LEVEL is a finalist in the 6th annual Pixel Awards competition and we need your help! Head over to the Pixel Awards and vote LEVEL for the “People’s Champ” in the Green and Games categories. You can vote once a day through December 18th so make sure you go back and vote again.
LEVEL is nominated for:
Dark Souls – Games
Brink – Games
Paramount Farms – Green
What are you waiting for? Vote now!
Posted by Danielle Douglass on 11/22/11 2:29 PM
Thank you to the men and women who serve and have served in the United States Armed Forces. We proudly know you as our spouses, parents, grandparents, siblings, family, friends and colleagues. We are grateful for your service and honor you, along with all veterans, on this Veterans Day 2011.
Please visit our tribute to veterans on Rosetta Currents.
Posted by Alexandra League on 11/11/11 3:16 AM
600,000 POUNDS of trash! No matter how you slice it that is a LOT of trash for volunteers to pick up in just ONE day. I was excited to do my part for California Coastal Cleanup Day at Avila Beach on September 16, 2011, along with many of my coworkers at LEVEL | SLO. One of the many wonderful things about working at LEVEL is the opportunity to volunteer your time in order to improve the world we live in.
Beaches accumulate lots of trash and debris that are harmful to marine life and a health hazard to humans. We donned our gloves and buckets and spent the morning picking up all the yucky stuff that gets deposited on our local beach. Along with my fellow LEVELers, volunteers totaled 62,963 strong throughout California and we were able to make an immediate difference on our environment by working together to clean up California’s beautiful coastline.
Of course there are always interesting things to discover amidst the trash: the winner of the most unusual item contest for 2011 was a volunteer in Sonoma County who found a photo strip of a couple with the man’s face scratched out. While I did not find anything even remotely that unusual I did find some glow sticks (sad face, VERY bad for the environment), broken glass, bottle caps, and balloons.
One thing is for sure, LEVEL and I will be back at the beach NEXT year, on the third Saturday in September, doing our part to make the world a cleaner, safer place.
Check out more pictures from the day on Flickr.
Posted by Cindy Veneris on 10/21/11 2:14 PM
With significant innovation in mobile experience design happening at rapid rates we are reaching the point I like to call “Stage 2 Mobile”, where companies who rushed to “be mobile” are putting on the brakes to refocus on long-term strategy, scalability and mobile brand guidelines.
At the same time, brands that still haven’t acted in the mobile space are falling further behind and are watching from the sidelines as their contemporaries engage customers across devices in the way they want to consume content today.
For those companies who haven’t gotten into the game, and for those who are refining their practice, we will address how to move your brand forward in mobile, at whatever stage you are in.
Jason Gurley, Creative Director at LEVEL, a Rosetta company, who leads our Adaptive Design practice, will join me in hosting a webinar that will talk about how to develop and evolve your mobile strategy. As part of the discussion, we will talk about the importance of building optimal design and UX standards across smartphone and tablet experiences.
Whether you are far along in your mobile strategy or are just starting out, this webinar is for all marketers. Join us on October 26 from 11 A.M. – 12 P.M. PST. Feel free to comment below with your questions in advance – we’d look forward to hearing from you.
Posted by Daniel Blackburn on 10/19/11 6:00 AM
So long, internship! Today is my last day of as a Client Services Intern at LEVEL. The good news is, I landed a full time job as a Project Coordinator!
As I said in my first post , this wasn’t my first internship: I actually held 2 internships before, and many other volunteer and part-time jobs. However, this internship at LEVEL has been the most educational and rewarding out of all my other positions.
Not only was I able to work in a digital marketing agency that serves clients such as Apple, OfficeMax and Facebook, but LEVEL actually gave me real responsibilities. As I’ve said, my internship centered on how new Client Services employees learn their job responsibilities, and ultimately how these folks view LEVEL as a whole. Even though some days were a bit nerve-racking, LEVEL believed in my capabilities and my work was important to them.
My internship allowed my supervisors to see if I could hack it as a “real” employee, but it also allowed me to test out how it would be to work at LEVEL (PS, it’s awesome). Internships are crucial – they allow undergrads to gain real experience. I definitely recommend the intern route – it really paid off for me. My best tips for those looking for internships:
Now that I’m full-time, I’m excited to learn my new duties and see what else I can do.
Posted by Laine Riley on 9/30/11 9:17 AM