Errol Velinor and Alex Brownless of Aquent, a talent agency, spoke from an agency’s perspective on how they help people find work in this sector, as well as how new freelancing graduates can act professionally to attract work. This event took place as part of Graduate Week 2009 www.arts.ac.uk/gradweek09

1. ABOUT US

2. ABOUT US
 FACTS & FIGURES ABOUT US!
– A global professional services firm
– Marketing, PR & Communication, Design & Branding, Digital Media & IT
– Established 1986
– More than 20 years experience
– 73 offices in 18 countries on 4 continents
– 6 offices in Europe
– Largest database of pre-qualified talent
– Over 30,000 active talent worldwide
– ISO 9001:2000 accredited, with a strong commitment to customer satisfaction

3. LOCATIONS
EUROPE ASIA PACIFIC
• Amsterdam • Auckland
• London • Beijing
• Munich • Brisbane
• Paris • Melbourne
• Warsaw • Sydney
• Hong Kong
• Kuala Lumpur
• Shanghai
• Mumbai
• Nagoya
• Osaka
• Tokyo
• Seoul
• Singapore

4. LOCATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
• Long Island • Richmond
• Arizona
• Los Angeles • San Diego
• Atlanta
• Milwaukee • San Francisco
• Austin
• Minneapolis • Seattle
• Baltimore
• Montréal • Silicon Valley
• Boston
• Nashville • South Florida
• British Columbia
• New York City • St. Louis
• Charlotte
• Northern Virginia • Stamford
• Chicago
• Orange County • Tampa
• Cleveland
• Orlando • Toronto
• Dallas
• Parsippany • Vancouver
• Denver
• Philadelphia • Washington, D.C.
• Detroit
• Phoenix
• Houston
• Portland
• Indianapolis

5. SPECIALISATIONS
Print & Design
Digital, Media
& Broadcast Fashion
Consultancy,
Outsourcing Aquent
& Insourcing
• Market Leader Training
• Local execution
Marketing
& • Global Reach
Research
E-business
Eloquent Offshore
Publishing

6. REFERENCES

7. MORE REFERENCES
Fashion Consumer Retail Technology
Burberry Ericsson Gap Apple
Alexander McQueen Gillette Nordstrom Hewlett-Packard
Stella McCartney Mattel Target Intel
Ted Baker Motorola Williams Sonoma Microsoft
Nike Adidas Japan
WGSN
Wrangler Consulting Entertainment Financial Services
Rocawear Accenture AOL Time Warner Bank of America
Henri Lloyd Boston Consulting Group Atlantic Records Deutsche Bank
Puma International KPMG Columbia House Fidelity Investments
Ben Sherman Ernst & Young Comedy Central State Street Bank
Timberland IBM Pricewaterhouse Discovery Channel Wells Fargo
Barbour Coopers The Walt Disney Company
Levi’s
Advertising/PR Publishing Healthcare Manufacturing
BBDO Pearson Amgen Ford
Corbis Harcourt Blue Cross Blue Shield Lockheed Martin
J. Walter Thompson Condé Nast Bristol Myers Squibb Siemens
Leo Burnett Burda Kaiser Permanente
Ogilvy National Geographic Society Merck
Y&R Advertising Millennium Pharmaceuticals
DDB Worldwide
Interbrand

8. EXAMPLES OF ROLES AQUENT COVER
 Print & Design - Designers, Artworkers, Creative Artworkers, Visualisers, Retouchers, Illustrators ,
Creative Directors, Design Managers, Art Directors, Studio Managers, 3D Specialists, Traffickers,
Project Managers, Account Managers, Production Managers, Presentation Specialists,
Writers/journalists (on & off-line), Proofreaders, Sub Editors, Copy-Editors, Copywriters (on & off-
line), Editors, Content Strategists and Creative Teams.
 Marketing - Senior Level Roles, Traffic Operations Managers, UK Sales Managers, Digital Marketing
Managers, Campaign Management, Account Managers, Group Account Directors and Marketing
Executives.
 Digital, Media & Broadcast - Head of Usability, Head of Development, Technical Director, Web Art
Director, Usability Manager, Head of Content, Content Producer, Web Designer, Junior Web Designer,
Web Project Manager, Flash Action Scripter, Flash Designer,Web Producer, Web Developer/
Programmer, Information Architect, Digital Production Specialists, HTML/CSS Developers, Coldfusion/
PHP/ASP.NET and SQL Developers, Digital Planning and Strategy professionals, Studio Management,
Usability &GUI / UI Design and Development, Video Production / Editing, Kiosk Design / Development
and Accessibility W3C Development and 3D Specialists (3D MAX, MAYA, CINEMA 4D).

9. EXAMPLES OF SKILL SETS AQUENT PROVIDE
 WE PROVIDE A “NICHE” SKILL SET STRATEGY
Front – End: Action-scripting (AS2 & AS3), XHTML, HTML, CSS, AJAX, Javascript, Developers,
Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash Animation, Microsoft Silverlight, OOP Dev, Web 2.0, Drupal,
W3C, Browser compatibility, Eyeblaster, TangoZebra, Atlas
Creative Design: User Interface Design, Flash Design, Art Directors, Creative Directors, Online
Designers, Branding Design, Packaging Design, high end Photoshop Visualising, Games Designer,
Cinema 4D, Indesign, Quark, Illustrator, Photoshop.
Business Management: Project Management (Agile, Prince 2) Production Managers, User
Interface Managers, Digital Producers, Traffic Manager, Information Architects & User
Experience, Customer Experience
Production Technology: ASP, ASP.net, JAVA, JSP, SQL, PHP, Product Developers, Software
engineers, Cold Fusion, LAMP, FLEX, C++(games related)
Content: Online editorial roles, editors, copywriters
Broadcast: Product Manager, Audio and Video, Iptv, Interactive TV, 3D, After Effects, Video
Channel Manager
Other: Web analytics etc

10. FOR MORE INFORMATION
 AQUENT
 279 Tottenham Court Rd
 London W1T 7RJ
 t + 0207 404 0077
 e london@aquent.com
 w www.aquent.co.uk

11. THANK YOU!