vancouver design?!?!
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- pepe
whats the market like there? any great firms? motion graphics or print? I know very little about whats up there...
- pepe0
thx for the list its ahrd to tell whats what though? anyone else?
- unknown0
check out this site.. even though it doesn't necessarily answer your questions.
- MrDinky0
Blast doesnt do motion or graphic
- 5ub5t80
I worked for a company there called THEmedia, who do websites, trade shows presenations and video work primarily. All great as an idea, but the company was run like a mill. I was a total cog.
Even worse than that, they had a device on each computer (ps. all companies in vancouver use pc's. bc seems to be a non-mac zone) that 'tracked' what you were working on. You signed in in the morning, then had to diligently track every little thing that you did. Each project had a number you punched in. you then had the punch in what section you were working in and what you were doing in that section. It would then present you with a timer to show how long you had been working. If someone came to talk to you about another project, you had the sign out of what you were doing, sign in under their project, answer their question, sign back out, and back in under the one you were working on. you also had to register any break (including going to the toilet), lunch, and phone calls (which, if business related, also had to be registered in the tracker). Anal beyond all extremes. All creativity and social interaction is squashed under it's oppressive weight.
Last I heard, they'd instigated a new feature that counted down the amount of time left on a budget that you were working on...
...I bullshit you not...
- riotmachine0
I had heard about this aswell. I had wrote it off as an irate exployee spreading rumours.
Sounds a little extreme if you ask me. However, the production outcome from this must have been what kept them around after the boombust of late.
- unknown0
i interviewed there, and maybe it was because i look young as hell, but they were total assholes. no class.
- pepe0
thats rediculous!!! how bizarre! ive never heard of anyone doing that.... so no macs in BC?
- riotmachine0
no macs here. we are in close proximity to MS's redmond, washington so they decided to sponsor the whole city.
- pepe0
goodness..... oh wll PCs seem faster for the most part anyhow...
- MrDinky0
thats funny about no Macs in BCs
most of real creative firms have macs in vancouver..
- pepe0
mr dinky what are some of those firms?
- MrDinky0
you can go for traditional ad outfits like Cossette, DDB Palmer Jervis, Grey and few of the smaller ones, which are also good place to work. As for web, Blast Radius is the biggest.
it really depends on what skill set you have, not many motion shops here.
- MrDinky0
good work
- pepe0
hmm i do mostly motion....just seeing if there were firms like that up there, it seems like such a rad city,,
- riotmachine0
ps. i was kidding about the MS - PC thing.
I repeat - I am not omnipotent. I am impotent.
over and out.
- brandelec0
if you can't make sydney or san fransisco..
vancouver's a must
- MrDinky0
there are alot of creative people here but lack of creative jobs or solid firms minus few that are around...