http://chrisvanderhurst.com Chris Vanderhurst - Art Director and Fun Haver Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:54:15 +0000 http://chrisvanderhurst.com en http://chrisvanderhurst.com/Agency-Work http://chrisvanderhurst.com/following/chrisvanderhurst.com/Agency-Work Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:54:15 +0000 Chris Vanderhurst - Art Director and Fun Haver 4057700 Agency work that often involved late nights and free food. <img src="http://payload87.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/4057700/Quad_1_3_600.jpg" width="600" height="776" width_o="612" height_o="792" src_o="http://payload87.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/4057700/Quad_1_3_o.jpg" data-mid="21270401" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload87.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/4057700/SYWR_BRAND_30x3013_4_600.jpg" width="600" height="600" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload87.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/4057700/SYWR_BRAND_30x3013_4_o.jpg" data-mid="21270403" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload87.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/4057700/Screen Shot 2012-09-10 at 5.46.01 PM_1_600.png" width="600" height="482" width_o="660" height_o="531" src_o="http://payload87.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/4057700/Screen Shot 2012-09-10 at 5.46.01 PM_1_o.png" data-mid="21270397" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload87.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/4057700/Screen Shot 2012-09-10 at 5.45.02 PM_2_600.png" width="600" height="465" width_o="659" height_o="511" src_o="http://payload87.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/4057700/Screen Shot 2012-09-10 at 5.45.02 PM_2_o.png" data-mid="21270400" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload87.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/4057700/BK-LOC-12-0095-SportsPromo-R2C-01-CV_600.jpg" width="600" height="770" width_o="1384" height_o="1777" src_o="http://payload87.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/4057700/BK-LOC-12-0095-SportsPromo-R2C-01-CV_o.jpg" data-mid="23247854" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload87.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/4057700/Screen Shot 2012-11-06 at 3.49.24 PM_600.png" width="600" height="602" width_o="674" height_o="677" src_o="http://payload87.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/4057700/Screen Shot 2012-11-06 at 3.49.24 PM_o.png" data-mid="23247842" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload87.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/4057700/Screen Shot 2012-11-06 at 3.48.13 PM_600.png" width="600" height="494" width_o="782" height_o="645" src_o="http://payload87.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/4057700/Screen Shot 2012-11-06 at 3.48.13 PM_o.png" data-mid="23247843" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload87.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/4057700/Screen Shot 2012-11-06 at 3.48.45 PM_600.png" width="600" height="590" width_o="665" height_o="654" src_o="http://payload87.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/4057700/Screen Shot 2012-11-06 at 3.48.45 PM_o.png" data-mid="23247845" border="0" align="left"/> Agency work that often involved late nights and free food. http://chrisvanderhurst.com/Every-Letter-to-Every-Recruiter http://chrisvanderhurst.com/following/chrisvanderhurst.com/Every-Letter-to-Every-Recruiter Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:42:14 +0000 Chris Vanderhurst - Art Director and Fun Haver 4056322 Zany greeting no one uses in real life! Introduction to myself in case you can’t read who this email is coming from. Brief background about myself because the only way I “know” you is by 5 degrees of LinkedIn separation. Sentence full of innuendo that boils down to me being unemployed. Predictable comment about how your agency and me belong together, ignorant to the fact you are probably friends with several other recruiters I’m sending this exact letter to. Generic compliment that applies to every agency but, for the purposes of this email, "specifically" yours. Let’s talk about me some more, because I’ve forgotten all of the following information is on my resume, which I made in Microsoft Word even though I call myself creative. I’ll make a list here in paragraph form, beginning with the college I went to that taught me nothing applicable to this position. This would be the perfect place for an unfunny joke about how good the football/basketball team is going to be this year! Giant stretch here talking about my experience, because this position I’m emailing about requires 3 more years of experience than I really have. Here is where I mention the name of someone you actually may know in real life, who gave me his business card once in college. I hope the name drop makes you more likely to respond to me, but what I don’t know is that guy I just mentioned got let go 8 months ago. Plus, he was kind of a prick. It is now clear just how desperate I am. A one word, drinking based farewell that implies I’m a fun person, and a wish that I hear from you soon. A warning/threat that I will follow up with another template email in a week if I don’t hear back from you. I hope at this point that you haven’t realized I’ve spent 30 minutes writing this, but not 30 seconds proofreading it. -First name Email signature with my full name, a title I don’t deserve, and clever use of punctuation like blackslashes between the digits of my phone number. Zany greeting no one uses in real life! Introduction to myself in case you can’t read who this email is coming from. Brief background about myself because the... http://chrisvanderhurst.com/Graphic-Design http://chrisvanderhurst.com/following/chrisvanderhurst.com/Graphic-Design Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:44:48 +0000 Chris Vanderhurst - Art Director and Fun Haver 1791559 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1791559/filmfest2.png" width="670" height="1035" width_o="792" height_o="1224" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1791559/filmfest2_o.png" data-mid="8842296" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1791559/tbtn.png" width="670" height="1035" width_o="800" height_o="1236" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1791559/tbtn_o.png" data-mid="8834509" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1791559/lds2.png" width="670" height="1035" width_o="792" height_o="1224" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1791559/lds2_o.png" data-mid="8842295" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1791559/timeline2.png" width="631" height="1224" width_o="631" height_o="1224" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1791559/timeline2_o.png" data-mid="8842297" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1791559/bolster.png" width="288" height="288" width_o="288" height_o="288" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1791559/bolster_o.png" data-mid="8830770" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1791559/curiousreef.png" width="288" height="288" width_o="288" height_o="288" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1791559/curiousreef_o.png" data-mid="8830771" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1791559/fivespark.png" width="288" height="288" width_o="288" height_o="288" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1791559/fivespark_o.png" data-mid="8830774" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1791559/photography.png" width="288" height="288" width_o="288" height_o="288" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1791559/photography_o.png" data-mid="8830776" border="0" align="left"/> http://chrisvanderhurst.com/Amtrak http://chrisvanderhurst.com/following/chrisvanderhurst.com/Amtrak Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:21:34 +0000 Chris Vanderhurst - Art Director and Fun Haver 1613116 Big Idea: There are a million options when it comes to visiting different friends around the country. With Amtrak, you can visit all of them. Copywriter: Lisa Norris The Amtrak Tour app allows users to easily decide on a vacation and notify all of the friends that they are planning on seeing along the way. According to the user's interest, the app also finds corresponding events along with ticket information. In this example, sporting events in each destination city. The campaign culminates with an online experience that takes the Facebook posts from the trip group and creates digital scrap book that can be shared through social media. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1613116/print.png" width="464" height="600" width_o="464" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1613116/print_o.png" data-mid="10501626" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1613116/screen1.png" width="515" height="600" width_o="515" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1613116/screen1_o.png" data-mid="10501624" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1613116/screen2_600.png" width="600" height="466" width_o="771" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1613116/screen2_o.png" data-mid="10501623" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1613116/facebook.png" width="530" height="600" width_o="530" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1613116/facebook_o.png" data-mid="10501620" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1613116/scrapbook_600.png" width="600" height="450" width_o="799" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1613116/scrapbook_o.png" data-mid="10501618" border="0" align="left"/> Big Idea: There are a million options when it comes to visiting different friends around the country. With Amtrak, you can visit all of them. Copywriter: Lisa... http://chrisvanderhurst.com/Grub-Hub http://chrisvanderhurst.com/following/chrisvanderhurst.com/Grub-Hub Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:45:16 +0000 Chris Vanderhurst - Art Director and Fun Haver 2083902 Big idea: Grub Hub is the best way to experience all the foreign cuisine in your city. Tagline: Taste Adventure Copywriter: Steve Stenholt <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/2083902/japan3_600.jpg" width="600" height="458" width_o="863" height_o="659" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/2083902/japan3_o.jpg" data-mid="10379527" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/2083902/germany3_600.jpg" width="600" height="459" width_o="1000" height_o="766" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/2083902/germany3_o.jpg" data-mid="10379529" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/2083902/1000-miles-banner.jpg" width="670" height="500" width_o="1026" height_o="767" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/2083902/1000-miles-banner_o.jpg" data-mid="10379452" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/2083902/japan-banner3_600.jpg" width="600" height="445" width_o="1026" height_o="762" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/2083902/japan-banner3_o.jpg" data-mid="10379540" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/2083902/facebook1.jpg" width="670" height="734" width_o="700" height_o="767" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/2083902/facebook1_o.jpg" data-mid="10379455" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/2083902/facebook2.jpg" width="670" height="663" width_o="700" height_o="693" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/2083902/facebook2_o.jpg" data-mid="10379454" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/2083902/facebook3.jpg" width="670" height="246" width_o="700" height_o="258" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/2083902/facebook3_o.jpg" data-mid="10379453" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/2083902/ambient.jpg" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/2083902/ambient_o.jpg" data-mid="10379444" border="0" align="left"/> Big idea: Grub Hub is the best way to experience all the foreign cuisine in your city. Tagline: Taste Adventure Copywriter: Steve Stenholt http://chrisvanderhurst.com/Zagat http://chrisvanderhurst.com/following/chrisvanderhurst.com/Zagat Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:08:39 +0000 Chris Vanderhurst - Art Director and Fun Haver 1613072 Big Idea: You can find food anywhere in Manhattan, but with Zagat you can find the best. Copywriter: Eamon Conway and Ben Klassman <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1613072/Spaghetti_small.png" width="436" height="600" width_o="436" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1613072/Spaghetti_small_o.png" data-mid="10410858" border="0" align="left"/> Big Idea: You can find food anywhere in Manhattan, but with Zagat you can find the best. Copywriter: Eamon Conway and Ben Klassman http://chrisvanderhurst.com/Six-Flags http://chrisvanderhurst.com/following/chrisvanderhurst.com/Six-Flags Sun, 19 Jun 2011 04:59:56 +0000 Chris Vanderhurst - Art Director and Fun Haver 1612972 Big idea: Make going to the park (and waiting in long lines) more fun by making the experience into a huge competition. Copywriter: Ben Klassman Using a mobile device’s GPS and accelerometer, the Six Flags Hero App allows visitors to log personal statistics, achieve accomplishments, and compare their stats with other visitors. Daily point leaders can receive coupons, promotions, and entry into prize drawings. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612972/app1.png" width="300" height="591" width_o="300" height_o="591" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612972/app1_o.png" data-mid="7904363" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612972/app2.png" width="300" height="590" width_o="300" height_o="590" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612972/app2_o.png" data-mid="7904362" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612972/app3.png" width="300" height="590" width_o="300" height_o="590" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612972/app3_o.png" data-mid="7904359" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612972/sixflags-twitter.png" width="400" height="159" width_o="400" height_o="159" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612972/sixflags-twitter_o.png" data-mid="7904412" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612972/sixflags-facebook.png" width="400" height="207" width_o="400" height_o="207" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612972/sixflags-facebook_o.png" data-mid="7904413" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612972/six-flags-upside-down_small.png" width="464" height="600" width_o="464" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612972/six-flags-upside-down_small_o.png" data-mid="10410554" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612972/escalator_600.png" width="600" height="292" width_o="888" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612972/escalator_o.png" data-mid="10410555" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612972/sixflags-bus-upside-down_small2.png" width="472" height="600" width_o="472" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612972/sixflags-bus-upside-down_small2_o.png" data-mid="10410624" border="0" align="left"/> Big idea: Make going to the park (and waiting in long lines) more fun by making the experience into a huge competition. Copywriter: Ben Klassman Using a mobile... http://chrisvanderhurst.com/Omaha-Steaks http://chrisvanderhurst.com/following/chrisvanderhurst.com/Omaha-Steaks Sun, 19 Jun 2011 04:29:53 +0000 Chris Vanderhurst - Art Director and Fun Haver 1612954 Big Idea: Men don't know how to say nice things to each other. Meat makes it a whole lot easier. Tagline: The Gift of Meat Copywriter: Ben Klassman <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612954/hugging-him_small.jpg" width="450" height="600" width_o="450" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612954/hugging-him_small_o.jpg" data-mid="10379565" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612954/i-care-about-you_small.jpg" width="450" height="600" width_o="450" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612954/i-care-about-you_small_o.jpg" data-mid="10379564" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612954/i-love-you-punch_small.jpg" width="450" height="600" width_o="450" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612954/i-love-you-punch_small_o.jpg" data-mid="10379563" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612954/omaha-linkedin.png" width="670" height="243" width_o="700" height_o="254" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612954/omaha-linkedin_o.png" data-mid="7922821" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612954/omaha-facebook-home.png" width="600" height="633" width_o="600" height_o="633" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612954/omaha-facebook-home_o.png" data-mid="7922822" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612954/omaha-facebook_small.png" width="575" height="600" width_o="575" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612954/omaha-facebook_small_o.png" data-mid="10411658" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612954/omaha-facebook2_small.png" width="405" height="700" width_o="405" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612954/omaha-facebook2_small_o.png" data-mid="10411656" border="0" align="left"/> Big Idea: Men don't know how to say nice things to each other. Meat makes it a whole lot easier. Tagline: The Gift of Meat Copywriter: Ben Klassman http://chrisvanderhurst.com/Grain-Belt-Beer http://chrisvanderhurst.com/following/chrisvanderhurst.com/Grain-Belt-Beer Sun, 19 Jun 2011 03:22:20 +0000 Chris Vanderhurst - Art Director and Fun Haver 1612863 Big Idea: Grain Belt isn't for dance clubs and yuppies, it's for dive bars and blue collar workers. Tagline: For the weekday warrior Copywriters: Lisa Norris and Eamon Conway <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/table-reservations.png" width="670" height="518" width_o="750" height_o="580" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/table-reservations_o.png" data-mid="7903606" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/board-meeting.png" width="670" height="518" width_o="750" height_o="580" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/board-meeting_o.png" data-mid="7903607" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/boss_600.jpg" width="600" height="463" width_o="2048" height_o="1582" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/boss_o.jpg" data-mid="10379548" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/GrainBelt_Home_600.png" width="600" height="491" width_o="1026" height_o="840" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/GrainBelt_Home_o.png" data-mid="20900312" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/GrainBelt_Beer_600.png" width="600" height="491" width_o="1026" height_o="840" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/GrainBelt_Beer_o.png" data-mid="20900386" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/banner3.png" width="670" height="417" width_o="750" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/banner3_o.png" data-mid="7903620" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/banner2.png" width="670" height="507" width_o="750" height_o="568" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/banner2_o.png" data-mid="7903621" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/banner1.png" width="670" height="465" width_o="750" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/banner1_o.png" data-mid="7903623" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/coasters.jpg" width="670" height="419" width_o="1774" height_o="1110" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115374/1612863/coasters_o.jpg" data-mid="7903613" border="0" align="left"/> Big Idea: Grain Belt isn't for dance clubs and yuppies, it's for dive bars and blue collar workers. Tagline: For the weekday warrior Copywriters: Lisa Norris and...