• Continued to sift through resumes and portfolios for our open Front-End Developer position.
• Continued to push projects forward using Foundation 4 from prototype/wireframes to front-end development.
• Fell in love with Sass.
• Worked with Jeff to use Soundcloud for the Podcast, but finding it difficult to find the actual download file to bring into Blubrry. So, we’re now just hosting in two locations (Amazon S3 and Soundcloud).
• Ran our first official live recording of the Go Media podcast as we interviewed Mark Brickey on Episode 11.
• Put out Episode 12 with the help of Simon.

• Interviewed Sean McCabe, Noah Purdy and Michael Artman of Rustbelt Almanac, Cyril Moutran of Feedly, to name a few, for GoMediaZine articles
• Compiled a list of Top 100 Design & Inspiration Blogs: Go Media and Friends Favorites
• Managed Zine posts by my colleagues here at Go Media as well as some great guest contributors
• Prepped templates for this month’s Mockup Everything releases
• Photography for Point Click Tailor
• Updating Go Media Facebook, the Go Media Arsenal Facebook, Go Media Instagram, Go Media Google +, and the Go Media Twitter pages
• Working on another silly music video with my buddy, William Beachy

 Jeff Finley

• Prepping vendor/gallery layouts and logistics for WMC
• Keeping team morale high as we get closer to the fest date
• Getting people hyped for the fest, less than a month away
• Designing new posters, flyers and postcards to go out.
• Finishing album artwork/layout for Signals Midwest’s new record
• Helmet designs for Lincoln Electric
• Playing some shows with Campfire Conspiracy, getting ready for our WMC Fest show August 18
• Starting a new personal blog at makermistaker.com
• Writing upcoming  tutorial about coming up with an occult logo design

 Kim Finley

• Arsenal customer service
• Bookkeeping
• Payroll
• Proofreading GoMediaZine posts and email campaigns
• Shipping out WMC Merch and rewards to Kickstarter backers
• Finished writing zine post which compared QuickBooks to FreshBooks

 Lauren Prebel

 Sarah Traxler

• Managing our ongoing client & team interactions (client meetings, internal reviews, new project set up, monitoring overall project progress / ensuring deadlines are met)
• Prep & planning for the following new projects: including
  • Branding & Web Design for Ditka Dash
  • Branding & Web Design for Law Firm Ghost Writer
  • Print Design for COSE’s NEOSA CIA Symposium
  • Branding for Fly Nation
  • Branding for Athlete Originals
  • Print Design for F.C Sturtevant
  • Web Design for FMC

• Putting the final touches on a new Motivideos site!
• Putting the final touches on a new Japonesque site.  It will be rolled out in phases throughout the rest of the year.
• Kicked off a new brand and website development for Law Firm Ghost Writer, one of the leading Law Firm Marketing companies.
• Finally rounded a corner on the new Arsenal. We expect to launch within the next month or two!
• Wrote a new Zine article which debuts this week! It is a two part series called “Why a Custom Website is so Expensive”.
• My usual Project Management, Account Services & System Administration work that keeps us on track and online.

 William Beachy

• Managing the Storefront Renovation – looking good!
• Drawn to Business – We’re Getting Close!
• Dirty Energy packaging revisions
• Internal reports including the Go Media Monthly Report
• Working on financing and compensation models for the sales team
• Sales

Kyle Saxton, Intern

• Created concept sketches for a new packaging design – Dirty Energy. Presented sketches to client, still waiting on feedback
• Content population for the NEOMFA website.
• Continued on creating two marketing materials for the WMC Fest. These booklets will promote MUE and the Go Media Zine!
• Created two banner design concepts for the new Go Media windows. Mocked them up in Photoshop to get a better idea of what the designs would look like in real life
• Japonesque website content population and creation. Generated roughly 20-40 images that will be used on the new site
• Illustrated the Drawn to Business pt 4/5 for Bill Beachy’s GoMediazine post.
• Created the header art for Drawn to Business pt 4/5 for the Zine post
• Partnered with Carly and created Icons for Bills new book Drawn to Business (Page introduction icons and index icons)
• Made two clothing brand concepts for Athlete Originals. Client – professional running back for the New England Patriots LeGarrette Blount.
• General Arsenal projects and mockup everything templates
• Talking with Bill about general design questions and entrepreneurial discussions. Discovering new eating spots around Cleveland during our lunch breaks, enjoying work at Nano Brew Cleveland and having fun around the office with the whole Go Media team

Nathaniel Scramling, Intern

• Designed the box and banner templates for several of the Arsenal‘s new products.
• Touching up of general info for content on Japonesque’s website.
• Concept sketches for Dirty Energy icons promoting product flavors.
• Created templates for use on Mockupeverything.com
• Teaming up with the interns in formulating the new designs for the building’s front windows
• Getting personal instruction from Mr. Beachy on how to create a personal logo and typeface for my own brand.
• Management of the Arsenal‘s products.
• Explored a bit of Cleveland with the other interns; found a new great lunch spot at The Cleveland Pickle (their mascot scares me).
• Schoolwork. Lots and LOTS of schoolwork.

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That’s it for now from us at Go Media. Until we meet again:

1. Don’t forget to purchase your tickets to this year’s Weapons of Mass Creation Fest, running August 16 through 18.
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