It wasn’t all that many years ago, as a baby writer with no clips to my name, that I dreamed of the problem I have now: How can I best showcase the work I’ve done? It’s so much easier, it seems, for designers – for those with a visual eye. ...more +
3 years ago
Another RuNT Austin has come and gone, but this time, we had wine! Our amazing sponsors this event included Infinite Monkey Theorem wine, Via313 pizza, and Brew & Brew, the greatest host in town. Sipping on beverages and snacking on pizza allowed for the perfect setting to learn about the ...more +
3 years ago
Cindy arrived in an Uber. She thanked the driver, stepped onto the sidewalk with her right foot, not her left. She had inherited a new superstition. A character in a book did it once so now she had to do it too. Such was another consequence of bearing a creative ...more +
3 years ago
As Bethenny Frankel from The Real Housewives of New York once said, “Opinions are like assholes. We all have them.” I have to say (and it’s not the first time), I side with Bethenny! Picture this: you’re standing in a corner at a holiday party. You’re chewing a huge piece ...more +
3 years ago
Hey, we’ve all been there. You meet someone new at an event or maybe through friends of friends. Through conversation, you learn that you have so much in common with this new person — like, you both love all of the illustration elements of Starbucks’ Reserve line and you are ...more +
3 years ago
It’s nice to be back on this amazing list. For the last 9 years, there has been one constant theme with M+P (aside from Happy Hours): growth. We grew a lot, Inc. Magazine noticed, and they once again put us on their America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies list, aka the Inc. ...more +
3 years ago
In 1998, Lilly Ledbetter was 60 years old and nearing retirement after spending many successful years as one of the first women in management at the Goodyear tire factory. The job had been a dream come true; a welcome addition to an already full life with her husband and two ...more +
3 years ago
#RuNTPortland comes but thrice a year, and we like to make ‘em count. This time around, we examined the jobs (and job titles) that make some people stop and ask “wait… what do you do?” Whether you’re a newbie looking for a job or an industry insider, job titles are ...more +
3 years ago