We are partnering with the AIGA to make this year’s Designspeaks the best yet. We look forward to bringing you the outstanding content, speakers and brew that you have come to expect from 52 and Designspeaks. Please join us this Thursday, September 17th as we kick off the series with, ‘An Evening with Jelly Helm’.
52 Limited was named to the Portland Business Journal Fastest Growing Private 100 list. 52 was ranked #29 for 2008. 52 provides creative staffing and marketing communications staffing for creative services firms and corporations.
As reported in the Wall Street Journal, the so-called “youth magnet” cities have hit a mid-life crisis. Portland and Austin continue to attract the young and hip, but increasingly, folks are landing on the doorstep with no job and little prospects. But, they keep coming, and mostly they keep staying.
Graphic design Portland. The words go together well. They also speak to one thing Portland can claim: design. Portland is the place where designers come. The place that fosters creativity. No days are gloomier than a February rain storm. No days are more glorious than August sunshine. Portland is a land of amazing emotional extremes. (more…)
Creative staffing will remain an emerging trend throughout the year. As companies pared workforces at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009, things are now moving in the positive direction. As the work continues to flow, the need for talent begins to increase. Firms are now finding themselves short of staff and short on resources. 52 has seen a marked increase in hiring activity in the last couple of months. Creative staffing and staffing in a creative manner, will continue trending upward.
There may be grumbling that the country is slipping into another Great Depression, but firms in the advertising and public-relations industry want to put the situation in the best light, and treat the economic crisis as an opportunity. (more…)