serial killer.
City of Masks is available in printed form from Lulu, CreateSpace and Amazon.com, from C-Side Media and in audio podcast from Podiobooks.

CONTACT: Mike Reeves-McMillan
Skype ID: mikereevesmcmillan

masks@csidemedia.com
http://city-of-masks.blogspot.com